Senior Manager, COE Quality in Design, Packaging
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The Senior Manager, Quality in Design (Packaging) ensures packaging systems, materials, and technologies meet Quality and Food Safety requirements while supporting consumer experience, regulatory compliance, sustainability, and business performance. As the QFS packaging subject matter expert, the role partners with cross-functional teams throughout the project lifecycle to identify and mitigate design risks and enable successful launches.
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Senior Manager, COE Quality in Design, PackagingJob LocationsUS-CO-Louisville | US-FL-Jacksonville | US-UT-West Jordan | US-PA-Dubois | US-CA-Chatsworth | US-NY-White Plains | US-VA-Mount Crawford | US-CA-City of Industry | US-TX-Dallas | US-TX-Fort Worth | US-OH-Minster | ...ID2026-28377Number of People to Hire1Job FamilyQualityLevel of ExperienceExperienced ProfessionalsShort Intro and About the JobThe Senior Manager, Quality in Design (Packaging) ensures packaging systems, materials, and technologies are designed, developed, and commercialized in accordance with Quality & Food Safety requirements while supporting an exceptional consumer experience, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, sustainability goals, and business performance.As the QFS packaging subject matter expert, this role partners with QFS Supply, Packaging R&I, Product Development, Manufacturing, Procurement, Sustainability, Regulatory Affairs, PMO, and Engineering throughout the project lifecycle to identify and mitigate design risks early and enable successful, first-time-right launches.Job SummaryWe are seeking a motivated, detail-oriented professional to strengthen packaging quality systems, standards, governance, and capabilities through continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is a proactive, adaptable communicator who can drive innovation, support organizational success, and make a meaningful impact. Key ResponsibilitiesAs a key member of our team, you will play an important role in driving our mission forward. The following responsibilities outline the core expectations and contributions for this position: Packaging Quality in Design Leadership * Serve as the QFS lead for packaging innovation, renovation, productivity, and sustainability projects. * Ensure packaging solutions are designed to meet food safety, quality, regulatory, operational, and consumer requirements. * Drive early identification and mitigation of packaging-related quality and food safety risks during project development. * Provide technical leadership during stage-gate reviews and commercialization activities. * Establish Quality in Design principles within packaging development and deployment processesPackaging Risk Assessment & Technical Governance * Lead packaging risk assessments related to Food contact compliance, Packaging integrity, Shelf-life performance, Migration risks, Tamper evidence, Product protection, Distribution performance and Consumer use and disposal * Develop and approve packaging control strategies and validation requirements. * Develop and maintain packaging-related quality standards and specifications. * Monitor emerging risks, industry trends, and new regulatory requirements impacting packaging.Innovation & Commercialization Support * Partner with Packaging R&I teams to support New product development, Packaging innovation, Sustainability initiatives, Productivity programs, Reformulations and renovations * Ensure robust qualification and validation plans are executed before launch. * Support industrial trials, first production runs, and commercialization activities. * Lead quality reviews of packaging changes and assess business impact.Packaging Material & Supplier Quality * Collaborate with Supplier Quality and Procurement teams to ensure packaging supplier qualification, approval, performance improvement and root cause investigations. * Support development of packaging material specifications and acceptance criteria.Regulatory & Compliance * Ensure compliance with regulations and Global Danone packaging standards * Partner with Regulatory Affairs on packaging claims, labeling interfaces, and compliance requirements. * Support internal and external audits involving packaging systems and controlsSustainability Initiatives * Provide QFS leadership for sustainability projects * Assess risks associated with new sustainable packaging tech
How this job compares
Set against the 635 open Quality Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- New York median$103–150K/yr23 salary ranges
- US median$33–50/hr30 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 37 open Quality Management jobs in New York and 635 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Dycom3 open
- Catholic Health Services2 open
- Corning Incorporated2 open
- Experience
- Quality Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (530 postings).
- Education
- 245 of the 635 open Quality Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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