About a dozen years ago, I wrote an article titled: “Where Have the Chief Quality Officer’s Gone?”  As I’m researching this post, i’d write about where have the Quality VP’s and Quality Director’s gone?  I’m can’t find them.

I belong to a dozen quality, six sigma, and operations communities on LinkedIn.  There are a lot of jobs available for quality professionals.  Only one problem.  Most are low level.  I seldom see Quality Director positions.  I never see VP of Quality positions.  Most professional positions advertised in LinkedIn are at the technical level: supply quality engineer, quality engineer, auditor, etc. Continue reading →