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Quality Leader – RO & UF
DuPont Water Solutions | Reverse Osmosis & Ultrafiltration
Shape the Future of Water Quality
At DuPont, we’re solving some of the world’s most critical water challenges. As our Business Quality Leader (BQL) for the Reverse Osmosis and Ultrafiltration portfolios, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring product excellence, driving operational performance, and enabling sustainable growth across a global business.
This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for defining and executing the Manage Product Quality (MPQ) strategy, ensuring we consistently deliver on customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and business performance goals.
What You’ll Do
As a key member of the business leadership team, you will:
Lead Strategy & Governance
- Own and deploy the MPQ Business Quality Strategy, aligning quality systems with business objectives and growth priorities
- Establish and govern quality system architecture, operating discipline, and certification standards
- Ensure compliance with global product quality and regulatory requirements
Drive Performance & Continuous Improvement
- Champion a customer-first quality culture across the organization
- Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve customer-facing quality metrics, including a targeted 25% YoY reduction in defective parts per million (DPPM)
- Partner with operations and manufacturing technology to reduce Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ)
Enable End-to-End Quality Excellence
- Ensure robust quality systems across:
- Product specifications & validation
- New product introduction (NPI)
- External manufacturing & supplier quality
- Raw materials & incoming inspections
- End-to-end supply chain and distribution quality
- Lead effective CAPA processes to resolve issues and prevent recurrence
Build & Lead Capability
- Develop, coach, and mentor a network of quality professionals across global sites
- Drive adoption of quality tools, metrics, and training across the business
- Optimize leveraged quality resources and processes for efficiency and impact
- Lead and coach on supplier audits and robust incoming materials inspection
What Success Looks Like
- A scalable, effective MPQ strategy that enables profitable growth and risk mitigation
- Measurable improvements in product quality, customer satisfaction, and operational performance
- Strong cross-functional alignment and resolution of complex technical and organizational challenges
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or related field required
- 8–12 years of progressive experience in quality leadership roles
- Proven ability to lead global, cross-functional initiatives in manufacturing or technology-driven environments
- Expertise in quality systems (including ISO 9001 and cGMP), regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Strong business acumen with a focus on risk management, prioritization, and value creation
Why DuPont?
- Work on technologies that impact millions of lives through clean water solutions
- Join a collaborative, innovation-driven culture with global reach and real business impact
- Influence strategic decisions at the intersection of quality, operations, and customer experience
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DuPont offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package. To learn more visit the Compensation and Benefits page.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or related field
- 8-12 years of progressive experience in quality leadership roles
- Proven ability to lead global, cross-functional initiatives in manufacturing or technology-driven environments
- Expertise in quality systems including ISO 9001 and cGMP, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement methodologies
- Experience with product specifications and validation, New Product Introduction (NPI), and end-to-end supply chain quality
- Experience leading CAPA processes, supplier audits, and incoming materials inspection
- Strong business acumen with focus on risk management, prioritization, and value creation
- Experience developing, coaching, and mentoring quality professionals across global sites
DuPont Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about DuPont and has not been reviewed or approved by DuPont.
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Retirement Support — Employer 401(k) funding is positioned as a strong differentiator, combining a dollar-for-dollar match with an additional company contribution that meaningfully boosts total compensation. This design adds notable long-term value even when base pay is viewed as average in some areas.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for birth and non-birth parents, together with family-building support and backup care resources, provides robust support for diverse family needs. Programs extend to fertility, adoption, surrogacy, and caregiving.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs include substantial vacation ranges, a broad holiday schedule, and the option to purchase additional time, offering flexibility across tenure levels. Structured sick time and disability income protection further strengthen time-away coverage.
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