Quality assurance director job description

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Quality assurance directors are tasked with defining and promoting a quality mindset
across an entire company. Directors are responsible for managing all QA functions,
working with cross-departmental leadership to deliver high quality products on schedule.
From hiring analysts and managers to leading incident investigations, QA directors
establish and maintain a quality system to ensure a company’s facilities, equipment,
personnel, methods, processes, and procedures conform to both internal guidelines and
regulatory standards.

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Quality Assurance Director

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your company. Your introductory paragraph should be a short, two- to three-sentence
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prospective candidate’s mind about the possibility of working for you. Tell them what
you have to offer new hires that makes your position stand out from other competing
roles.

QA Director Job Responsibilities:

 Assures quality products and processes by establishing and enforcing quality standards
and testing materials and products.
 Establishes quality and reliability standards by studying product and consumer
requirements with other members of management and with production operators,
technicians, and engineers.
 Develops raw material standards by studying manufacturing and engineering
requirements, conferring and negotiating with suppliers, and devising testing methods
and procedures.
 Implements in-process product inspection standards by studying manufacturing methods
and devising testing methods and procedures.
 Establishes standards for the disposition of finished product by devising evaluation tests,
methods, and procedures.
  Institutes rework standards by devising inspection and physical testing methods and
procedures.
 Creates product quality documentation system by writing and updating quality assurance
procedures.
 Maintains product quality by enforcing quality assurance policies and procedures and
government requirements.
 Collaborates with other members of management to develop new product and
engineering designs and manufacturing and training methods.
 Prepares product and process quality reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing
information and trends.
 Completes quality assurance operational requirements by scheduling and assigning
employees and following up on work results.
 Develops a quality assurance staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training
employees.
 Manages quality assurance staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining
employees.
 Ensures quality by planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
 Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops,
reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in
professional societies.
 Achieves financial objectives by preparing the quality assurance budget, scheduling
expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions.
 Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

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flexible schedules, weekend work, travel requirements, and work-from-home
opportunities. You will also want to mention additional benefits such as free food, office
perks, and commuter benefits.

QA Director Qualifications/Skills:

 Leadership
 Strong written and verbal communication skills
 Analytic skills
 Collaboration skills
 Product management skills
 QA process skills
 Computer knowledge and skills

Education and Experience Requirements:

 BA or BS in appropriate discipline
 Experience with QA measuring and testing equipment
 Five to 10 years’ experience as QA director
 Knowledge of safety requirements and legal standards
  Working knowledge of quality system requirements
 Experience with MS Word, Excel, Project Management and Analytics software

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your candidate what they need to do to apply to your position. This can be by having
them click the apply button, sending a resume to an email address, or applying on the
company’s website. Failure to use a call to action will result in fewer candidates
applying for your position.
Quality Director
Responsibilities and
Duties
Develop departmental strategy and vision to ensure adherence with customer
expectations.
Enforce consistent improvement and monitor Global Quality department.
Oversee, motivate, mentor and evaluate Quality Department’s employees
performance.
Present and provide budget for all QA equipment, procedures and department
expenditure.
Support and perform Quality Internal Auditors’ training to ensure continual
staff of trained auditors.
Coordinate, help and perform quality education to entire plant staff.
Direct quality department operations, provide education and train staff related
to quality arena.
Provide support and guidance to lead adhering to regulatory and legal
requirements.
Monitor activities to ensure compliance with core quality measures.
Gather, analyze and manage quality related data.
Coordinate committee activities enforcing quality improvements.
Maintain and update information related to requirements and ensure effective
communication for same.
Supervise coordinator activities, infection control practitioners and core
measures.
Ensure all submitted data to apt organizations is complete and accurate.
Head and monitor quality activities to ensure company’s products comply to
quality standards.