Head of Product Compliance (f/m/d)

In this role you drive global product compliance and quality for Orbem’s AI-enabled systems across EU, US, and future markets. You bridge hardware, software, and AI with international safety standards, leading the product compliance team to ensure fast, compliant delivery. You collaborate with product, operations, supply chain, and legal to embed quality and regulatory requirements throughout the lifecycle. You’ll shape roadmaps, enable market access, and own conformity documentation for scalable impact.

• Stock Options
• Relocation Support
• Learning & Development budget
• Fitness membership
• Childcare reimbursement
• Deutschland Ticket subsidy (public transport)

• Own international compliance roadmaps for market access and CE/NRTL approvals
• Lead and scale the product compliance team with a culture of ownership and fast delivery
• Collaborate with product development, Field Ops, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Legal to embed compliance into lifecycle
• Manage nonconformances, root-cause analysis, CAPA, and updated risk assessments and design changes
• Translate regulatory frameworks into practical guidance for cross-functional teams
• Optimize agile processes to support fast-growing scale-up while maintaining compliance
• Oversee conformity documentation including manuals, safety markings, and translations
• Champion system validation and reliability through structured verification and acceptance testing

• 10+ years in compliance and quality management with leadership experience
• Experience with hardware, software, and AI in complex systems, preferably machinery or automation
• Nonconformance and CAPA process expertise with hands-on root-cause methods (8D, FMEA, fault tree) and proven design changes from field failures
• Knowledge of international frameworks: UL508A, NFPA79, CE marking under Machinery Regulation and EMC Directive
• Defined quality and compliance in stage-gate processes and Design for Compliance/Quality in product development
• Proven track record building, mentoring, and scaling technical teams
• Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management with collaborative leadership
• Ability to define acceptance criteria and verification evidence including factory/site tests and traceability

• cross-functional collaboration
• stakeholder management
• leadership and mentorship
• UL508A
• NFPA79
• CE marking