Quality Systems Director

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 1 Nov 2026

At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.

About the Role

At MiniMed, quality is at the heart of our commitment to improving the lives of people living with diabetes. We’re looking for a Quality Systems Director to provide enterprise leadership and strategic oversight of our global Quality Management System, strengthening governance, regulatory compliance, and organizational effectiveness across MiniMed. In this highly visible leadership role, you’ll drive QMS strategy, harmonization, training governance, and continuous improvement while partnering with senior leaders across the organization to identify emerging risks, and build scalable quality systems that support our business and the patients we serve.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

- Leads MiniMed Quality Management System framework ensuring effective governance, regulatory compliance, and executive oversight across all MiniMed Quality Management Systems
- Establishes and monitors MiniMed’s mechanisms to evaluate QMS effectiveness, identify systemic risks, measure performance, and drive continual improvement across global quality organizations.
- Directs the global quality training governance program, establishing MiniMed competency, qualification, and training effectiveness requirements to ensure consistently implementation across all quality system entities.
- Provides strategic oversight of Quality Management System change management processes, ensuring significant QMS changes are appropriately assessed, approved, communicated, and implemented across impacted organizations.
- Leads MiniMed QMS assessments of emerging and revised QMS regulatory requirements, standards, and industry expectations, ensuring timely implementation and alignment of quality system controls across all QMS entities.
- Drives harmonization, simplification and alignment of quality system requirements, governance models, and best practices across global sites and QMS entities.
- Leads development of MiniMed quality objectives, quality system metrics and executive reporting mechanisms that provide leadership visibility into QMS performance, compliance status, emerging risks, and organizational effectiveness.
- Ensures ongoing inspection and audit readiness for the QMS processes in scope and provides executive leadership during regulatory inspections and audits involving those processes.
- Chairs or leads cross-functional governance forums related to Management Controls, QMS effectiveness, training governance, and quality system maturity to ensure consistent enterprise decision-making.
- Leads and develops a global Quality Systems organization responsible for MiniMed governance processes, ensuring adequate resources, capability development, succession planning, and operational excellence.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

Bachelors Degree with 10+ years of quality systems experience and 7+ years experience in people management

OR

Advanced Degree with 8+ years of quality systems experience and 7+ years experience in people management

Nice To Have:

- Previous experience leading Quality Systems Teams within medical device industry
- Experience with leading and supporting FDA auditing
- Previous PMS experience
- Experience leading large organizations in strategy and execution of quality systems
- Previous experience developing global quality systems strategy

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package

At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$167,000.00 - $285,000.00

For roles located in California, Seattle WA, Washington DC, Boston MA, and New York City, the salary range is $ 186,000.00 - $318,000.00 USD.

Actual compensation may vary based on factors including experience, education, certifications, skills, market conditions, internal equity, and geographic location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Short Term Incentive (STI).This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

At MiniMed, we are committed to supporting the well-being and financial security of our employees. Regular employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for a robust benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as access to a Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, life insurance, long-term disability leave, and a dependent daycare spending account. In addition, all regular employees enjoy incentive plans, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term disability coverage, paid time off and holidays, participation in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and access to our Employee Assistance Program. Eligible employees may also benefit from our Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan, subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements. Please note that “regular employees” refers to those who are not temporary staff, such as interns, and some benefits may not apply to employees in Puerto Rico.

For further details about our comprehensive benefits, we encourage you to visit the link below.

MiniMed Benefits Overview

About MiniMed

MiniMed is a full-stack insulin delivery company dedicated to supporting people living with diabetes through every step of their journey — when and how they need it. For more than 40 years, we’ve been committed to redefining what’s possible: intelligent dosing systems designed for real life, predictive insights that stay a step ahead, and always on support when it’s needed most. At the heart of everything we do is a simple Mission: to make every day a better day for people with diabetes.

Learn more about our business, and our mission here .

It is the policy of MiniMed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, MiniMed will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you are applying to perform work for MiniMed in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which MiniMed reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. MiniMed will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.