Director, Quality Assurance

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $170.2k - $234.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🔧 QA Engineer (Quality Assurance)

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Campbell's

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1869

🏭 Manufacturing

🛒 Retail

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Manufacturing • Retail • Food & Beverage

Campbell's is a food company known for its wide range of products, including soups and packaged goods. It operates with a focus on inclusion and diversity, offering careers across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Campbell's has integrated brands such as Rao's, Michael Angelo's, and noosa into its product family, emphasizing its commitment to delivering real food. The company values its workforce and offers diverse career opportunities in manufacturing, distribution, sales, and office roles. Its headquarters are located in Camden, New Jersey. Campbell's is dedicated to fostering strong shopper loyalty through consumer knowledge and collaborative solutions. It is a company that believes in enriching its culture through its people and offering benefits that promote work-life balance.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute the enterprise strategy for chemical safety and food toxicology • Establish standards, policies, risk-based decision criteria, and technical governance • Serve as the company’s subject matter expert for toxicological risk assessment, chemical hazard evaluation, exposure assessment, and scientific literature interpretation • Provide chemical safety review and approval for ingredients and food contact materials • Partner with internal and external laboratories to guide testing strategies, method selection, data interpretation, proficiency expectations, priorities, and escalations • Lead technical responses to chemical safety incidents, supplier non-conformance, consumer and customer inquiries, regulatory requests, and other escalations • Monitor scientific, regulatory, consumer, customer, NGO, and legislative trends • Develop risk mitigation plans, business position recommendations, communication materials, and escalation summaries for senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders • Represent Campbell’s in external scientific organizations, trade associations, technical panels, and regulatory forums • Build internal capability through training, coaching, and cross-functional education • Establish metrics, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms for chemical safety risks, program effectiveness, incident trends, laboratory performance, and food safety priorities • Standardize laboratory testing equipment and methods across the manufacturing network as applicable • Operate as an enterprise-level technical authority safeguarding consumer safety, regulatory compliance, innovation timelines, and business continuity • Evaluate complex scientific and regulatory information and balance scientific judgment, regulatory expectations, operational feasibility, consumer trust, and business continuity • Provide rapid technical support for critical incidents, recalls, regulatory inquiries, consumer escalations, customer concerns, and supplier disruptions, including outside normal business hours when needed • Influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams without always having direct authority • Report into VP Food Safety Quality

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree • 15+ years of progressive experience in food, beverage, consumer packaged goods, ingredient, packaging, or related technical environments • Demonstrated leadership in chemical safety, food toxicology, ingredient risk assessment, analytical chemistry, food contact materials, contaminant evaluation, regulatory toxicology, or related food safety disciplines • Experience leading technical governance, enterprise standards, cross-functional risk decisions, external laboratory strategies, incident response, and regulatory or customer-facing technical matters • Experience interfacing directly with FDA, USDA, EPA, state agencies, international regulatory bodies, or customer regulatory and food safety teams • Experience participating in or leading industry association panels, scientific working groups, or external advisory forums such as GMA/CBA, IAFNS, AOAC, FARRP, Codex-related forums, or other specialized technical organizations • Experience with food manufacturing environments, supplier quality systems, co-manufacturers, ingredient commercialization, food packaging, external laboratories, and analytical chemistry program oversight • Knowledge of laboratory procedures and analytical equipment including GC/MS, LC/QTOF, and ICPMS • Experience managing and developing technical teams • Strong working knowledge of U.S. and global food regulatory frameworks and standards relevant to finished products, ingredients, additives, contaminants, GRAS, food contact materials, packaging, Codex, FDA, USDA, EPA, state-level requirements, and customer expectations • Strong understanding of analytical chemistry methods, laboratory operations, data quality, method validation, uncertainty, exposure calculations, toxicological thresholds, and interpretation of testing results • Deep expertise in food-relevant chemical hazards, including pesticides, heavy metals, acrylamide, mycotoxins, allergens at chemical safety interfaces, process contaminants, packaging migrants, food additives, colors, flavors, preservatives, and emerging contaminants • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Strong collaboration, influencing, and relationship-building skills • Strong program management, change management, prioritization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills • Ph.D. in Toxicology, Food Toxicology, Food Science, Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, or related scientific discipline strongly preferred • Board certification by the American Board of Toxicology or equivalent specialized toxicology credential preferred • Certifications or training in HACCP, PCQI, Lead Auditor, ASQ, Lean Six Sigma, risk assessment, regulatory science, or related technical disciplines preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, short- and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance beginning on day one • Matching 401(k) plan with enrollment on the first day of employment and immediate vesting • Unlimited sick time • Paid time off and holiday pay • Free access to the fitness center if in WHQ • Access to on-site day care operated by Bright Horizons and company store if in WHQ • Campbell’s Cares program matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) • Competitive wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment