Senior Design Quality Manager

Job Responsibilities:
• Utilizes advanced risk assessment methodologies such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) to identify potential hazards, assess risk severity and probability, and develop robust risk mitigation strategies.
• Reviews and improves product safety processes and procedures to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, recommends process enhancements and resource allocation adjustments to optimize team performance and achieve departmental goals.
• Collaborates strategically with regulatory bodies and industry associations to forecast future regulatory trends and proactively influence industry standards, publishes research findings and contributes to industry publications.
• Serves as a recognized subject matter expert (SME) in product safety, providing strategic counsel and guidance to internal and external stakeholders, represents Philips in high-level regulatory discussions and industry working groups.
• Champions a culture of proactive product safety throughout Philips by leading the development and implementation of a comprehensive product safety strategy, aligning it with Philips' overall business objectives and ensuring best-in-class safety across all product lines.
• Strategizes and implements innovative approaches to mitigate emerging safety trends and technological risks, influences product roadmaps to proactively address these risks before development begins.
• Participates in discussions and negotiations with regulatory authorities to achieve optimal safety outcomes while ensuring business feasibility and uninterrupted organizational operations.
• Provides guidance to team members on complex product safety challenges, imparting subject matter knowledge on relevant topics and encouraging ownership of solutions.
• Oversees and continually optimizes a robust product safety management system, ensuring meticulous traceability of all risk management activities and compliance with relevant quality standards.
• Leads and conducts internal audits to identify and address potential gaps in the system, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Manages talent across the team, while driving employee selection, performance management, compensation management, career development, and ensuring effective operational management.
Minimum required Education:
Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Science or equivalent.
Minimum required Experience:
Minimum 5 years of experience with Bachelor's OR Minimum 3 years of experience with Master's in areas such as Quality Engineering, Safety Engineering, Process Engineering or equivalent.
Preferred Skills:
• Safety Quality Management
• Data Analysis & Interpretation
• Design for Quality (DFQ)
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• CAPA Methodologies
• Regulatory Requirements
• Privacy, Safety and Security Risk Assessment
• Technical Documentation
• Continuous Improvement
• Product Quality and Reliability
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Business Acumen
• People Management
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
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