Portfolio Quality Sr Specialist

At Philip Morris International (PMI), we're transforming our business to deliver a smoke-free future.

We are currently hiring a Portfolio Quality Sr Specialist for our Wilson, NC facility.

Your Day-to-Day

• Serve as a trusted Quality partner to site teams and business process owners, providing guidance on product, process, material, and quality performance.


• Connect cross-functional teams to align priorities, solve common challenges, and drive portfolio-wide improvements.


• Lead quality continuous improvement initiatives using OPEN+, PDCA, and structured problem-solving methods.


• Identify risks, remove barriers, and support resolution of complex quality issues through coaching and best practices.


• Develop and manage portfolio improvement roadmaps, governance, metrics, milestones, and reporting.


• Use quality and process-performance data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.


• Facilitate benchmarking, lessons learned, and adoption of best practices across the network.


• Build site capability through coaching, workshops, and standardization of improvement tools.


• Support consistent application and enhancement of the Quality Management System.


• Provide guidance on significant quality events, corrective actions, and sustainable process controls.


• Support technology-transfer activities from planning through qualification and stabilization.


• Ensure product and process knowledge, specifications, control strategies, and risk assessments are effectively implemented.


• Partner with Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Customer Service, and other stakeholders to ensure successful deployment and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, or equivalent experience.


• 5+ years of Quality experience in tobacco, food, pharmaceutical, or similar FMCG industries.


• Knowledge of ISO, GMP, GCP, ICH, and GLP standards.


• Strong Microsoft Office skills; FDA inspection experience is a plus.

Salary Range: $88,000 - $110,000

PMI’s U.S. businesses are committed to advancing a smoke-free future by providing adult smokers with smoke-free alternatives and promoting responsible marketing practices. Based in Stamford, CT, PMI employs more than 3,000 people across the U.S. and operates manufacturing facilities nationwide.

Philip Morris International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #LI-JT1