Novartis Posted July 30, 2026

Quality Team Leader QA Compliance

Morris Plains, United States Regular
Quality

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About this opportunity

Location: Morris Plains, NJ, United States Join Novartis and play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest standards of quality, compliance, and patient safety across our operations. As Quality Team Leader QA Compliance, you will lead a team responsible for maintaining robust quality systems, supporting regulatory inspections, driving continuous compliance improvements, and partnering across the organization to uphold Good Manufacturing Practice standards. This is an exciting opportunity to influence site quality performance, develop high-performing teams, and help ensure life-changing medicines are delivered to patients with the highest level of quality and integrity.

Key Responsibilities Lead day-to-day operations within the QA Compliance function and develop a high-performing quality team. Oversee Product Quality Review and Annual Product Quality Review planning, execution, and compliance activities. Support qualification and validation programs through planning, guidance, and quality review activities. Drive implementation and continuous improvement of quality systems, including documentation management processes. Coordinate corrective and preventive action activities and ensure timely follow-up on quality commitments. Lead audit and inspection readiness efforts, including support during regulatory and internal inspections. Review change controls, monitor compliance metrics, and ensure adherence to regulatory and data integrity requirements. Essential Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biology, Biochemistry, or another scientific discipline. At least 5 years of Quality Assurance or Quality Control experience within pharmaceutical manufacturing environments. Demonstrated experience leading teams and developing talent within a regulated quality organization. Strong knowledge of cGMP and GxP Quality requirements. Experience supporting audits, inspections, change controls, corrective and preventive actions, and quality systems. Proven ability to manage compliance risks, analyze quality metrics, and collaborate across complex organizations. Desirable Requirements Experience serving as a liaison with Health Authorities and supporting regulatory communications. Demonstrated experience driving quality improvements through key performance indicator analysis and compliance trending.   The salary for this position is expected to range between $114,100 and $211,900 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors. Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards. US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves.  To learn more about the culture, rewards and benefits we offer our people click here. #LI-Onsite

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Morris Plains, United States
Employment type
Regular

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 644 comparable Quality roles across 85 biopharma companies.

644Comparable roles tracked
597Currently active
85Companies hiring similar roles
45Countries represented

Salary context

109 of 644 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject $114,100/yr – $211,900/yr
Lowest disclosed · Technician - QC Laboratory · Lilly $13/hr – $29/hr (≈ $26,998–$60,507/yr)
Highest disclosed · Executive Director, QA Microbiology · Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc (USA) $203,000/yr – $399,400/yr
Peer group range $43,753 – $301,200 (median $159,000)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 644 comparable roles

United States212
Ireland49
India45
China39
Singapore36
France29

+ 39 more countries

Seniority mix

309 of 644 peers have a known seniority level

Manager116
Senior97
Associate Director26
Director24
Associate23
Principal14
Senior Director7
Executive/VP1
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc1

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 644 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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