P6P6 — Principal Professional
Sr. Director / VP QA
Set the vision for global QA strategy, provide executive leadership, advise C-suite on regulatory strategy, and drive innovation in quality management.
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Set the vision for global QA strategy and enterprise quality systems.
- Provide executive leadership and oversight of entire QA organization.
- Advise C-suite on regulatory strategy and risk management for portfolios.
- Represent the company in high-level regulatory/industry forums.
- Drive innovation in quality management (e.g. digital QMS initiatives, advanced analytics).
- Set global QA vision.
- Provide executive oversight.
- Advise C-suite on strategy.
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic visioning
- Executive leadership
- Regulatory advising
- Industry representation
- Innovation in quality
- Global QA strategy
- Executive leadership principles
- Regulatory strategy advising
- Industry forum engagement
- Innovative quality management
- Executive Leadership
- Global Perspective
- Innovation
- Executive communication
What good looks like
- 15+ years of senior quality leadership
- History of guiding organizations through major regulatory milestones
Common titles
Sr. Director / VP QA
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 51-0000 — Production Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.