Senior Quality Strategy & Assurance Lead

Kbr; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place To Work

Flexible working

Competitive salary

Parental leave

Income protection

Corporate rewards

Salary packaging

Employee stock purchase

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Senior Manager, Quality Assurance to provide strategic leadership across our Quality organisation in Australia. The role ensures quality systems, processes, and governance support safe, reliable and compliant delivery outcomes across multiple disciplines and sites.

The ideal candidate will bring deep technical QA expertise, significant leadership experience, and the ability to influence across a large, matrixed organisation.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate qualification in Quality, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience in Quality Management (typically 12+ years), including leadership of managers or senior technical professionals.
• Proven experience leading multiple quality disciplines within a complex organisation.
• Strong technical expertise across quality systems, audits, inspections, testing, and improvement methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior functional leadership across quality disciplines and regions.
• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of quality systems, standards and governance.
• Ensure quality practices align with regulatory obligations and product performance requirements.
• Provide technical authority across QA, audits, inspections, testing, and improvements.
• Oversee assurance activities to meet quality, safety and compliance standards.
• Analyze quality data to identify trends and risks; drive improvements.
• Lead CAPAs to address quality issues and strengthen performance.
• Drive consistency of quality practices across functions and products.
• Contribute to quality strategy and enterprise standards.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve reliability and delivery outcomes.
• Build capability through coaching and developing managers and specialists.

Skills

Leadership

Quality management

Audits & inspections

Regulatory compliance

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Quality/Engineering/Business degree

Job description

KBR is seeking a Senior Manager, Quality Assurance to provide strategic leadership across our Quality organisation in Australia. The role ensures quality systems, processes, and governance support safe, reliable and compliant delivery outcomes across multiple disciplines and sites.

The ideal candidate will bring deep technical QA expertise, significant leadership experience, and the ability to influence across a large, matrixed organisation.