Senior Manager, Product Quality & Digital QA Transformation

Valmet; Tampere; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmet is seeking a Senior Manager, Product Quality Assurance to shape the future of product quality across a global technology and engineering landscape. You will drive cross-functional collaboration with Product Management, Engineering, and Technology Transfer to define quality requirements and governance across the lifecycle, ensuring prevention and data-driven improvements.

You will champion digital quality frameworks, leverage AI insights, and embed standardized practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Engineering, Quality, or related field.
• Proven experience in quality management with line management responsibilities.
• Solid knowledge of product quality management principles and lifecycle-based processes.
• Experience using quality and failure data to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Understanding of AI applications in quality assurance and data analysis.

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 CTQ and 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 SOP development and product-specific applications.

Skills

Quality management

Data analysis

AI in QA

Leadership

Engineering processes

Education

Bachelors/Masters in Engineering

Job description

Valmet is seeking a Senior Manager, Product Quality Assurance to shape the future of product quality across a global technology and engineering landscape. You will drive cross-functional collaboration with Product Management, Engineering, and Technology Transfer to define quality requirements and governance across the lifecycle, ensuring prevention and data-driven improvements.

You will champion digital quality frameworks, leverage AI insights, and embed standardized practices.