Vice President Quality

Job Title: Vice President Quality

Job Category:

Quality

Job Level:

Level B

Job Location: Aiken SC

Why Join Rolls-Royce

At Rolls-Royce we take pride in being a business that has played a pivotal role in shaping the modern world and remain dedicated to driving progress forward; powering safeguarding and connecting people across the globe. Joining Rolls-Royce means you will work on innovative world-class engineering solutions supported by a culture that values inclusion creativity and your ongoing professional development.

Role Overview:

The Vice President Quality leads the North America Quality organization including Production Quality Reliability Engineering and Emission Certification. This executive role defines and drives the regions quality and product compliance strategy ensuring alignment with customer expectations regulatory requirements and global standards. The role is accountable for delivering operational excellence strengthening quality performance and advancing a culture of continuous improvement across our U.S. sites of Aiken SC and Mankato MN.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the North America Quality organization including Production Quality (Aiken & Mankato) Reliability Engineering and Emission Certification.
• Define and execute quality strategy aligned to customer expectations business goals and continuous improvement objectives.
• Establish and maintain global quality standards and processes in line with ISO 9001 and Rolls-Royce Power Systems requirements.
• Ensure regulatory and product compliance including leading emission requirements management across cross-functional teams.
• Drive quality performance and continuous improvement through data analytics root cause analysis and corrective action systems.
• Enable rapid and effective resolution of quality issues including customer-facing concerns and field performance.
• Represent Rolls-Royce externally with customers regulatory bodies and industry authorities on quality and compliance matters.
• Lead organizational effectiveness including talent development culture (compliance and ethics) and financial stewardship (budgets forecasts productivity).

Position Requirements:

• Associate degree with 10 years of Engineering Quality or Manufacturing Operations experience OR
• Bachelors degree with 8 years of Engineering Quality or Manufacturing Operations experience OR
• Masters degree with 6 years of Engineering Quality or Manufacturing Operations experience OR
• PhD degree with 3 years of Engineering Quality or Manufacturing Operations experience OR
• 12 years of Engineering Quality or Manufacturing Operations experience in lieu of a degree
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S without sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven executive leadership in quality organizations with deep expertise in structured problem-solving and continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. FMEA PDCA A3 8D).
• Strong business and operational acumen including production systems cost management Lean principles and enterprise performance optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives in a global environment with strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Expertise in regulatory and product compliance including emissions requirements and certification (e.g. EPA CARB).
• Advanced capability to translate technical data and engineering concepts into business decisions including interpretation of specifications and production requirements.
• Experience working within global organizations and cross-cultural environments; familiarity with American-German business practices and German language skills preferred.
• Proficiency in enterprise systems and tools (e.g. SAP Microsoft ecosystem) to enable data-driven decision-making.
• Advanced degree (Masters or MBA) preferred.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation program aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing competitive resilient and growing company. Join us and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

At Rolls-Royce we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected supported and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Benefits

The Business Unit Power Systems of Rolls-Royce provides world-class power solutions and complete life-cycle support under our product and solution brandmtu. Through digitalization and electrification we strive to develop drive and power generation solutions that are even cleaner and smarter and thus provide answers to the challenges posed by the rapidly growing societal demands for energy and mobility.

We deliver and service comprehensive powerful and reliable systems based on both gas and diesel engines as well as electrified hybrid systems. These clean and technologically-advanced solutions serve our customers in the marine and infrastructure sectors worldwide.