JobFrame · QUALIT3.QUALITYC6380.M4
Quality Control – Laboratory Support
M4 · M4 — Director · Individual contributor
Median pay · United States
$167,689
$131,734 – $213,457 · USD · annual · national base (function pricing in review)
Level position
M4 · 4 of 4 in track
Median pay
$167,689
$131,734–$213,457
Level
M4
M4 · 4 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 — M4 M4 — Director
Leads a function or department; owns strategy, budget, and outcomes for the area.