Digital Quality Product Line Lead

About the role

Own the Digital Quality Product Line vision and multi-year roadmap, aligned to Animal Health Quality, Lab, and IT strategies.

Responsibilities

• Define and prioritize the product backlog based on enterprise value, regulatory risk, and business outcomes.
• Drive standardization and reuse of digital quality and lab capabilities across sites and regions.
• Lead the design, implementation, and global rollout of Quality and Lab digital products.
• Ensure solutions are fit-for-purpose, compliant, secure, and resilient throughout their lifecycle while maximizing value from existing platforms and identifying opportunities for enhancement, modernization, or rationalization.
• Ensure adherence to GxP regulations, Computer System Validation (CSV), and the transition toward CSA / OneCQV-aligned approaches.
• Act as the primary IT partner for Quality and Lab leadership, translating business needs into digital capabilities.
• Drive adoption through change management, training strategies, and communities of practice.
• Lead and develop product owners, solution leads, and delivery teams (internal and external).
• Scan for emerging technologies (AI/ML, automation, analytics) that enhance quality decision-making and lab efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Quality, Laboratory, Manufacturing, or GxP IT environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading digital product lines or large-scale platforms in regulated industries.
• Strong knowledge of QMS, LIMS, SDLC, CSV/CSA, and inspection readiness.
• Proven ability to lead global, cross-functional teams and influence senior stakeholders.

Skills

• Apache Kafka
• Benefits Management
• Big Data
• Big Data Analytics
• Business Analysis
• Business Process Improvements
• Configuration Management (CM)
• DevOps
• Effort Estimation
• Full Stack Development
• Governance Management
• GraphQL (Query Language)
• GxP Regulations
• IT Methodologies
• Life Science
• Microservices Architecture
• Neo4j
• Product Management Leadership
• Program Management
• Python (Programming Language)
• RabbitMQ
• Red Hat Ansible
• Redis Database
• Software Development

Pay

The salary range for this role is $142,400.00 - $224,100.00. The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

Schedule

This role offers hybrid work arrangements.

Benefits

Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.