Axon Senior Program Manager leads Axon's initiative to prepare products for NATO GQAR reviews and integrate AQAP standards into the QMS. The role involves cross-functional collaboration to embed quality requirements and support audits.
Responsibilities
Lead Axon's initiative to prepare products and services for NATO Government Quality Assurance Representative (GQAR) reviews and meet U.S. Federal DFARS and contract-specific quality requirements. In this role, you will integrate Allied Quality Assurance Publication (AQAP) standards into our ISO 9001 quality management system (QMS), resolve supplier flow-down and traceability gaps, and expand our quality operating model across the ecosystem. Joining our team gives you the opportunity to build a scalable enterprise framework that directly supports international growth, mitigates risk, and shapes key quality standards in high-impact defense and public safety initiatives.
Location: Hybrid / Onsite
Reports to: Quality Leadership
Direct Reports: None
Lead the NATO and government-quality plan. Maintain the integrated work plan, drive functional owners and recovery dates, and report documentation, supplier, training, implementation, and certification readiness to leadership.
Translate AQAP and incorporated standards into Axon controls. Apply AQAP 2310, 2131, 2021, 2105, and 2070, with ISO 10012, ISO 31000, ISO 14001, AS9100, and counterfeit standards such as AS5553, AS6081, and AS6171, through gap analysis, crosswalks, and evidence matrices.
Author and release controlled documents through Octave Reliance, including the quality manual, records and document control, risk management, traceability, the supplier quality manual, supplier audit forms, and the laboratory manual.
Establish and sustain the Counterfeit Avoidance Program, including policies, anti-counterfeit and obsolescence plans, risk methodologies, receiving controls, and collaborative training with Supply Chain.
Drive NATO, Federal DFARS, and other contract-specific requirements into agreements, purchase orders, supplier documents, and NSPA/NCIA deliverable templates with Sales, Legal, and Procurement. Support supplier pilots and GQAR notification triggers.
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations to embed quality requirements into design, sourcing, validation, and change control processes.
Work across Sales, Legal, Procurement, Distribution, Manufacturing, Engineering, and other functions. Support internal and external audits, corrective actions, and evidence packages, and assess quality-system maturity for acquisitions, partnerships, and new suppliers.
Advise leadership on certification strategy, risk mitigation, and operational readiness while establishing clear governance, performance reviews, and resource plans.
