Strategic Advisor

Alcon; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Alcon is seeking a Strategic Advisor in QA Surgical Franchise to lead strategic project management at the Fort Worth, TX facility. You will drive quality initiatives, governance, and cross-functional alignment to ensure cost-effective, high-quality execution.

The role involves coordinating quarterly Quality Management Reviews, building executive dashboards, and partnering with Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, R&D, and Supply Chain teams. Onsite with up to 10% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of related experience.
• Fluent reading, writing, and communication in English.
• Onsite role in Fort Worth, TX with up to 10% travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate strategic Quality programs across the Surgical Franchise.
• Standardize governance, project management tools, reporting processes, and best practices.
• Support Franchise Quality Leadership in annual objectives and strategic planning.
• Own governance and PM for key Quality initiatives and remediation programs.
• Plan, coordinate, and host quarterly Quality Reviews with governance.
• Develop and maintain executive dashboards, scorecards, and status reports.
• Collaborate across Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, R&D, Supply Chain, and regions.
• Identify and escalate emerging Quality risks affecting patients and compliance.

Skills

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an inclusive culture, recognizing your contributions and offering opportunities to grow your career like never before. Together, we make a difference in the lives of our patients and customers. Are you ready to join us?

This role is part of Alcon's Project Management function, a team that ensures all regular and one-off projects are planned, organized, and executed effectively to help our people and the world see brilliantly.

The Strategic Advisor, QA Surgical Franchise is primarily responsible for leading strategic project management within the Alcon business unit to ensure cost-effective, high-quality execution in compliance with global standards at our Facility in Fort Worth, TX. Specifics include:

• Lead and coordinate strategic Quality programs across the Surgical Franchise, ensuring alignment of priorities, timelines, risks, resources, and deliverables across global functions and regions.
• Standardize and continuously improve Quality governance, project management tools, reporting processes, and best practices to enhance efficiency, consistency, and organizational effectiveness across both franchises.
• Support Franchise Quality Leadership in annual objective setting, strategic planning, prioritization, and execution tracking to ensure delivery of business, compliance, and quality objectives.
• Own governance and project management processes for key Quality initiatives, including remediation programs, monthly quality reviews with franchise and regional teams, quality system improvements, compliance projects, and cross-functional transformation efforts.
• Plan, coordinate, and host quarterly Franchise Quality Management Reviews (QMRs), including agenda development, metric compilation, executive briefing materials, meeting facilitation, action item management, and leadership follow-up.
• Develop and maintain executive dashboards, scorecards, and status reports that provide visibility to Quality performance, program progress, emerging risks, key decisions, and organizational priorities.
• Support governance of Franchise-level Quality metrics and performance indicators, including complaint trends, CAPA performance, deviation/nonconformance trends, audit observations, inspection readiness, product quality trends, field actions, and other relevant Quality signals.
• Facilitate collaboration among Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, R&D, Supply Chain, Commercial, and regional stakeholders to ensure effective execution of franchise and enterprise Quality objectives.
• Support identification, prioritization, and escalation of emerging Quality risks across the franchises, including potential patient/customer impact, compliance exposure, supply continuity concerns, or reputational risk.
• Facilitate cross-franchise alignment on shared Quality priorities, lessons learned, systemic risks, best practices, and opportunities for standardization or continuous improvement.
• Support preparation of executive-level Quality updates, including concise summaries for Quality Leadership Team, Franchise Leadership Team, and other senior governance forums.
• Provide thought partnership to Franchise Quality leadership by identifying opportunities to strengthen governance, improve meeting effectiveness, and enhance metric visibility and increase proactive Quality risk management.
• Liaison with regional quality teams on top issues impacting markets and regions
• Support of technology/product transfer projects

WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +18 yrs; Assoc.+14 yrs; M.S.+7 yrs; PhD+6 yrs)
• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
• 10 years of relevant experience
• Location: Onsite
• Travel Requirements: Up to 10%
• Relocation Assistance: Yes
• Sponsorship Available: NO

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:

• Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and learnings as work evolves!
• Join Alcon's mission to provide top-tier, innovative products and solutions to enhance sight & enhance lives.
• Grow your career in a highly collaborative and diverse environment.
• Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for salaried associates, paid time off for hourly associates and much more!