Quality Engineering Manager

Zvh; United States; On-site; USD 112,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance & dental

401(k) with company match (ESPP)

Paid holidays & PTO (20–35 days)

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Baxter is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager to lead the validation and data integrity governance at the site. You will partner with Engineering, Facilities, Operations, CSV, laboratories, and system owners to drive program execution and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

As the primary QA representative for validation, you will interface with site leadership and regulatory agencies, drive remediation activities, and maintain independent QA oversight through governance, review,

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of cGMP validation, GAMP 5, and 21 CFR Part 11.
• Proven people leadership and ability to build high-performing teams.
• Ability to organize plans, governance, and risk-based decisions.
• Maintain QA independence while partnering with Engineering, Facilities, Operations, CSV, laboratories, and leadership.
• Excellent written and oral communication, including regulatory presentations.
• Proven success leading complex programs, inspections, and remediation governance.
• Working knowledge of statistics, process capability, risk-management tools, and electronic quality systems.
• Meet all site safety and occupational requirements.

Responsibilities

• Establish site strategy, governance model, procedures, and QA oversight of validation and data integrity.
• Lead and performance-manage the Quality Engineering team; assign oversight by risk and priority.
• Ensure ownership across Engineering, Facilities, Operations, CSV, laboratories, and system owners for validation activities.
• Approve or delegate master plans, high-risk protocols, reports, deviations, and remediation decisions.
• Chair or sponsor governance forums; set risk-based priorities and resolve cross-functional conflicts.
• Align data integrity program with GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, ALCOA+ and regulatory expectations.
• Review program health through metrics, audits, aging, and trend analysis; raise risks to leadership.
• Ensure remediation plans have milestones, controls, and QA verification of closure.
• Represent validation and data integrity during FDA inspections, audits, and regulatory submissions.
• Develop capability, succession plans, training, and standardized tools for QA and partners.
• Manage resources to maintain compliant, efficient QA oversight.

Skills

cGMP validation

Quality systems

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Data integrity governance

QA independence

Regulatory presentations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Science

ASQ CQE/CSQE/CQA or Six Sigma

Tools

Electronic quality systems

Job description

Company Overview

This is where your work makes a difference. At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results. Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Role

You will lead the quality validation program and governance of the plant data integrity program. This role establishes validation strategy, quality standards, risk tolerance, and performance expectations to ensure compliance with regulatory and quality requirements. You will partner closely with Engineering, Facilities, Operations, CSV, laboratories, and system owners to drive effective program execution. As the primary Quality representative for validation and data integrity, you will interface with site leadership and regulatory agencies. The Quality Engineering Manager ensures validation and remediation activities are executed by accountable owners while maintaining independent Quality oversight through governance, review, approval, and escalation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the site strategy, governance model, procedures, and decision rights for independent QA oversight of validation and plant-level data integrity.
• Lead, develop, and performance-manage the Quality Engineering team; assign oversight based on project risk, complexity, and business priority.
• Ensure Engineering, Facilities, Operations, CSV, laboratories, and system/process owners maintain clear accountability for validation authoring and execution, technical operation, vulnerability remediation, and sustained control effectiveness.
• Approve or delegate approval of validation master plans, high-risk protocols and reports, critical deviations, revalidation strategies, major change controls, and continued use or release decisions.
• Chair or sponsor validation and data integrity governance forums; set risk-based priorities across the plant system inventory and resolve multi-functional ownership or resource conflicts.
• Ensure the data integrity program is aligned with GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, ALCOA+ principles, corporate standards, and current regulatory expectations.
• Review program health through metrics, audits, periodic reviews, remediation aging, deviation trends, audit-trail-review performance, and effectiveness checks; raise risks to site leadership.
• Ensure remediation plans have accountable operational owners, appropriate milestones, interim controls, documented risk acceptance, and independent QA verification of sustainable closure.
• Represent validation and data integrity programs, in partnership with system owners, during FDA and other regulatory inspections, customer audits, governance reviews, and regulatory submissions.
• Develop capability, succession plans, training, and standardized tools for Quality Engineering and multi-functional partners.
• Manage resources and continuous-improvement priorities to maintain compliant, efficient oversight without compromising QA independence.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of cGMP validation, computerized-system assurance, GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, ALCOA+ principles, data integrity governance, quality systems, and contemporary regulatory expectations.
• Demonstrated people leadership and ability to build high-performing technical teams.
• Proven capability in organizing plans, making decisions considering risks, governance, influencing, negotiation, and managing conflicts.
• Ability to maintain QA independence while creating effective partnerships with Engineering, Facilities, Operations, CSV, laboratories, and business leadership.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including executive and regulatory presentations.
• Proven success leading complex programs, inspections, remediation governance, and multi-functional organizational change.
• Working knowledge of statistics, process capability, risk-management tools, and electronic quality systems.
• Candidate must meet all applicable site safety and occupational requirements.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Computer Science, or a related technical field required. 8 or more years of progressive experience in validation, quality engineering, computerized-system assurance, data integrity, or QA within a cGMP-regulated industry, including people or program leadership. Prior experience participating in regulatory inspections and complex remediation programs desired. ASQ CQE, CSQE, CQA, Six Sigma, or comparable professional certification highly desirable.

Compensation

The estimated base salary for this position is $112,000 - $154,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.

US Benefits at Baxter

• Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance.
• Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching.
• We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave.
• Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

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