Senior Manager, Quality

Location(s): Philippines

City/Cities: Taguig City

Travel Required: 00% - 25%

Relocation Provided: No

Job Posting End Date: April 18, 2025

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Job Description Summary:

Please note: This is not a Remote role and will require the incumbent to be based in Taguig, Philippines and follow a hybrid work schedule. This is a People Leader/ People Manager role.

Manage the end-to-end interview coordination processes for both internal and external candidates. The role will also lead a globally distributed team to ensure the delivery of high-quality HR services and governance across the organization and implementation of the QA framework. This role is pivotal in supporting the QA and Governance team, including a QA Services Project Manager, a QA Specialist, and Experience Consultants. The Senior Manager champions process optimization, compliance, and strategic communication to enhance the overall employee experience and operational efficiency.

What You'll Do for Us:

Leadership and Team Management:

• Lead the QA and Governance team, ensuring effective prioritization and handling of projects and initiatives.
• Recruit, select, orient, train, coach, and develop team members to enhance performance and professional growth.
• Communicate job expectations, monitor performance, and provide regular feedback to drive continuous improvement.
• Manage team capability and capacity to deliver key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreements (SLAs).
• Ensure compliance with legal and business requirements in all regions, anticipating and planning for work volume peaks and changes in service delivery requirements.
• Analyze team performance, addressing issues proactively to maintain high levels of service delivery.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Coach and guide HR managers, COEs, and other stakeholders on QA processes and governance.
• Engage with key stakeholders, including SBPs, BPL, People and Culture community, Employee Care, and global delivery leads, to align on strategies and share results.
• Interface with non-HR departments, such as IT and Procurement, for escalations and cross-functional collaboration.
• Lead the deployment and adoption of new systems and technologies to enhance QA and Governance operations globally.
• Build strong relationships within HR and with customers to optimize service delivery and support future company restructures.

Quality Assurance & Process Management:

• Oversee the implementation of end-to-end project management standards, routines, and tools to ensure organizational goals are met.
• Direct strategy development for process optimization using tools such as process mapping, gap analysis, and root cause analysis.
• Implement change management processes to transition system architectures smoothly and mitigate disruption.
• Pioneer continual process evaluation and improvements to optimize organizational workflow and service quality.
• Conduct comprehensive training programs to encourage the adoption of new technologies and streamline processes.
• Establish, lead, and cultivate the Global Service Delivery Team's strategy around Operational Governance and Quality Management.

Governance & Compliance:

• Lead QA compliance and documentation processes, coordinating efforts for both corporate and statutory audits.
• Support QA and Governance frameworks by providing necessary documents and information for audits.
• Oversee compliance operations across multiple countries and regions to ensure alignment with global regulations and company policies.
• Supervise vendor relationships to guarantee compliance with quality standards and documentation management.
• Ensure statutory reporting to external entities and manage the onboarding process for new hires, ensuring regional compliance.
• Facilitate an end-to-end quality management framework, including support for quality drivers such as key process assets, data integrity, controls, and audits.

Service Management:

• Define, negotiate, and maintain Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs).
• Implement process controls to initiate corrective actions when metrics are off track.
• Establish knowledge management procedures to ensure consistent service quality across regions.
• Manage the standardization of processes across different regions and employee types.
• Lead change management efforts and maintain strong communication channels with key customers.
• Manage vendor relationships to meet SLAs and handle process changes, providing support to the HR community in managing complex escalations.
• Develop frameworks to continuously improve the customer experience.

Reporting and Communication:

• Spearhead cross-functional project governance and change management, including OKR reporting.
• Drive in-scope strategic programs and initiatives in support of key focus areas, from opportunity discovery to project execution, iteration, and closure.
• Enable consistent delivery and systematic review of key operational metrics and performance, including Executive and Account Management Reporting.
• Establish and implement a robust communications plan to support the effective delivery of strategic priorities.
• Help build a culture of operational excellence, client experience-focus, cross-functional problem solving, and proactive risk management and compliance.

Ad Hoc Projects:

• Act as a subject-matter expert in ad-hoc projects related to QA, Governance, and process optimization.
• Lead initiatives for process changes, system improvements, and automation.
• Identify and deploy process improvements in collaboration with HR and IT teams, ensuring compliance and improvement in process integrity.

Qualifications & Requirements:

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Project Management software and tools (e.g., MS Project, Asana, Trello).
• Expertise in Process Improvement tools and methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, Lean, process mapping, gap analysis).
• Strong knowledge of Change Management practices and tools.
• Familiarity with Agile frameworks and methodologies.
• Advanced data analysis and interpretation capabilities (e.g., Excel, SQL, Tableau).
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• Leadership and organizational capabilities.
• Ability to develop and deliver training programs.
• Knowledge of Design Thinking principles.
• Certifications (PMP, Six Sigma, Lean, Agile) are a plus.

Education and Work Experience Needed:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Human Resources, Project Management, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in a multinational and customer-facing environment, with proven experience in a leadership role.
• At least 3 years of experience in QA, process improvement, or governance roles.
• Experience with HR Information Systems (HRIS) such as Workday or SAP.

What can help you to be successful in the role?

Growth Behavior:

• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates Curiosity. Welcomes failure as a learning opportunity.
• Smart Risk: Makes bold decisions/recommendations.
• Externally Focused: Understands the upstream and downstream implications of his/her work.
• Performance Driven & Accountable: Has high performance standards. Outperforms her/his peers.
• Fast/Agile: Removes barriers to move faster. Experiments and adapts. Thrives under pressure and fast pace.
• Empowered: Brings solutions instead of problems. Challenges the status quo. Has the courage to take an unpopular stance.

Leadership Behavior

• Act Like an Owner: Deliver results, creating value for our brands, our System, our customers and key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the System, Customers and Key Stakeholders
• Develops Self and Others: Develop self and support others' development to achieve their full potential.
• Drive Innovation: Generate new or unique solutions and embrace new ideas that help sustain our business.

What We Can Do For You

• Career growth and development: Leveraging our boundaryless network, we provide access to educational platforms and provide coaching, mentoring and feedback, as a part of our Leadership & Development process.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. We want to make our culture inevitable.
• International Experience: Become part of international projects and work along multicultural teams, through our global network.

Skills:

Our Purpose and Growth Culture:

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what's possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.