Global Quality Excellence Director

We are Reckitt

​Research & Development​

In R&D, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our R&D Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

Global Quality Excellence Director

Slough, UK, Hybrid 

Hiring Manager:

Closing date: 30th January 2026

The Director of the Quality Excellence is a senior leadership role responsible for establishing and leading a centralised function that defines, promotes, and governs best in class quality standards, best practices, and quality excellence. This role drives creation and implementation of the global Quality strategy as well as ensures alignment with strategic goals, regulatory requirements (e.g FDA, MHRA, ICH), and customer expectations, fostering a culture of quality and operational excellence using data analytics to identify key risks to the business and resolve or mitigate the risk to Reckitt

Your responsibilities

Reporting to the Global SVP of Quality, the primary scope of the role is:

• Develop and execute the global quality strategy aligned with organisational goals.
• Align quality goals with business objectives and drive enterprise-wide adoption.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to ensure quality is embedded from development through to commercialisation.
• Oversee the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System (QMS)
• Define and maintain enterprise-wide quality frameworks, policies, procedures and standards
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations, certifications and internal quality benchmarks
• Oversees the continuous improvement and operational excellence strategy across the QC laboratories, ensuring standardisation and harmonization of processes and driving digital transformation and automation projects.
• Oversees the development of global microbiological and hygiene standards and application across the global manufacturing network including oversight of hygiene/micro risk assessments and contamination control strategies for manufacturing environments.
• Design and deliver training and capability building programmes to upskill quality teams
• Mentor and coach quality professionals and cross functional teams
• Build and lead a high performing team of quality professionals
• Define KPI and dashboards to monitor quality performance across the enterprise
• Provide executive level reporting and insights to highlight opportunities and drive decision making

The experience we're looking for

• Progressive experience in quality management, within in a senior leadership role
• Proven track record of leading quality excellence programs across multiple sites or regions.
• Good understanding of overall legislation applicable to global business including Manufacturing, R&D and Commercial.
• Experience leading quality transformation initiatives including digital quality systems
• Skilled in data analytics and KPIs to drive performance
• Proven success in leading cultural change towards quality excellence
• Experience building and mentoring high performing quality teams
• Passion for developing future quality leaders and fostering a learning culture

The skills for success

Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Collaborator, R&D, Product Lifecycle Management.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

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