Senior Manager, Product Quality Assurance

Valmet; Jyväskylä; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmet in Jyväskylä, Finland is seeking a Senior Manager, Product Quality Assurance to shape the future of product quality across the lifecycle. You will collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Technology Transfer to define CTQ/CTS characteristics and embed AI-driven insights into quality governance.

You will drive standardization of engineering processes, build digital quality data models, and promote a culture of proactive continuous improvement within a global network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field.
• Strong experience in quality management or related roles, including line manager responsibilities.
• Solid understanding of product quality management principles, quality assurance frameworks, lifecycle-based quality management, and engineering development processes.
• Experience using quality and failure data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Understanding of digital tools and AI applications in quality assurance, data analysis, and requirement traceability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Product Quality Assurance function and develop product quality requirements across business areas and the product lifecycle.
• Partner with Product Management to identify and harmonize critical-to-quality (CTQ) and critical-to-safety (CTS) characteristics across product families and technologies.
• Use quality cost, nonconformance, failure, and feedback data to strengthen product, engineering, and technology transfer requirements.
• Drive standardization of engineering processes and embed them into a unified Engineering Quality Framework across global networks.
• Lead the development of digital quality data models and technology transfer QA governance, including Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) development and product-specific applications.

Skills

Quality management

Line management

Data analysis

AI in QA

Requirements traceability

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Engineering/Quality

Job description

Shape the Future of Product Quality as a Senior Manager, Product Quality Assurance

Join a global quality transformation journey. In this role, you will work closely with Product Management, Engineering, Technology Transfer teams, and other key stakeholders to develop and harmonize product quality requirements across the product lifecycle, strengthen engineering quality practices and standardization, and further develop Technology Transfer quality governance. You will help ensure that quality is built in from the beginning, while turning experience and lessons learned into preventive improvements. You will also help build digital quality frameworks by leveraging AI and data-driven insights to improve decision-making, organizational learning, and continuous improvement.

Your responsibilities

• Lead the Product Quality Assurance function and develop product quality requirements across business areas and the product lifecycle.
• Partner with Product Management to identify and harmonize critical-to-quality (CTQ) and critical-to-safety (CTS) characteristics across product families and technologies.
• Use quality cost, nonconformance, failure, and feedback data to strengthen product, engineering, and technology transfer requirements.
• Drive standardization of engineering processes and embed them into a unified Engineering Quality Framework across global networks.
• Lead the development of digital quality data models and technology transfer QA governance, including Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) development and product-specific applications.

Expectations for you

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Quality, or a related technical field.
• Strong experience in quality management or related roles, including line manager responsibilities.
• Solid understanding of product quality management principles, quality assurance frameworks, lifecycle-based quality management, and engineering development processes.
• Experience using quality and failure data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Understanding of digital tools and AI applications in quality assurance, data analysis, and requirement traceability.

To succeed in this role
You combine strategic thinking with practical execution and can translate a broad quality vision into clear priorities and frameworks. You build strong relationships across functions, influence stakeholders through data and business impact, and stay focused on the initiatives that create the greatest value. You are comfortable working in an evolving environment and driving continuous improvement through structured quality practices and digital innovation.

We Also Expect You To Align With Valmet’s Leadership Principles—practical Behaviours That Guide How We Lead, Collaborate, And Succeed Together

• Take accountability – Act with ownership, set clear expectations, and follow through
• Lead with courage – Champion change, try bold ideas, and learn quickly
• Build on trust – Listen to understand, be open, and create psychological safety
• Collaborate for growth – Work across boundaries, value diverse perspectives, and focus on customer value

Want to know more?
Ready to make a lasting impact on product quality and reliability? We look forward to hearing from you.

For more information about the position, please contact Mikko Iitti via email at [e-mail].

When everything works together
Valmet is where the best talent from a wide variety of backgrounds comes together. We work together with our customers throughout the entire lifecycle, delivering cutting-edge technologies and services as well as mission-critical automation and flow control solutions. Backed by more than 225 years of industrial experience and a global team of over 19,000 professionals close to customers, we are uniquely positioned to transform industries toward a regenerative tomorrow. At Valmet, diversity of thought drives innovation. We are committed to a respectful and inclusive environment, where people can be themselves and are supported to contribute at their best. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential, never on personal characteristics such as gender, gender identity, age, ethnicity, nationality, disability, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, or political views.

Join the team – and lead the way with us!
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