# QMS Manager

At AQA, we’re committed to advancing education and we’re committed to our people. As the largest provider of academic qualifications in the UK, we mark over 10 million exam papers each year and it’sour people who make this happen. QMS Manager Permanent Manchester Salary:£55,700 - £63,100 Working Arrangements; Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office. Introduction This is a senior quality role with real organisational influence. As QMS Manager, you’ll own and shape AQA’s ISO 9001 compliant Quality Management System, helping to protect confidence, consistency and quality across work that matters to learners, schools and colleges. Purpose of the Role You’ll lead the design, maintenance and continual improvement of AQA’s QMS, making sure quality processes, controls, documentation and governance are clear, effective and audit ready. Acting as the organisational expert for ISO 9001, you’ll maintain external certification, lead the transition to ISO 9001:2026 and give senior leaders clear assurance that quality and document control arrangements are robust and proportionate. Key Responsibilities In this role, you'll be responsible for: Owning and improving AQA’s ISO 9001 compliant QMS, inclu

- **Id**: 3891946
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/aqa-qms-manager>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Manchester, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T21:47:25Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T03:07:17Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
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- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Equity, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Skill Assessment, Standards & Industry Bodies

## Company

- **Id**: 1791368
- **Name**: AQA
- **Domain**: aqa.org.uk
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/aqa-org-uk>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

## Salary

- **Min**: 55700
- **Max**: 63100
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 84338

## Technologies

- **Microsoft Teams** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T21:47:25Z

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- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 15
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 84338
- **Is top pay**: no

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