M3M3 — Senior Manager
Senior Quality Compliance Manager/Associate Director
Leadership of multiple programs or a site function, contributing to strategic planning and quality system design.
What this level means
Leads multiple teams or a sub-function; sets goals and owns cross-team execution.
- Scope
- Multiple teams or a sub-function
- Autonomy
- Sets goals within functional strategy
- Complexity
- Multi-team execution and resourcing trade-offs
- Impact
- Sub-function outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns goals, budget input, and people decisions across teams
- Leadership
- Manages managers and/or several teams
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Lead multiple programs or a site function
- Strategic planning and quality system design
- Establish quality governance and management review
- Engage directly with regulatory bodies
- Coordinate across multiple departments
- Develop people and manage senior staff
- Design quality systems
- Plan strategic initiatives
- Engage with regulatory bodies
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic planning
- Quality system design
- Regulatory engagement
- Departmental coordination
- Staff development
- Strategic planning
- Quality governance
- Regulatory frameworks
- Cross-departmental coordination
- Leadership development
- Strategic Thinking
- Regulatory knowledge
- Leadership
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
- Significant experience in quality management
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. preferred
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations 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.