We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you 12 paid holidays annually. For an overview of our benefits and time off, please follow this link to learn more:US Stryker employee benefits. (https://d25zu39ynyitwy.cloudfront.net/oms/000000/document/2024/6/SMVZW\_USStrykerEmployeebenefits/USStrykerEmployeebenefits.pdf) **Stryker** is hiring an **Associate Manager, Quality Assurance** to lead the Quality Assurance team for our Global Quality Organization supporting our Endoscopy/Communications division in **Flower Mound, TX** that focuses on Quality activities with responsibility for delivering key quality and compliance results for the site operations. **What you will do:** + **Quality Assurance Leadership** : Leads the QA team to drive product and process performance, focusing on continuous improvement and alignment with quality assurance programs. + **Performance and Compliance Initiatives** : Implements programs to achieve product performance targets, reducing defects in areas like first pass yields, process defects per million (DPM), and manufacturing losses. + **Supplier Quality Partnerships** : Collaborates with Supplier Quality (SQ) teams to reduce supplier DPM, working toward meeting established quality and compliance targets. + **Risk and Compliance Management** : Supports risk analysis, production control, NC/CAPA activities, and audit readiness to ensure compliance with internal and external quality standards. + **Customer and Regulatory Conformance** : Ensures that products meet or exceed customer requirements and comply with relevant regulatory standards, with an emphasis on proactive quality management and corrective actions. + **Continuous Improvement and Accountability** : Promotes a culture of quality ownership across the organization, encouraging employees to prioritize quality in their roles and fostering an environment of continuous improvement. + **Talent Development and Team Building** : Builds a high-performing QA team, emphasizing talent selection, training, performance management, and a positive work environment based on inclusiveness, trust, and teamwork. + **Quality Improvement Strategy** : Develops and implements a quality planning pipeline focused on enhancing product quality, reducing costs, improving efficiency, and strengthening risk management processes. **What you need:** Required: + Bachelor’s degree or higher in an engineering-related field. + Minimum of 6 years of experience in a highly regulated environment, with a preference for medical device industry experience. + At least 2 years of experience in a quality engineering role, with exposure to lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement practices. Preferred + 1-2 years of experience in people leadership within a highly matrixed environment. + Familiarity with ISO standards, including 13485, 14971, and 9001. Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role. 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.