Director, Senior Director, or VP of Quality

Director, Senior Director, or VP of Quality

• Full-time

The Opportunity:

At Elemental Brands, our success starts with our people. Every day, our engineers, innovators, creators, and problem-solvers work together to develop and deliver innovative LED lighting solutions through Diode LED®, Lucetta®, Lucetta CI®, Gammalux®, and Elemental LED®. Together, we're driving innovation and helping define the future of the low-voltage linear lighting industry.

That same spirit of innovation and collaboration shapes everything we do. We encourage curiosity, continuous learning, and fresh ideas across every department, empowering employees to grow their careers, make meaningful contributions, and help shape the future of lighting.

Recognized by EDAWN as “Company of the Year – Large” and “Employees First – Large,” and by the University of Nevada, Reno as “Graduate Employer of the Year,” Elemental Brands is proud to be an award-winning workplace where people come first, innovation thrives, and careers flourish.

Why This Role Matters: As our Director/Sr. Director/VP of Quality, you carry direct executive sponsorship to architect our global electromechanical quality footprint. This is a high-visibility leadership seat responsible for scaling our Quality Management System (QMS), driving international Contract Manufacturing (CM) relations and leading an established quality team. We see our Quality Department as the bridge between operational strategy and product reliability, ensuring manufacturing processes consistently meet strict regulatory standards and our customers’ expectations without compromise.

We need a leader who will identify defect patterns early, drive continuous process improvements, and protect our Company’s brand.

Note on Role Leveling: This position is structured with flexible leveling. The final title and pay range—Director, Senior Director, or Vice President of Quality—will be determined by the selected candidate's depth of experience inglobal Contract Manufacturing, executive leadership experience, and strategic scope in Quality roles.

• Executive Leadership: Partner directly with the SVP of Engineering & Operations on long-range strategic planning, operational expansion, and advanced technology adoption.
• Global CM Partnership: Actively engage as a strategic partner with our CM's by closely partnering with them to ensure compliance, factory audits, and pre-shipment quality gates prior to products landing in the US. Fostering this relationship is fundamental to our future success. This will require international travel 15% annually.
• QMS Architecture: Drive end-to-end design, implementation, and continuous oversight of our ISO-compliant quality systems.
• Department Leadership: Direct a multi-tiered quality department, providing direct leadership to Quality Management, Engineers, and Technicians while guiding overall departmental growth.

Note:

Requires international/domestic travel up to 15% (factory and supplier visits) and occasional communication across global time zones.

Challenge Yourself – The Specifics:

• Oversees Contract Manufacturer (CM) compliance, establishing rigorous quality control processes, pre-shipment inspection gates, and Certificate of Conformance (CoC) validation prior to parts arriving in the US
• Directs the end-to-end architecture, implementation, and maintenance of the company's Quality Management System (QMS) and integration with the ERP System to ensure full organizational compliance and audit readiness
• Drives strategic alignment with international quality teams and global suppliers, leading factory audits, Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA/SCAR) protocols, and supplier quality governance
• Owns and modernizes the quality roadmap with direct executive sponsorship, leveraging full…