Quality Manager

TTP plc.; Melbourn; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days holiday

Pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Subsidised lunches

Enhanced family leave

Life insurance

Electric car leasing

Cycle to work

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Cellular Origins, based at Melbourn Science Park near Cambridge, is transforming cell therapies by building scalable manufacturing platforms. We are seeking a Quality Manager to ensure our systems meet the highest standards as we move into customer delivery.

You will own and extend the QMS, maintain ISO 9001 certification, and work with engineering, manufacturing, and delivery teams to satisfy customer and regulatory expectations.

Qualifications

• STEM degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• Quality management within development and manufacturing.
• Experience supporting the manufacture, verification, commissioning or delivery of complex systems.
• Strong knowledge of QMS and ISO 9001 standards.
• Understanding GMP in regulated environments.
• Experience managing customer and supplier audits.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.

Skills

Quality management

Regulatory awareness

Stakeholder management

Quality leadership

Documentation control

GMP awareness

Education

STEM degree or equivalent

Job description

Cell therapies are transforming what's possible for patients with previously untreatable diseases. At Cellular Origins, we're helping make these therapies more accessible by revolutionising how they're manufactured at scale.

Our Constellation platform combines robotics, automation and bioprocess equipment to help cell therapy companies scale manufacturing. As our technology moves into customer delivery, we're looking for a Quality Manager to ensure the systems we develop, manufacture and deliver meet the highest standards.

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.

Qualifications

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 based at Melbourn Science Park, just 10 miles south of Cambridge. Our newly renovated premises offer modern office, laboratory and engineering spaces, surrounded by green spaces. We foster an entrepreneurial and collaborative culture, where ideas are encouraged, innovation thrives, and everyone has the freedom to do their 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
• Subsidised lunches
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• Life insurance worth 6x salary
• Electric car leasing scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan