Enterprise Quality Manager

Marathon TS; Lorton (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Marathon TS is seeking an Enterprise Quality Manager to lead the program quality organization, shaping strategy and allocating resources for defense manufacturing programs. The role emphasizes driving quality performance aligned with business objectives, financial targets, and customer expectations.

Responsibilities include setting quality culture, staffing, and governance across multiple programs; driving RCCA initiatives; and partnering with Program Management, Operations, Engineering, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree within STEM and 5+ years' experience or equivalent experience without a degree or 9 years+ in aerospace quality or engineering.
• Experience leading multiple dynamic programs.
• Demonstrated people leadership, budget management, and customer interface.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain a U.S. clearance.
• Must be based out of Virginia or Massachusetts with 15% travel.

Responsibilities

• Set the quality culture and strategy for program execution and priorities of the Quality team.
• Create an environment for the Quality team to succeed.
• Address quality issues using metric-driven approaches.
• Provide team management activities including HR-related duties.
• Develop Program Quality Engineer leaders and engineers.
• Align staffing with program demands, forecasts, and budgets.
• Own quality performance across multiple programs and lead improvement initiatives.
• Drive Zero Defect Planning and systemic RCCA initiatives.
• Set priorities capturing estimates to completion relationships.
• Manage quality labor and travel budgets for supplier/program support.
• Provide quality inputs to AOP, forecasts, and risk registers.
• Partner with Program Management, Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to resolve systemic quality issues.
• Serve as senior quality representative to customers, executives, and program reviews.
• Ensure alignment with ISO9001 and AS9100 requirements and internal QMS/contractual obligations.

Skills

People leadership

Budget management

Customer interface

Dynamic program leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Equivalent experience (5+ years) or 9+ years in aerospace quality/engineering

Job description

Marathon TS is seeking an Enterprise Quality Manager responsible for the overall performance, strategy, and resource management of the program quality organization. Successful candidates will have demonstrated experience directly executing and managing quality teams in the defense manufacturing industry supporting dynamic programs and applying hands‑on best practices to anticipate and mitigate any and all risks to quality. They ensure quality performance aligns with business objectives, financial targets, and customer expectations.

Job Responsibilities

The Enterprise Quality Manager is responsible for the overall performance, strategy, and resource management of the program quality organization. They ensure quality performance aligns with business objectives, financial targets, and defense manufacturing customer expectations.

• Set the Quality culture and strategy for program execution, plan training strategy, direction, and priorities of the Quality team.
• Create the environment for the Quality team to succeed.
• Address any Quality issues in an appropriate metric managed manner.
• Provide team management activities; this includes team personnel administration and HR-related activities.
• Manage and develop Program Quality Engineer team leaders and engineers.
• Set staffing models aligned with: Program demands, SIOP forecasts, Budget constraints
• Own quality performance across multiple programs and Drive:
• COPQ reduction strategy; Zero Defect Planning (ZDP); Systemic RCCA initiatives
• Establish program quality priorities and focus areas that capture Estimate at Completion & Estimate to Completion relationships.
• Manage: Quality labor budgets, Travel budgets for supplier/program support
• Provide quality inputs into: AOP, Forecasts, Program risk registers
• Partner with: Program Management, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain to
• resolve systemic quality issues across programs.
• Serve as the senior quality representative to: Customers, Executive leadership, and Program reviews
• Ensure alignment with: ISO9001 & AS9100 requirements, Internal QMS / Contractual obligations

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree within STEM and 5+ years' experience or equivalent experience without a degree or 9 years + in aerospace quality or engineering.
• Experience leading multiple dynamic programs.
• Demonstrated: People leadership, Budget management, Customer interface
• Experience in leadership, Team lead, or Technical Authority.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain a U.S. clearance
• Must be based out of Virginia or Massachusetts with 15% travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Organizational Leadership Experience
• Strategic Program Quality Oversight experience
• Financial and Business Alignment experience
• Cross-Functional Leadership experience
• Customer and Executive Interface experience
• Process and Governance

Marathon TS is committed to the development of a creative, diverse and inclusive work environment. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Marathon TS will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. Marathon TS does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as "protected status").