"A quality assurance (QA) manager is responsible for ensuring that a company's products or development processes meet quality standards. Their duties include:
Developing and maintaining quality standards
Establishing and maintaining quality standards for products or services, and communicating them to relevant departments
Managing quality assurance staff
Hiring, training, and supervising quality assurance staff, and conducting performance evaluations
Planning and conducting testing
Planning, organizing, and building testing protocols, and participating in product testing
Analyzing data
Collecting and analyzing quality assurance data, and identifying areas for improvement
Ensuring compliance
Staying current on laws and regulations, and ensuring that manufacturing processes comply with standards
Working with suppliers
Specifying quality requirements of raw materials with suppliers, and working with them to ensure the quality of supplies
Writing reports
Writing management and technical reports, and documenting internal audits and quality assurance activities
Making decisions
Making informed decisions quickly in response to quality issues or regulation changes
Adapting
Adapting to new processes, technologies, and market demands or changes in regulations "