Lead the audit team: hire, assign, develop, and evaluate auditors; set objectives and conduct performance reviews; maintain the auditor training, qualification, and requalification program; calibrate audit practices across the team; and review and approve audit reports for technical accuracy, observation risk classification, and consistency. Maintain supplier and audit program KPIs and scorecards (e.g., lot acceptance rate, non-conformance and SCAR rates, on-time CAPA closure, audit schedule adherence); trend data, report performance and risk to Q&R leadership and Quality Management Review, and recommend conditional approval, probation, or disqualification.