IQVIA Posted September 30, 2026

Operational Quality Specialist

Buenos Aires, Argentina Full time
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About this opportunity

We are seeking Operational Quality Specialist to join IQVIA Laboratories at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

We hire passionate innovators who drive healthcare forward through thoughtful and inclusive collaboration. If you want to discover a career with greater purpose, join us as we transform and accelerate research and development.

Job Summary:

Support and enhance global laboratory quality and technical systems by overseeing assay quality control processes, proficiency testing reviews, scientific database management, and global technical coordination. Collaborate across laboratory, scientific, data management, vendor, and management teams to ensure consistent quality standards and operational excellence.

What You'll Be Doing:

Establish, review, and update global acceptance criteria for harmonized assay quality control materials

Monitor and review regional laboratory investigations related to proficiency testing failures

Maintain and update the Scientific Database, including test code system administration

Monitor global inventory levels of harmonized reagents, calibrators, and quality control materials

Deliver training to Global Harmonization and regional laboratory teams as needed

Facilitate and document global technical meetings

Collaborate with assay development, scientific review, data management, vendor, and laboratory management teams

What We Are Looking For:

Bachelor's Degree in medical technology or equivalent required

3 years experience in a research laboratory/clinical laboratory environment required

Knowledge of laboratory equipment, clinical laboratory assays, quality control, and validation procedures

Advanced Excel spreadsheet skills

Other Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree

The Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Needed for This Role:

Knowledge of clinical and/or research laboratory environments, including safety and infection control procedures

Ability to balance multiple priorities while maintaining quality and accuracy

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers, clients, and cross-functional stakeholders

What We Offer You:

We put our employees at the center of everything we do and are committed to providing them, and their families, with benefits that meet their diverse and changing needs. We invest in integrated benefits programs and resources to take care of our employees' physical, mental and emotional, financial and social well-being so they can thrive at home and at work, at any stage of their well-being journey.

To learn more about our benefits, visit https://jobs.iqvia.com/benefits.

If you're looking to unleash your potential, join IQVIA Laboratories to help make the extraordinary possible!

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

IQVIA is committed to integrity in our hiring process and maintains a zero tolerance policy for candidate fraud. All information and credentials submitted in your application must be truthful and complete. Any false statements, misrepresentations, or material omissions during the recruitment process will result in immediate disqualification of your application, or termination of employment if discovered later, in accordance with applicable law. We appreciate your honesty and professionalism.

Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Employment type
Full time

How this role compares

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

We currently track 1369 comparable Quality roles across 143 biopharma companies.

1369Comparable roles tracked
1241Currently active
143Companies hiring similar roles
52Countries represented

Salary context

230 of 1369 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 Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · QA - Stat Sort Specialist · Lilly $18/hr – $35/hr (≈ $37,482–$72,592/yr)
Highest disclosed · Vice President, Quality Assurance - GMP · Exelixis Inc $315,500/yr – $366,500/yr
Peer group range $55,037 – $341,000 (median $129,052)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 1369 comparable roles

United States554
Ireland82
China62
France58
Germany51
India50

+ 46 more countries

Seniority mix

625 of 1369 peers have a known seniority level

Manager183
Senior166
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc73
Associate68
Associate Director35
Director35
Principal30
Senior Director28
Executive/VP7

Therapeutic area mix

1 of 1369 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Vaccines & Infectious Disease1

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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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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
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