Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

29 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Quality Assurance and Testing
Once Upon a Farm

Once Upon a Farm

Once Upon a Farm provides organic, non-GMO, dairy-free snacks and baby food through cold-pressed pouches and plant-rich meals, fostering a lifelong love for healthy eating from the start.

Beverages
11-50
Founded 2012
$85M raised

Description

  • Lead, coach, and develop the Product Quality and Field Quality team.
  • Deploy Field Quality resources to supplier, warehouse, and co-manufacturer facility reviews.
  • Manage food safety and quality risks, gaps, and opportunities across products, processes, and systems.
  • Deploy Quality Assurance programs across co-manufacturing partners and functional teams.
  • Partner with R&D, Marketing, Sales, Logistics, and Operations to support product commercialization and continuous quality improvement.
  • Oversee product launches, trials, process baselines, quality attributes, and process compliance.
  • Lead investigations of plant, distribution, customer, and consumer quality incidents; identify root causes and drive corrective actions.
  • Manage onboarding of co-manufacturing partners, products, equipment, packaging start-ups, and commissioning activities.
  • Implement and maintain the Quality Management System, including supplier approval, audits, FSMA, HARPC, product development, and Cost of Quality programs.
  • Define and report quality KPIs, conduct risk assessments, refine specifications, and direct continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Food Science or a related scientific discipline.
  • 7+ years of food industry experience; CPG experience preferred.
  • Prior leadership, management, or supervisory experience.
  • PCQI and/or HACCP certification.
  • Plant production experience and strong knowledge of product processing.
  • Expertise in food safety, regulatory, quality systems, standards, and policies.
  • Experience developing, documenting, implementing, and continuously improving quality systems.
  • Knowledge of Statistical Process Control, Design of Experiments, and process capability studies.
  • Strong cross-functional influence, business partnering, communication, judgment, and relationship management skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, coach and develop talent, and align enterprise-wide quality objectives.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Suite, Outlook, Slack, and other professional platforms.
  • Previous sustainability and operations experience preferred.
  • Up to 40% travel to co-manufacturing partner locations and company gatherings.
  • Must reside in the United States; visa sponsorship is unavailable.

Benefits

  • Salary range of $140,000–$150,000, with eligibility for an annual bonus and potential additional compensation.
  • Remote-first work environment with remote life, wellness, and annual Nourish and Nurture stipends.
  • 401(k) program with a 4% company match after three months.
  • Unlimited PTO, paid volunteer time, and civic responsibility leave.
  • Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave and additional new-parent support.
  • Employee medical coverage at 100% on select plans, plus fully covered employee and dependent dental and vision insurance.
  • Life insurance, flexible spending accounts, applicable health savings accounts, and an employee assistance program.
  • Quarterly Farm-to-Fridge deliveries and employee discounts.

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