Quality Engineering Team Manager

Overview

As Quality Engineering Manager, you lead a Quality SME and a technicians/engineers team to support manufacturing and customer complaint investigations. You author and review technical reports, offering coaching to develop the team. You collaborate cross-functionally to deliver compliant projects and implement new procedures. You monitor KPIs and drive continuous quality improvements. This role combines leadership, regulatory expertise, and hands-on quality engineering to advance Cytiva’s mission of accelerating life-changing therapeutics.

Responsibilities

• Act as Quality SME and manage daily deployment and priorities of the Quality Technician/Engineering team to support investigations and improvement actions
• Author and review technical reports, providing feedback and coaching on best practice
• Provide skills and career path development and guidance to team members
• Work cross-functionally with operations, engineering, supply chain and maintenance to deliver projects and compliant outcomes
• Deploy and embed new procedures and policies ensuring compliance to requirements
• Maintenance, reporting and escalation of departmental and site KPIs
• Support other functions within the department as necessary

Key requirements

• Degree or equivalent in Scientific, Engineering or Quality discipline (or equivalent working experience)
• At least 5 years experience managing teams in a manufacturing-based quality environment
• At least 5 years experience in a relevant Quality Engineering role (pharma, med device, automotive, aerospace) with compliance in fast-paced business
• Advanced level of operating within an ISO9001 environment; knowledge of ISO13485, 21CFR820, GxP and Pharma regulations advantageous
• Experience of writing problem statements and executing CAPA best practice
• Demonstrative experience using ISO14971 risk management principles and application
• Experience deploying strategy and delivering objectives within a team

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Coaching and people development
• Strong communication
• ISO9001
• ISO13485
• 21 CFR 820

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