Director, Quality Audits

Meet the team:

The Quality Compliance team at Dexcom plays a critical role in ensuring the integrity, effectiveness, and scalability of our global Quality Management System (QMS). As a key function within Global Quality, we are responsible for ensuring our products remain safe, effective, and compliant with global regulatory requirements while supporting Dexcom's mission to empower people to take control of health through innovative glucose biosensing technology.

We partner across the organization to enable innovation, drive operational excellence, and maintain the highest standards of quality and compliance. As Dexcom continues to expand globally, the Quality Compliance team leads the evolution of our quality systems and processes to meet increasingly complex regulatory requirements while ensuring agility, efficiency, and scalability.

Where you come in:

You will:

• Provide strategic leadership for Dexcom's global Quality Audit program, ensuring a risk-based approach that drives compliance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Establish and lead a Corporate Audit program that proactively identifies, assesses, and mitigates quality and compliance risks across the enterprise.

• Drive global standardization and effectiveness of the Internal Audit program while partnering closely with sites and functional teams to ensure consistent execution.

• Ensure ongoing inspection readiness across the organization by strengthening audit capabilities, monitoring compliance trends, and partnering with key stakeholders.

• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing global audit organization, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous development.

• Leverage audit insights, metrics, and leading indicators to identify systemic risks, drive proactive improvements, and enhance the effectiveness of the Quality Management System.

• Serve as a trusted partner to cross-functional leaders, influencing strategic decisions and driving sustainable solutions to complex compliance and quality challenges.

• Champion a culture of quality, compliance, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.

• Provide executive leadership with clear, data-driven reporting on audit performance, emerging risks, inspection readiness, and strategic improvement opportunities.

What makes you successful:

• You are a strategic Quality Compliance leader who combines deep regulatory expertise with strong business acumen, enabling you to assess complex risks, influence stakeholders, and drive meaningful organizational changes.

• Deep knowledge of global medical device quality and regulatory requirements, including FDA QMSR, ISO 13485, EU MDR, MDSAP, and other applicable international regulations and standards.

• Proven track record leading audit programs with successful outcomes and sustained compliance results.

• Extensive experience designing, implementing, and continuously improving risk-based audit programs in a global regulated environment.

• Demonstrated expertise as a Lead Auditor, with the ability to evaluate complex quality systems and identify opportunities for systemic improvement.

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to leverage data, trends, and leading indicators to drive proactive risk management and quality system enhancements.

• Ability to anticipate evolving regulatory expectations and translate them into scalable, business-focused compliance strategies.

• Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with the ability to effectively engage and align stakeholders from frontline teams to executive leadership.

• Proven success building and developing high-performing teams while fostering a culture of accountability, inclusiveness, and continuous improvement.

• Experience leading global audit and inspection readiness programs across multiple sites, regions, and regulatory jurisdictions.

• Demonstrated ability to influence executive leaders and drive enterprise-wide quality and compliance initiatives in a rapidly growing organization.

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.

• A full and comprehensive benefits program.

• Growth opportunities on a global scale.

• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.

• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

Travel Required:

• 15-25%

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of industry experience

• Typically, 9+ years of successful management experience in relevant industry

Flex Workplace: Your primary location will be a home office. You will not have an assigned workstation and will work with your manager to determine office visit needs. You must live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km).

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at [email protected].

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at [email protected].

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Salary:

$164,200.00 - $273,600.00