Technical Manager - 6 month FTC

London
Research & Development
Contract
£60k - 70k per year
Patricia Tugas
Patricia@pod-talent.com
JOB-7339
26-Nov-2026

Technical and Quality Manager – 6 month FTC

West London – Hybrid

We’re partnering with an established, international consumer products business to appoint an experienced technical professional who can play a pivotal role in improving quality management systems, regulatory compliance and manufacturing performance.

The business have a strong pipeline of innovation, but also a drive to improve quality management systems, regulatory processes, testing protocol and customer and supplier quality. This is a hands on role designed to support them with improving technical and quality capabilities for a 6 month period.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Technical compliance & regulation: Ensure products, formulations, packaging etc meet regulatory requirements across international markets, including upcoming compliance changes
  • Product development & innovation: Drive NPD pipeline, ensuring bottle necks in systems and processes and with manufacturing partners are addressed and solved
  • Quality management: Strengthen quality management systems, standard operating procedures and testing processes
  • Quality management: Reviewing QMS processes, customer quality processes, supplier quality and looking for opportunities to make improvement
  • Manufacturing & supplier management: Work with existing manufacturing partners to resolve technical and quality challenges, assess manufacturing capability and support the onboarding of alternative manufacturers where required.
  • Reviewing current stock and product range against quality and regulatory requirements for global markets

You’ll bring:

  • Strong technical knowledge of product compliance, regulatory requirements and quality management systems.
  • Experience in consumer products such as cosmetics, skincare, household, bath products, fragrance etc.
  • Experience navigating international regulatory requirements
  • A track record of resolving complex technical issues and improving processes within product development or manufacturing environments.
  • Experience working with contract manufacturers
  • The confidence to influence stakeholders, challenge existing processes constructively and drive issues through to resolution.
  • A pragmatic, hands-on approach and the ability to work independently on complex problems.

Just as importantly, you’ll be comfortable operating as a senior individual contributor, you’ll be happy to be heavily operational and drive a period of new product launch whilst improving technical processes.

The role requires min. 2 (ideally 3) days in the office in West London.

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Patricia Tugas

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