Quality Engineering & Control Business Area Manager (caba/msba)

Quality Engineering & Control Business Area Manager (CABA/MSBA)

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

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Leidos National Security Sector is seeking a Quality Engineering & Control (QEC) Manager to join our Mission Assurance organization in support of our Cyber and Business Analytics (CABA) & Mission Solutions Business Areas (MSBA). In this role you lead quality engineering and control activities for CABA/MSBA to include strategic planning, tactical application, and monitoring and control, to assure the quality of delivered products and services for CABA/MSBA programs and projects.

In this role you will:

• Establish and maintain a quality culture committed to excellence and Leidos values.
• Plan and manage quality engineering & control activities to support Sector Quality Engineering Director and business area initiatives to achieve program and quality performance excellence.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, contractual requirements, corporate policies and procedures, program plans, specifications, and processes.
• Facilitate implementation of practices compliant with AS9100, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 20000, CMMI-DEV, and CMMI-SVC as applicable based upon Leidos and contractual requirements.
• Support the development, deployment, and maintenance of an effective quality management system across the business area.
• Conduct independent audits to ensure compliance with relevant requirements.
• Ensure the timely and sustained resolution of internal and external audit findings and requirement escapes by conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective and preventive measures.
• Effectively address escalated quality issues in a timely way.
• Conduct trend analysis at the organization and program levels to identify areas for improvement and implement measures to mature the enterprise.
• Perform deep dives to analyze program/project issues/problems and facilitate containment, implementation of corrective and preventive actions, and development of lessons learned.
• Review contract deliverables to ensure conformance with requirements and quality standards.
• Identify, collect, and analyze measures to effectively track program performance and quality/process improvement initiatives.
• Lead structured improvement activities to facilitate continual improvement at the program/project level and leverage across the business area level and potentially the sector.
• Monitor opportunities in business area pre-award to ensure that quality engineering & control activities and quality credentials are properly bid, identify key discriminators, and maintain strategic awareness of competitive needs related to quality.
• Engage with proposals and programs to establish service level agreements and key performance indicators that demonstrate the full understanding of the mission requirements and provide customers the ability to adequately measure program performance.
• Participate in supplier/subcontractor selection and oversight to ensure the flow down of applicable clauses and requirements and that suppliers/subcontractors are meeting contractual requirements.
• Develop and oversee the development of approaches for test witnessing.
• Participate in formal pre and post award reviews, identify and mitigate risks, and identify actions needed to assure quality of products and services.
• Participate in the root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action plans related to customer letters of concern, nonconformances, discrepancy reports and customer corrective action reports.
• Support the effective and efficient integration of new startup or transition programs/projects.
• Manage and develop the quality engineering & control team, foster an inclusive work environment, and encourage the highest standards of ethics.
• Align and perform within the business area allocated budget and according to schedule and business rhythms.
• Be proactive and effectively negotiate, influence, and persuade leadership, customers, partners, peers, and projects to develop and execute solutions to complex challenges.
• Communicate effectively with technical and management staff at all levels of organization.
• Respond to NSS QEC Director requests quickly, recognizing alignment to Mission Assurance requirements.
• Identify and lead initiatives to mature the NSS Sector QEC expectations, goals and commitments.

Required Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Must be a US Citizen and must possess an active and in-scope Top Secret/SCI Polygraph Clearance.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain credentials to access government installations.
• BA/BS or equivalent experience and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Master's with 6+ years of prior relevant experience. Generally, has 4+ years of experience supervising or leading teams or projects.
• Must have direct knowledge and prior relevant experience with quality management systems (QMS), continual improvement process, quality assurance, including compliance with internal and external specifications and standards.
• Knowledge of ISO-9001 and CMMI.
• Must be proficient in utilizing Microsoft Office products.
• Must have exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

Desired Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Have/sustain a government CAC to access government installations.
• Knowledge of ISO-9001/ISO-27001/AS9100 and CMMI.
• Prior experience conducting Leidos and Customer senior leadership on results of deep dive root cause analysis and continuous improvements related to data trends and analysis.
• Knowledge with applicable customer standards and processes.

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