Senior Quality Assurance Manager Surgical Support & Post Market

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite

Stryker is hiring an Senior Quality Assurance Manager - Surgical Support & Post Market in San Jose CA supporting our Endoscopy division who will provide strategic leadership for quality activities across the Endoscopy business supporting both product lifecycle management and post-market quality performance. This role is responsible for driving quality excellence regulatory compliance customer-focused outcomes and continuous improvement initiatives while partnering closely with cross-functional leaders across R&D Operations Regulatory Affairs and Commercial teams. The Senior Manager will lead a high-performing team leverage quality and reliability data to influence business decisions and ensure the effective execution of quality strategies that support product performance patient safety and organizational objectives.

What you will do:

• Lead Quality Assurance support for legacy surgical device portfolios overseeing new product development post-market quality and lifecycle management across the Endoscopy business.

• Partner with cross-functional leaders to define quality strategy establish key performance metrics and drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality reliability and customer satisfaction.

• Provide strategic direction for post-market surveillance and customer-focused quality initiatives leveraging data-driven insights to influence business decisions and risk mitigation activities.

• Monitor analyze and communicate product quality and reliability trends to senior leadership driving proactive actions and executive-level reviews to ensure sustained product performance.

• Lead resolution of complex quality issues by chairing cross-functional review boards overseeing engineering change assessments and ensuring robust risk analysis and verification activities.

• Ensure compliance with global regulatory and quality system requirements including FDA and international standards while supporting regulatory inspections and external audits.

• Evaluate and improve quality system processes driving corrective and preventive actions and fostering a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.

• Build lead and develop high-performing teams through talent acquisition coaching performance management workforce planning and accountability for achieving organizational objectives.

What you need

Required

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Science or a related technical discipline.

• Minimum of 10 of experience in a regulated manufacturing environment (medical device pharmaceutical biomedical or automotive)

• Minimum of 4 years of people leadership experience including team development performance management and talent acquisition.

• Experience supporting product quality throughout the product lifecycle including post-market quality customer quality quality engineering and/or manufacturing quality.

• Demonstrated application of quality and risk management tools including Root Cause Analysis FMEA Statistical Process Control (SPC) CAPA and/or Six Sigma methodologies.

• Experience supporting compliance with Quality Systems and regulatory requirements including FDA regulations audits inspections and/or international quality standards.

• Experience leading cross-functional quality initiatives process improvements or quality system enhancements across multiple functions products or sites.

Preferred

• Advanced degree (MBA MS or equivalent) and/or ASQ Quality Engineer certification preferred.

$176300 - $293700 USD Annual

Travel Percentage: 20%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race ethnicity color religion sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin disability or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer M/F/Veteran/Disability.

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