Senior Quality Manager, Assurance & Regulatory Compliance
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JobgetherAerospace manufacturing
Based in the United StatesFull-TimeManager
Salary125,000 - 194,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least 10 years of progressive experience in Quality, regulatory compliance, manufacturing, or engineering within a complex aerospace manufacturing or maintenance environment.
- Required Skills
- Microsoft Office
Requirements
- At least 10 years of progressive experience in Quality, regulatory compliance, manufacturing, or engineering within a complex aerospace manufacturing or maintenance environment.
- Experience leading internal audit programs, certification readiness, regulatory compliance, or Quality-system assurance across multiple sites, functions, or business units.
- Strong working knowledge of AS9100 and/or AS9110, aerospace Quality Management System principles, and customer-specific requirements.
- Significant experience with Nadcap requirements, audit preparation, responses to findings, corrective-action effectiveness, and special-process compliance is strongly preferred.
- Working knowledge of applicable aviation-authority requirements; FAA regulatory familiarity is strongly preferred.
- Thorough understanding of risk-based and process-based auditing, root-cause analysis, CAPA, nonconformance control, management review, risk management, and regulatory-change management.
- Ability to assess compliance and process effectiveness, identify systemic risks, and present evidence-based recommendations to senior leadership.
- Ability to influence without direct authority and lead cross-functional corrective actions across Quality, Operations, Engineering, and other functions.
- Strong analytical, project-management, communication, and presentation skills.
- Experience collaborating across cultures, time zones, and changing priorities in a global organization.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; familiarity with QMS software, audit-management platforms, ERP/MES systems, and business-intelligence tools is preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Aviation, or a related technical discipline; equivalent relevant technical experience may be considered.
- Lead Auditor certification in AS9100 and/or AS9110 is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead risk-based internal audit planning, methodology development, auditor qualification and calibration, reporting, and Quality Management System effectiveness assessments across multiple sites.
- Establish enterprise regulatory compliance requirements and harmonize common controls, documentation, and implementation practices.
- Maintain consistent standards for audit planning, execution, reporting, corrective-action follow-up, and effectiveness verification.
- Monitor site compliance performance, audit trends, certification status, significant findings, and systemic risk indicators; report recommendations and escalations to executive leadership.
- Provide enterprise oversight of AS9100, AS9110, Nadcap, customer-specific requirements, and applicable regulatory obligations.
- Monitor regulatory and industry developments and coordinate their integration into the Quality Management System.
- Lead certification and regulatory audit readiness activities and coordinate responses to significant customer, certification-body, aviation-authority, and Nadcap audits.
- Review significant quality findings, product escapes, and compliance events, ensuring containment, product-impact assessments, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and effectiveness verification.
- Develop and maintain a qualified internal auditor community through coaching, calibration, and professional development.
- Partner with QMS and Process Excellence, Supplier Quality, site Quality Managers, and Operations leaders to turn audit results, regulatory changes, and lessons learned into enterprise improvements.
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