Senior Quality Manager – LATAM

About the role

The LATAM Quality Senior Manager leads quality assurance, compliance and continuous‑improvement programs across multiple manufacturing, laboratory and distribution sites in Latin America. Reporting to the VP of Global Quality, this role provides regional oversight for all LATAM quality teams and ensures products, processes and operations meet company standards, customer expectations and regulatory requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Own regional quality performance, compliance risk and operational readiness across all LATAM sites.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for major quality events, regulatory interactions and business‑impacting risks.
• Exercise quality authority to stop production, place product on hold or delay release when risks are identified.
• Lead regional response to critical incidents, recalls, regulatory enforcement actions and supply continuity risks.
• Deploy Global Quality initiatives, standards and transformation programs throughout LATAM, providing feedback on regional gaps and opportunities.
• Contribute regional insights to Global Quality strategy development.
• Drive a culture of compliance, continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Lead quality‑related change initiatives, including process standardisation, system adoption and cultural transformation.

Required profile

• Professional fluency in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
• Proven experience leading quality assurance and compliance programs in a multi‑site, multinational environment.
• Ability to make critical decisions, including production stoppage, to protect product quality and regulatory compliance.
• Strong partnership skills with manufacturing, operations, supply chain and commercial teams.

Required skills