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About the job Director, Metrology

Job Title: Director, Metrology

Job Location: Durham, United States of America

Job Location Type: Office-based

Job Contract Type: Full time

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We are seeking Director, Metrology to join IQVIA Laboratories.

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:

The Director, Metrology provides global leadership for laboratory instrumentation and metrology programs across IQVIA Laboratories, ensuring compliance, operational readiness, and scalability to support business growth. This role partners cross‑functionally and with executive leadership to drive strategy, innovation, and continuous improvement across a global laboratory footprint.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Lead and oversee global metrology operations across approximately 17 IQVIA laboratory sites, including Central Labs and Specialty Labs
  • Develop and execute departmental strategy aligned with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and long‑term growth
  • Establish goals, metrics, and performance expectations for a global team, driving accountability and operational excellence
  • Ensure effective resourcing, prioritization, and workload management across regions and sites
  • Provide oversight of equipment lifecycle management, preventative maintenance, calibration, and compliance programs using enterprise asset systems
  • Serve as an escalation point for quality, safety, and operational issues, ensuring timely CAPA resolution and root cause analysis
  • Partner cross‑functionally to evaluate, select, and implement new instrumentation, technologies, and vendor solutions
  • Drive global harmonization, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives across laboratory operations

What We Are Looking For:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Extensive experience overseeing complex laboratory instrumentation and metrology programs within regulated environments
  • Strong working knowledge of laboratory equipment compliance, preventative maintenance programs, and regulatory standards
  • Other equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be accepted in lieu of degree

The Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Needed for This Role:

  • Proven ability to lead and influence global, cross‑functional teams and senior stakeholders
  • Strong financial, operational, and strategic planning skills, including budget development and cost optimization
  • Excellent communication, coaching, and change‑management capabilities
  • Ability to assess risk, prioritize competing demands, and drive solutions across multiple sites and business units

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 proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable law. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe

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.

The potential base pay range for this role, when annualized, is $134,400.00 - $249,600.00. The actual base pay offered may vary based on a number of factors including job-related qualifications such as knowledge, skills, education, and experience; location; and/or schedule (full or part-time). Dependent on the position offered, incentive plans, bonuses, and/or other forms of compensation may be offered, in addition to a range of health and welfare and/or other benefits.

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