Global Quality & Risk Executive

Traditional Medicinals; Rohnert Park (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Traditional Medicinals in Sebastopol, California, is seeking a Vice President of Quality to shape and lead the company’s quality strategy across the enterprise.

This executive will oversee quality governance for manufacturing sites, suppliers, labs and co-manufacturers, drive digital quality transformation, and partner with Operations, Regulatory, R&D and Commercial teams to balance consumer protection with growth. Limited travel (up to 20–30%) is required, and on-site presence is expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of progressive quality leadership experience, including responsibility for quality systems, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, and organizational leadership.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-site quality organizations and/or external manufacturing networks.
• Experience leading quality organizations within complex manufacturing and/or supply networks.
• Experience developing organizational strategy and leading transformational initiatives.
• Experience building and developing high-performing leadership teams.
• Proven ability to influence executive and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Superior leadership skills to develop talent, design organizational structure, and lead teams through organizational growth and change.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company's enterprise quality strategy.
• Lead quality-related business transformation initiatives, including digital quality systems and data-driven decision making.
• Provide executive leadership for supplier quality, manufacturing quality, and laboratory quality capabilities.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Innovation, R&D, and Commercial teams to support strategic business objectives.
• Build organizational capability through talent development, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Serve as a key advisor to executive leadership regarding quality-related risks, opportunities, and investments.
• Establish enterprise quality metrics, analytics, and reporting capabilities that enable proactive risk management and data-driven decision making.
• Foster a culture of quality, accountability, continuous improvement, and consumer focus across the organization.
• Demonstrates a commitment to Traditional Medicinals purpose through balancing quality, efficacy, sustainability and business performance.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality systems

Risk management

Change management

Education

BS or MS in pharmacognosy, chemistry, food science, microbiology, engineering

Job description

Traditional Medicinals in Sebastopol, California, is seeking a Vice President of Quality to shape and lead the company’s quality strategy across the enterprise.

This executive will oversee quality governance for manufacturing sites, suppliers, labs and co-manufacturers, drive digital quality transformation, and partner with Operations, Regulatory, R&D and Commercial teams to balance consumer protection with growth. Limited travel (up to 20–30%) is required, and on-site presence is expected.