P5P5 — Expert Professional
Director of QA
Develop and implement QA policies, oversee all QA activities, lead major interactions with regulators, and allocate budget and resources for quality programs.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Develop and implement QA policies, standards and strategic goals across multiple projects or sites.
- Oversee all QA activities (including R&D and manufacturing QA sub-teams).
- Lead major interactions with regulators (e.g. FDA meetings, inspection responses).
- Allocate budget and resources for quality programs; champion a quality culture.
- Integrate quality strategy with corporate objectives and business priorities.
- Develop QA policies.
- Oversee QA activities.
- Lead regulatory interactions.
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Policy development
- QA oversight
- Regulatory interaction
- Resource allocation
- Strategic integration
- QA policy development
- Comprehensive QA oversight
- Regulatory engagement
- Budget management
- Strategic quality integration
- Visionary Thinking
- Business acumen
- Mentorship
- Empowerment
What good looks like
- ~12–15 years of broad quality assurance experience
- Has led multiple teams or functions, managed large-scale compliance programs
Common titles
Director of QA
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 51-0000 — Production Occupations (inferred)