VP, Global Quality & Engineering
About The Position
The VP, Quality & Engineering is an enterprise leadership role responsible for global product development, sustaining engineering, value engineering, and end-to-end quality governance across the PPE portfolio. The role integrates Global Quality and Global Engineering to ensure products are designed, developed, manufactured, and sustained in compliance with regulatory requirements while meeting customer, cost, and operational expectations. This position provides leadership for hands-on product development, cost and manufacturability improvements, lifecycle management, and disciplined engineering execution, while overseeing quality systems, regulatory compliance, and product quality across regions. The role leads a global engineering organization of approximately 90 associates and partners closely with regional Quality leadership, including executive sponsorship of ISO certifications and enterprise quality platforms such as Teamcenter.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, or a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in global R&D, engineering, and/or quality within regulated manufacturing environments.
- Demonstrated experience leading global, multi‑site technical organizations.
- Deep understanding of product development, design controls, and regulatory compliance for safety‑critical products.
- Strong working knowledge of quality management systems (ISO 9001 and related standards) and regulatory certification processes.
- Proven ability to balance innovation, speed, cost, and quality in complex, matrixed organizations.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience in PPE, safety equipment, medical devices, or similarly regulated industries.
- Certification or prior training in Lean and/or Six Sigma.
- Track record of leading cost and value engineering initiatives at scale.
- Experience supporting global manufacturing and supplier networks.
Responsibilities
- Provide executive oversight for end-to-end quality across the product lifecycle, including supplier quality, manufacturing quality, and customer quality.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and certification requirements for PPE products across global markets.
- Partner with regional Quality leaders to drive consistent application of quality standards while respecting regional and local regulatory and operational needs.
- Sponsor and govern the enterprise Quality Management System (QMS), including ISO certification strategy, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Oversee the Quality Center of Excellence, including global standards, procedures, training, and audit readiness.
- Ensure effective management and utilization of Teamcenter and related systems for product data, certifications, change management, and compliance tracking.
- Lead responses to significant quality events, regulatory inquiries, customer escalations, and audit findings, ensuring timely containment and sustainable corrective actions.
- Lead and execute global product development and sustain engineering activities aligned to business priorities, customer requirements, and regulatory standards.
- Own the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from requirements definition and design through validation, certification, manufacturing readiness, and commercialization.
- Drive design-for-manufacture, design-for-cost, and design-for-quality practices across product lines and regions.
- Lead value and cost engineering initiatives, including material substitutions, design simplification, and supplier collaboration to improve margins and supply continuity.
- Ensure disciplined application of engineering standards, design controls, change management, and documentation across all regions.
- Partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing to resolve product, process, and quality issues impacting production, suppliers, or customers.
- Establish clear portfolio governance, prioritization, and capacity planning to ensure engineering resources are focused on high-impact development and sustaining work.
- Develop and mentor senior engineering leaders, building a practical, execution-oriented engineering culture focused on safety, compliance, and reliability.
- Establish strong governance models, KPIs, and operating rhythms across R&D and Quality to ensure transparency, accountability, and performance.
- Drive a culture of safety, quality, innovation, and continuous improvement across global teams.
- Support mergers, acquisitions, integrations, and footprint changes by ensuring product, engineering, and quality risks are proactively assessed and mitigated.
- Act as an executive liaison with external partners, suppliers, testing bodies, and certification agencies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
