# Quality Associate (Third-Party Manufacturing)

> David Protein · New York, United States · — · Posted 2026-09-02

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Quality

## Description

**The Company:**  
Medici Brands is the parent company of [David](https://davidprotein.com/), [Epogee](https://epogee.com/), HallPass and several emerging brands launching in the near future. Medici Brands is led by CEO Peter Rahal, Co-founder and former CEO of RXBAR, and is focused on building brands that break the tradeoffs between taste and nutrition that have classically existed.

  
**Role Overview:**

The Third-Party Manufacturing (3PM) Quality Associate supports the day-to-day quality management of David’s contract manufacturers (co-mans). This role helps ensure that co-manufacturers consistently meet David’s quality, food safety, product, and documentation requirements.

The 3PM Quality Associate will work closely with Quality, Manufacturing, R&D, and external manufacturing partners to support finished goods quality, specification compliance, lot release, traceability, documentation, and continuous improvement across David’s external manufacturing network.

  
**Core Responsibilities:**

**Co-Manufacturer Management**

-   Support the qualification and onboarding of new contract manufacturers against David’s quality and food safety requirements.
-   Coordinate collection and review of required co-man documentation, certifications, and quality records.
-   Support maintenance of the co-man onboarding materials, and quality agreements.
-   Participate in co-man audits, site visits, production trials, and routine quality meetings.
-   Maintain the co-man audit schedule and track completion of required follow-up actions.
-   Track CAPAs and non-conformances, follow up with co-mans on open actions, and escalate overdue or significant issues.
-   Maintain co-manufacturer dashboards, scorecards, and performance metrics in partnership with Quality and Manufacturing.

  
**Lot Release & COA Management**

-   Coordinate finished goods lot release activities for products manufactured by co-mans.
-   Review finished goods Certificates of Analysis (COAs) against approved specifications and flag discrepancies for review.
-   Track testing results and required documentation to ensure all release requirements are completed.

  
**Systems & Documentation**

-   Support QMS implementation and ongoing use with co-manufacturing partners.
-   Maintain SOPs, specifications, quality agreements, and other controlled quality documentation.
-   Participate in weekly quality and co-man meetings and document actions and follow-ups.
-   Maintain co-manufacturer scorecards and dashboards used to track quality and operational performance.
-   Ensure quality documentation is accurate, current, organized, and audit-ready.
-   Help translate product development requirements into manufacturing specifications, quality requirements, and production documentation.

## Requirements

Required:

-   Background in Food Science, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Food Safety, or related field

-   Experience in food, beverage, or CPG quality, regulatory, supplier quality, or food safety
-   Working knowledge of food safety and regulatory frameworks (FDA, FSMA, GFSI, HACCP, Prop 65)
-   Strong organizational skills with a high bar for documentation and follow-through
-   Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced, scaling environment

Preferred:

-   Experience with supplier audits, CAPAs, and recall execution
-   Familiarity with TraceGains or similar supplier management systems
-   PCQI, HACCP, or GFSI experience  
    Experience working directly with co-manufacturers, ingredient suppliers, and 3PLs
-   Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed

## Benefits

-   This is a full-time, in-office role based in New York City. We work onsite five days a week- when the culture fits, it is fun to be in the office together
-   Salary: $95,000-$110,000 per year, inclusive of bonus
-   Company equity options
-   100% covered Health, Vision, Dental Insurance
-   401(k) with 4% match
-   Additional perks, such as covered gym expenses
-   Substantial and required PTO

## Apply

[Apply at David Protein](https://apply.workable.com/david-protein/j/A6F7268F11/apply)

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