Vice President of Global Quality

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Vice President of Global Quality

Novanta Inc.

icon Bedford, MA, US, 01730

iconFull Time

icon14 May 2024

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Build a career powered by innovations that matter!  At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible.  We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.  Looking for a great place to work?  You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment.  Come explore Novanta.

As Vice President, Quality, you’ll play a crucial role shaping the organization's overall direction and success. You'll lead the Quality function for a group of global business units. You’ll provide strategic leadership and contribute to the development and execution of Novanta’s overall strategy.

Responsibilities:

  • Establishing and maintaining a quality management system that meets regulatory requirements and industry standards.
  • Setting strategic goals, identifying improvement opportunities, and driving quality-related initiatives aligned with Novanta’s vision and mission.
  • Leading and developing a team of multi-disciplinary quality professionals across a group of global business units.
  • Analyzing complex problems, evaluating risks, and developing effective strategies to overcome challenges.
  • Adapting to evolving market and regulatory dynamics, and championing innovation and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

  • Demonstrate extensive experience in quality management with a history of consistently enhancing quality performance.
  • Proven ability to develop and implement best-in-class quality assurance methodologies, tools, policies and procedures.
  • Possess excellent business acumen and a deep understanding of the industries in which we operate.
  • Success driving organizational change.
  • Able to collaborate and influence effectively cross-functionally and across business units.

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

Please call +1 781-266-5700 if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.