Job Description

Job Description Summary

At GE Vernova, quality is embedded in every process, product, and project we deliver. As the Senior Quality Manager, you will lead a global team responsible for strengthening product and process quality across our worldwide operations. You will drive continuous improvement, ensure effective quality controls, support New Product Introduction (NPI), and promote a consistent quality culture across all locations. Working closely with Process Engineering, Production, and other functions, you will develop and deploy robust quality assurance practices, improve defect prevention and detection, and ensure that our products meet customer expectations and applicable quality requirements.

Job Description

What You'll Do

• Lead and develop a global team: Manage and develop a team of engineers and technicians distributed across multiple locations, setting priorities, sharing best practices, and ensuring consistent execution of quality assurance activities worldwide.
• Define and maintain quality controls: Establish risk-based (FMEA) Control Plans, including the definition of Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) characteristics, and develop associated Control Instructions to ensure that product and process characteristics are measured consistently and reliably.
• Drive continuous improvement: Lead and coordinate improvement projects to reduce defects, improve process stability, strengthen product quality, and increase operational performance across sites.
• Oversee quality audits: Plan and conduct audits of business processes, manufacturing processes, and finished products to verify compliance with requirements, identify improvement opportunities, and ensure effective follow-up of corrective actions.
• Ensure measurement system capability: Define and deploy Measurement System Analysis (MSA) practices to verify the reliability of measurement methods and equipment, and support the consistent application of quality measurement standards.
• Drive global training and certification: Develop and deploy training and certification programs for quality measurement activities across all locations, ensuring that employees have the skills and qualifications needed to perform inspections and measurements correctly.
• Support New Product Introduction: Ensure that quality assurance requirements are integrated into NPI activities, including the planning and execution of First Article Inspections (FAI), validation of product characteristics, and readiness for production.
• Lead quality issue resolution: Oversee Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective action processes for significant quality issues, including the issuance of Q-Alerts, communication of lessons learned, and deployment of actions to prevent recurrence.
• Champion our Quality Culture: Lead the rollout and adoption of the BiQ Quality Program and foster our Quality Culture across global operations, promoting quality ownership, defect prevention, disciplined execution, and continuous improvement.
• Develop and deploy quality technologies: Identify and implement technologies and methods that strengthen quality assurance through improved defect prevention, inspection, measurement, and detection capabilities, in collaboration with Process Engineering, Production, and other relevant functions.

What You'll Bring

Required:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Quality Management, Manufacturing, or a related field.
• Significant experience in Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Quality, or Process Quality within an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading and developing engineer teams, preferably across multiple sites or countries.
• Strong knowledge of quality assurance methods, including audits, Control Plans, CTQ definition, measurement systems, and corrective action processes.
• Experience with continuous improvement, problem-solving methodologies, and the implementation of effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive consistent practices across a global organization.

Preferred:

• Experience with Measurement System Analysis (MSA), inspection methods, and measurement equipment qualification.
• Experience supporting NPI, First Article Inspection (FAI), and production readiness activities.
• Familiarity with quality culture transformation, employee training and certification, and global quality standardization.
• Experience implementing new technologies or digital solutions to improve defect prevention, product inspection, and quality detection.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes