Global Powertrain Quality Director

Stellantis NV; Auburn (AL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis NV in Auburn, AL seeks a Director, Project Quality Management (Powertrain) to lead a regional quality team of about 25 FTEs and drive quality across development, industrialization, launch, and lifecycle of global powertrain programs.

The role partners with engineering, manufacturing, industrial quality, customer experience, suppliers, and JV partners to ensure compliance with quality standards and to deliver world‑class performance from concept through SOP and post‑launch.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in quality, engineering, product development, manufacturing, program management, or launch management.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing teams, projects, or cross-functional organizations.
• Experience leading complex global programs in the automotive industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality activities through development and industrialization of new powertrain programs.
• Ensure global compliance with Stellantis quality requirements, processes, standards, and customer expectations.
• Establish and govern comprehensive program quality plans, ensuring execution across all project phases.
• Drive quality convergence activities from preliminary development through SOP and six months post-launch.
• Define, deploy, and manage project quality objectives, targets, forecasts, and improvement plans.
• Lead creation and maintenance of customer-focused quality deliverables
• Assess customer impact and risk associated with deviations from approved design and quality targets.
• Support program teams in preparing milestone reviews and validating maturity levels.
• Ensure project deliverables satisfy quality readiness requirements across all stakeholders.
• Lead identification, assessment, and mitigation of quality risks throughout the program lifecycle.
• Ensure timely issue resolution using structured root cause analysis and standardized corrective actions.
• Drive application of lessons learned from previous programs and institutionalize best practices across future projects.
• Escalate significant quality concerns and oversee implementation of robust containment and recovery plans.
• Support industrialization quality assessments and readiness reviews.
• Lead APQP/PPAP synthesis and execution at the system level.
• Coordinate quality convergence activities for batch build events and launch phases.
• Ensure quality targets are achieved for secondary launches, major program updates, and product expansions.
• Validate readiness through Design Assessments, Part Readiness Reviews, and Launch Quality Evaluations.
• Govern deviation management (IAA) processes and approvals.
• Ensure product and process changes do not negatively impact customer quality during serial life.
• Lead quality assessments for post-launch product and manufacturing changes.

Skills

Leadership

APQP/PPAP

FMEA

Root Cause

Quality Systems

Program Management

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or related technical discipline

Master's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Quality, or related discipline

Job description

Stellantis NV in Auburn, AL seeks a Director, Project Quality Management (Powertrain) to lead a regional quality team of about 25 FTEs and drive quality across development, industrialization, launch, and lifecycle of global powertrain programs.

The role partners with engineering, manufacturing, industrial quality, customer experience, suppliers, and JV partners to ensure compliance with quality standards and to deliver world‑class performance from concept through SOP and post‑launch.