Description
We are seeking a Program Quality Manager to join our team at Leidos. As the accountable leader for program-level Mission Assurance integration, you will establish the program assurance strategy, ensure Product Assurance and Execution Assurance are planned and resourced, and verify that Program Quality Engineers execute or confirm qualified execution of assurance activities before products are baselined, released, or delivered.
Primary Responsibilities.
- Product Assurance: Ensure Product Assurance is performed on decision-based products, including plans, requirements, designs, test artifacts, verification evidence, acceptance data, supplier deliverables, and other products that drive downstream execution.
- Execution Assurance: Ensure Execution Assurance is performed against Product-Assured, approved, and baselined plans, including the PMP, SEMP, CMP, IMS, test plans, supplier plans, and program-specific quality commitments.
- Performance Assurance & Reporting: Establish, monitor, and analyze program quality metrics, including yield, rework, NCR rates, and escape rates, along with targeted KPIs that drive performance visibility, process health, improvement, and compliance.
- Predictive Prevention & Continuous Improvement: Analyze KPI trends and inspection data to proactively identify systemic issues, drive root cause investigations, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
- Leadership & Team Development: Lead the program quality team and ensure compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, and contractual quality standards.
- Program Interfaces & Deliverables: Interface directly with customers and program management as the program quality authority.
Basic Qualifications.
- Bachelor's degree in Quality Management, Engineering, Industrial Management, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
- 8+ years of experience in quality engineering, program quality, or quality systems management within the defense, aerospace, or regulated manufacturing industry, including 3+ years leading or managing a quality team.
- Experience owning program-level quality planning, including quality plans, acceptance criteria, and inspection or sampling strategy.
- Working knowledge of AS9100 and/or ISO 9001, government contract quality requirements, contractual quality clause flowdown, configuration management and baseline control, and internal quality management systems.
Preferred Qualifications.
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE).
- ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE).
- ISO 9001 or AS9100 Lead Auditor certification.
- Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt.
- Experience supporting DoD contracts or prime contractors.
- Familiarity with AS9102 first article inspection and APQP or AS9145 practices.
- Familiarity with ERP/MRP and PLM systems, preferably Windchill.
- Experience with quality data analytics and dashboard reporting tools such as Power BI.
- Experience serving as a voting member of a program risk board.
- Security clearance eligibility or active clearance preferred.