Director, Quality Data Analytics

Integra-Lifesciences; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 167,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Short- and Long-Term Disability

Business Insurance

Group Legal Insurance

401(k) Savings Plan

Job summary

Integra LifeSciences is seeking a Director for Quality Program Management, Quality Data Analytics to lead enterprise analytics strategy across Quality and Regulatory functions. You will guide teams to enable proactive compliance and risk management throughout the medical device lifecycle.

The role partners with senior leadership to embed data-driven decision making and drive cross-functional programs, while supporting regulatory inspections and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Engineering, Statistics, Quality, CS or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in data analytics or business intelligence.
• 7+ years of people leadership experience, including managing managers or large teams.
• Strong knowledge of Quality Management Systems and regulatory standards.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections and audits.
• Experience in the medical device industry.
• Experience leading enterprise programs and portfolios.
• Proficiency in SQL and data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau).
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder influence skills.
• Strong program/project management expertise.
• Ability to travel up to 25% if needed.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise Quality Data Analytics strategy aligned with enterprise priorities.
• Lead and develop a team of analytics professionals and project/program manager, ensuring strong capability development and succession planning.
• Establish standards for analytics, reporting, and data governance across Quality functions.
• Oversee analytics supporting CAPA, complaints, audits, nonconformances, supplier quality, post‑market surveillance and other QoI attributes.
• Ensure analytics outputs meet regulatory requirements (FDA QSR/QMSR, ISO 13485, EU MDR, MDSAP).
• Serve as a key leader during regulatory inspections, owning analytics narratives and data defensibility.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and IT.
• Drive continuous improvement, automation, and adoption of advanced analytics techniques.
• Establish program management frameworks, governance, and reporting standards.
• Manage prioritization across multiple stakeholders and enterprise demands.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Changing lives. Building Careers. Joining us is a chance to do important work that creates change and shapes the future of healthcare. Thinking differently is what we do best. To us, change equals opportunity. Every day, our colleagues are challenging what’s possible and making headway to innovate new treatment pathways to advance patient outcomes and set new standards of care.

SUMMARY

The Director, Quality Program Management, Quality Data Analytics provides enterprise leadership for Quality Analytics strategy, program execution, and data-driven transformation initiatives across the organization. This role is responsible for establishing and scaling advanced analytics capabilities while leading complex, cross-functional programs that enable proactive Quality Compliance, regulatory readiness, and enterprise risk management across the medical device lifecycle. The Director, Quality Program Management, Quality Data Analytics leads managers and/or advanced individual contributors and partners with senior leadership to embed data‑driven decision‑making across the organization.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define and execute the enterprise Quality Data Analytics strategy aligned with enterprise priorities.
• Lead and develop a team of analytics professionals and project/program manager, ensuring strong capability development and succession planning.
• Establish standards for analytics, reporting, and data governance across Quality functions.
• Oversee analytics supporting, at minimum, CAPA, complaints, audits, nonconformances, supplier quality, post‑market surveillance and other attributes and characteristics of our process and products that are Critical to Quality or associated with the Cost of Poor Quality.
• Ensure analytics outputs meet regulatory requirements (FDA QSR/QMSR, ISO 13485, EU MDR, and MDSAP, at minimum).
• Serve as a key leader during regulatory inspections, owning analytics narratives and data defensibility.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and IT.
• Drive continuous improvement, automation, and adoption of advanced analytics techniques.
• Establish program management frameworks, governance, and reporting standards.
• Manage prioritization across multiple stakeholders and enterprise demands; and, Other duties as assigned.
• Additional duties, may include: Supporting development and execution of the Program Management strategy.
• Additional duties, may include: Leading a portfolio of strategic Quality programs and projects.

DESIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Engineering, Statistics, Quality, Computer Science, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in data analytics or business intelligence.
• 7+ years of people leadership experience, including managing managers or large teams.
• Strong knowledge and expertise in Quality Management Systems and regulatory standards.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections and audits.
• Experience in the medical device industry.
• Experience leading enterprise programs and portfolios.
• Proficiency in SQL and data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau).
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder influence skills.
• Strong program/project management expertise.
• Ability to travel up to 25% if needed.

Salary Pay Range

$166,750.00 - $228,850.00 USD

Additional Description for Pay Transparency

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs:

• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• business accident insurance
• group legal insurance
• savings plan (401(k))

Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following Total Rewards | Integra LifeSciences

Integra LifeSciences is an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees regardless of race, marital status, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status.

Integra LifeSciences is committed to provide qualified applicants and employees who are disabled veterans or individuals with disabilities with needed reasonable accommodations in accordance with the ADA.

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Integra LifeSciences does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs/resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. A formal written agreement is required before engaging any agency, and it must be executed and authorized by the Vice President, Talent Acquisition. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions (the initial sharing of a candidate’s name, resume, or background) are position-specific and may only occur within the scope of that approved agreement. Please, no phone calls or emails.

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