Quality Manager

Cellular Origins Ltd.; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days holiday

Pension 10%

Private medical insurance

Family-friendly leave

Life insurance 6x salary

Electric car leasing

Cycle to work

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Cellular Origins Ltd. is seeking a Quality Manager to own and continually improve our QMS and ISO 9001 certification, ensuring quality from development through delivery. You will work closely with engineering, manufacturing, delivery teams, suppliers and customers to meet both requirements and value.

You’ll lead CAPA, audits and regulatory alignment, support audits with customers, and drive practical quality improvements across the business in a fast-moving technology environment.

Qualifications

• A STEM degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Quality management experience within a technical development and manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting manufacture, verification, commissioning or delivery of complex systems.
• Strong knowledge of QMS and ISO 9001 standards.
• Understanding of quality and regulatory requirements in regulated manufacturing environments, including GMP.
• Experience managing customer and supplier audits, non-conformances and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Pragmatic, hands-on approach balancing technical, customer and commercial priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own and continually improve our QMS and ISO 9001 standards.
• Support quality across system development, manufacturing, verification and delivery.
• Work with customers to understand quality and regulatory requirements, including audits.
• Manage supplier quality via audits, issue resolution and improvement.
• Lead quality investigations, CAPA and non-conformance handling.
• Embed practical quality processes across engineering, manufacturing and delivery.
• Provide training and mentoring to promote a strong quality culture.

Skills

STEM degree

Quality management

ISO 9001

Audits

CAPA

Regulatory awareness

Stakeholder mgmt

Hands-on quality

Communication

Supplier audits

GMP awareness

Education

STEM degree or equivalent

Job description

About the Role

As our Quality Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring the quality of the systems we deliver to customers, working closely with engineering, manufacturing, delivery teams, suppliers and customers.

You'll own and continually improve our Quality Management System (QMS), maintaining our ISO 9001 certification standards while ensuring quality remains practical, effective and embedded throughout the business.

From system development and manufacturing through to customer acceptance and delivery, you'll help ensure our technology meets both customer expectations and regulatory requirements.

What You'll Do

• Own and continually improve our QMS, maintaining ISO 9001 standards as the business grows.
• Support quality throughout system development, manufacturing, verification, deployment and customer handover.
• Work directly with customers to understand quality and regulatory requirements, including supporting customer audits.
• Manage supplier quality through audits, issue resolution and continuous improvement.
• Lead quality investigations, non-conformance management and corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Embed practical quality processes across engineering, manufacturing and delivery without creating unnecessary complexity.
• Provide training, guidance and mentoring to promote a strong quality culture across the business.

About You

You'll have experience managing quality within a technical development and manufacturing environment, ideally involving complex equipment, automation or systems delivered to customers.

You'll be comfortable working closely with engineers, scientists and customers, balancing quality requirements with the practical needs of a fast-moving technology business.

You’ll bring:

• A STEM degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Quality management experience within a technical development and manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting the manufacture, verification, commissioning or delivery of complex systems to customers.
• Strong knowledge of QMS management and ISO 9001 standards.
• Understanding of quality and regulatory requirements in regulated manufacturing environments, including awareness of GMP.
• Experience managing customer and supplier audits, non-conformances and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and support teams.
• A pragmatic, hands-on approach to quality, with the confidence to balance technical, customer and commercial priorities.

Additional Information

Cellular Origins is currently based on the TTP Campus, within purpose-built sustainable offices, labs and green surroundings, 10 miles south of Cambridge. Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship, shared ideas and collaboration, while providing you the freedom to do your best work.

Our employee benefits include:

• Annual bonus
• 25 days holiday
• Employer pension contribution of 10% of salary
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• Life insurance worth 6x salary
• Electric car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan