Vice President, Quality – Manufacturing & Supplier Quality [Hybrid/Houston, TX - USA]

Location: Houston, Texas (Hybrid) Travel: 30–40% Domestic and International Travel About Submer Submer designs and delivers end-to-end AI datacenter infrastructure built around industry-leading liquid cooling. We help organizations scale AI beyond the limits of traditional datacenters by enabling higher density, greater efficiency and lower environmental impact – accelerating time-to-AI from first deployment to full production. At Submer, we’re committed to creating a digital world that is safer, more efficient, and environmentally sustainable.

Our technologies are addressing the critical challenges faced by data centers, supercomputing, hyperscale, and edge computing. By joining Submer, you’ll be part of a team driving innovation that directly contributes to a greener tomorrow. As we continue to grow our teams and operations in the US, we are positioning ourselves to effectively meet the increasing demand for our solutions.

What impact you'll have: Submer Group is seeking an experienced and highly hands-on Vice President of Quality to build and lead the quality function across our manufacturing operations, supplier network, and project delivery activities. This is a highly visible executive leadership role responsible for embedding quality throughout the entire product and delivery lifecycle — from supplier qualification and incoming inspections through manufacturing, factory acceptance testing, deployment, and final customer delivery. This is not a traditional corporate quality leadership role focused primarily on compliance and reporting.

We are looking for a builder with an operator mentality — someone who is comfortable on manufacturing floors, inside supplier facilities, directly resolving quality issues, and creating scalable yet practical quality systems that support a fast-growing modular technologies business. The successful candidate will combine executive-level leadership with deep operational engagement, partnering closely with Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Construction, and Project Delivery teams to drive operational excellence, continuous improvement, and scalable execution globally. The ideal candidate will bring significant experience within modular technologies, data center infrastructure, mission-critical facilities, industrial manufacturing, electrical systems, cooling technologies, or complex engineered infrastructure environments.

What You’Ll Do

: Executive Quality Leadership Develop and execute the overall global quality strategy supporting manufacturing, suppliers, and project delivery operations. Build scalable quality systems, governance structures, KPIs, and operational processes aligned with rapid business growth. Establish a culture of accountability, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and customer-focused execution.

Partner closely with executive leadership to support operational scaling, manufacturing readiness, and customer delivery objectives. Create practical and scalable quality processes without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy. Lead by example as a hands-on executive willing to engage directly in supplier reviews, manufacturing issues, audits, corrective actions, and operational problem-solving.

Supplier Quality Manufacturing Partnerships Build and lead the supplier quality management program across key manufacturing and infrastructure partners. Qualify, audit, and approve suppliers, contract manufacturers, and fabrication partners globally. Develop supplier scorecards focused on quality, responsiveness, delivery, corrective actions, and operational performance.

Partner closely with Supply Chain leadership to improve supplier performance and mitigate operational risks. Lead supplier corrective action programs, root cause investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives. Support supplier development and manufacturing scalability as the business expands globally.