Overview

The VP Global Quality, Life Sciences is the senior Quality executive accountable for quality strategy, Quality Management System effectiveness, and quality performance across Ecolab's Life Sciences portfolio, including Bioprocessing, Pharma and Personal Care (PPC), and Purification Technologies. The role translates enterprise Global Quality direction into a connected, business-aligned Life Sciences quality system that makes quality clear, visible, and non-negotiable while protecting patients and customers, ensuring compliance and reliable supply, and enabling growth and innovation. As the Life Sciences Quality pillar leader, this executive leads through the Bioprocessing, PPC, and Purification Quality Leads, site quality leaders, Quality Systems, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and shared Life Sciences subject-matter capabilities. The role establishes clear accountabilities, governance, escalation, and common standards while maintaining strong connectivity to sites, Supply Chain, RDE, Regulatory/Compliance, and business leadership. What You Will Do: Create and execute the global Life Sciences quality vision, strategy, priorities, and multi-year roadmap in alignment with the VP of Global Quality and Life Sciences business strategy. Lead the Life Sciences Quality pillar as part of one connected, business-aligned Global Quality organization, with clear accountability, decision rights, governance, and interfaces across business, site, and enterprise Quality teams. Provide direct leadership, coaching, performance accountability, and talent development for the Bioprocessing, PPC, and Purification Quality Leads and for shared Life Sciences Quality Systems, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, and customer audit capabilities. Own the global Life Sciences Quality Management System and ensure compliant, effective, and scalable processes for design controls, change control, document control, deviations, CAPA, complaints, supplier controls, post-market vigilance, audits, training, validation, and management review. Establish portfolio-wide quality governance, metrics, management review, and risk escalation that provide earlier visibility, disciplined decision-making, and timely corrective action across the manufacturing network. Ensure inspection readiness and lead the organization through customer and regulatory inspections, commitments, remediation, and sustained compliance with applicable global requirements. Oversee site quality performance, Quality Control laboratories, batch disposition and release governance, laboratory excellence, data integrity, and reliable supply across regulated Life Sciences operations. Partner with Global Supplier Quality and procurement teams to strengthen supplier and contract manufacturer oversight, escalation, qualification, performance, and risk management. Partner with enterprise Quality capabilities, including Compliance, Audit & Systems; Global Specifications; Microbiology; Quality Methods; and the Quality PMO, to deploy common standards, expertise, digital solutions, and continuous-improvement practices across Life Sciences. Ensure quality is integrated early in innovation, new product introduction, formula and process changes, technology transfer, specification management, and business expansion decisions. Serve as the senior Quality partner to Life Sciences business, Supply Chain, Operations, RDE, Regulatory/Compliance, and commercial leaders, balancing patient and customer protection, compliance, supply continuity, cost, and growth. Build an enterprise quality culture in which quality is clear, visible, and non-negotiable; leaders model expected behaviors; issues are escalated transparently; and teams learn across divisions and sites. Lead organization capability, succession, talent mobility, technical career development, and workforce planning for pivotal Life Sciences quality roles; build a diverse, global leadership and technical bench. Drive standardization, simplification, digital enablem