
Senior Director, Site Head of Quality
Catalent · Madison, WI
- Level
- Director+
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Pharma & life sciences
- Posted
- 3 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A director-level quality role at Catalent (pharma & life sciences) in Madison, WI.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- CAPA, FDA / GMP
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Wisconsin: typical posted base $77k–$120k.
Median of the low and high ends of 10 live postings that list pay, out of 35 quality engineer openings in Wisconsin, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 34 other live quality postings in Wisconsin.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 5+)
Typical $77k–$120k, from 10 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 63%
- Supplier quality 40%
- SPC 37%
- Team leadership 34%
- FMEA 34%
- Control plans 34%
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- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Which standards drive the work here: ISO 13485, IATF 16949, AS9100?
- How much of the job is customer complaints versus prevention?
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This plant: Catalent in Madison
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Full description from CatalentAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Position Summary
- ◆100% onsite
Working for Catalent Biologics is an opportunity to join an entrepreneurial team. Catalent Biologics is making significant investments in people and capabilities. This is a unique opening to join a small, fast-growing business, backed by a private company. People joining our team will have the opportunity for career development as our business continues to grow and expand. Catalent-Madison employees are helping to improve future patient outcomes by working on products that are designed to treat COVID-19, cancer, various autoimmune, fibrotic and blood disorders, HIV, diabetes, heart and lung diseases as well as Alzheimer’s.
The Senior Director of Quality is a member of the site leadership team and is expected to lead in a manner that promotes and drives a Patient First culture throughout the organization. The Senior Director of Quality is directly responsible for the Site Quality Directors/managers under their responsibility and drives "One Catalent" quality standards across the organization, ensuring that the systems necessary to produce products in conformance with good manufacturing practices and standards are implemented and followed. The Senior Director of Quality is also responsible for establishing and maintaining positive customer relationships and providing direction to the customer and organization to address critical performance issues.
The Role
- ◆Partner effectively with other functional leaders (Process Development, Operations, Program Management etc.) and Site General Manager to develop and maintain a meaningful and robust Patient First and Quality culture across all aspects of the business.
- ◆Champion, through clear and visible advocacy, Catalent's Quality Management System (QMS), and ensure strong technical and leadership capability at all levels of the Quality organization.
- ◆Responsibility for ensuring the site Quality teams (100-200 HC) is staffed with high caliber Quality leaders and professionals, driving strong and effective performance culture at all levels across the sites, and creating a strong succession pipeline for key leadership roles.
- ◆Define activity-based cost models and establish and execute a budget that is in-line with the
requirements
of the business to deliver on the testing, release, and QMS commensurate with the needs of the business to operate effectively and efficiently.
- ✓Ensure appropriate metrics and reporting/escalation processes are in place and being utilized to drive and improve operational execution and drive appropriate corrective actions.
- ✓Drive actions and remediation as required to meet the quality performance and standards sets for the site.
- ✓Drive execution and outcomes on critical deviations providing clear direction and oversight including the review and approval of critical deviations as well as effective CAPA plans.
- ✓Other duties as assigned.
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Senior Director, Site Head of Quality
The Candidate
- •Bachelor's or Master's Degree in science, pharmacy or related discipline is required.
- •Extensive experience (10+ yrs) in biologics is a requirement.
- •Experience with drug substance manufacturing is required. Experience with drug product manufacturing is preferred.
- •Demonstrated business acumen and ability to manage through difficult discussions with clients.
- •Demonstrated experience of successfully leading Quality organizations, preferable in a matrix-style organization.
- •Knowledge of global cGMP regulations including FDA, EMA, ANVISA, and other Tier 1 regulatory agencies.
- •Proven experience in driving substantial improvements of quality performance across a broad range of initiatives including development and recruitment of talent, process improvements, elimination of exceptions/SOP standardization.
- •Provides reliable / defendable interpretations of regulatory guidance for the customer and is capable of defending these positions to regulatory agencies.
- •Demonstrable leadership experience at Catalent (including but not limited to participation in Catalent-sponsored leadership programs such as NGGL, GOLD, LEAD Now, GM Excellence, and GROW) may be considered in place of external experience.
Why You Should Join Catalent
- •Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process
- •Diverse, inclusive culture
- •Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
- •Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
- •Community engagement and green initiatives
- •Generous 401K match and Paid Time Off accrual
- •Medical, dental and vision benefits effective day one of employment
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.
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