Sr. Quality Manager, Assurance & Regulatory Compliance

Accountabilities:

The Sr. Quality Manager will oversee the enterprise assurance program, establish consistent audit and compliance standards, and ensure systemic risks are identified, escalated, and effectively addressed across the global organization.

• Lead risk-based internal audit planning, methodology development, auditor qualification and calibration, reporting, and assessments of Quality Management System effectiveness across multiple sites.
• Establish enterprise regulatory compliance requirements and harmonize common controls, documentation, and implementation practices while respecting site-specific certifications, approvals, procedures, and operating scopes.
• Maintain consistent standards for audit planning, execution, reporting, corrective-action follow-up, and verification of effectiveness.
• Monitor site compliance performance, audit trends, certification status, significant findings, and systemic risk indicators; provide clear reporting, recommendations, and escalations to executive leadership.
• Provide enterprise oversight of AS9100, AS9110, Nadcap, customer-specific requirements, and applicable regulatory obligations.
• Monitor relevant regulatory and industry developments and coordinate their integration into the Quality Management System.
• Support governance of aviation-authority approvals, certificates, capability limitations, and related compliance controls.
• Lead certification and regulatory audit readiness activities and coordinate responses to significant customer, certification-body, aviation-authority, and Nadcap audits.
• Independently review significant quality findings, product escapes, and compliance events, ensuring appropriate containment, product-impact assessments, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and effectiveness verification.
• Identify and escalate systemic Quality and regulatory risks directly to the Global VP of Quality, ensuring mitigation plans have clear ownership, deadlines, and verification measures.
• Partner with QMS and Process Excellence, Supplier Quality, site Quality Managers, and Operations leaders to translate audit results, regulatory changes, and lessons learned into practical enterprise improvements.
• Develop and maintain a qualified internal auditor community, providing coaching, calibration, and professional development to strengthen audit consistency and process-based assessment capabilities.
• Build effective relationships with Site Quality Managers and Site General Managers while respecting local ownership of daily Quality execution, resources, and performance.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed, with anticipated travel of approximately 20–30%.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate brings extensive Quality and regulatory experience in aerospace manufacturing or maintenance, a strong understanding of industry certification standards, and the ability to influence leaders and drive improvements across a complex, multi-site organization.

• At least 10 years of progressive experience in Quality, regulatory compliance, manufacturing, or engineering within a complex aerospace manufacturing or maintenance environment.
• Demonstrated 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.
• Familiarity with AS13100 is preferred.
• 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, with FAA regulatory familiarity strongly preferred and knowledge of EASA, UK CAA, or other international authorities considered an advantage.
• Thorough understanding of risk-based and process-based auditing, root-cause analysis, corrective and preventive action (CAPA), nonconformance control, management review, risk management, and regulatory-change management.
• Ability to independently assess compliance and process effectiveness, identify systemic risks, and present clear, evidence-based recommendations to senior leadership.
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority, lead cross-functional corrective actions, and build alignment across Quality, Operations, Engineering, and other business functions.
• Strong analytical, project-management, communication, and presentation skills, including the ability to translate complex regulatory and Quality requirements into actionable guidance.
• 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.
• Additional professional auditing credentials, such as ASQ Certified Quality Auditor, are preferred.

Benefits:

• Salary:$125,000–$194,000 per year. Placement within the range depends on education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and organizational needs.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions for eligible medical plan participants.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs).
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Wellness programs and work-life support resources.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee discounts.
• Voluntary accident and critical illness coverage.
• Pet insurance.