JobFrame · QUALIT3.QUALITYC6380.M3
Quality Control – Laboratory Support
M3 · M3 — Senior Manager · Individual contributor
Median pay · United States
$120,351
$94,546 – $153,199 · USD · annual · national base (function pricing in review)
Level position
M3 · 3 of 4 in track
Median pay
$120,351
$94,546–$153,199
Level
M3
M3 · 3 of 4 in track
Super-function
quality_control
Demand-heat
hot
-4.7% growth
Summary
Management track for the cGMP Quality Control laboratory: supervises and manages analysts, technicians, and scientists who perform analytical, wet-chemical, and microbiological testing of raw materials, in-process materials, finished goods, and stability samples. Distinct from the QC individual-contributor scientific track (which culminates in the non-managerial Principal Scientist apex that owns method-validation strategy, data-governance policy definition, and serves as deep technical authority and regulator interface) in that this track owns people leadership, lab operations, scheduling, headcount, and budgets — relying on Principal/Senior ICs for deep bench technical authority rather than holding it personally. Distinct from QA (which owns batch disposition, audits, and quality-system governance broadly) by being scoped to laboratory testing operations and data.
This level — M3 M3 — Senior Manager
Leads multiple teams or a sub-function; sets goals and owns cross-team execution.