Confiar Services

Senior Quality Governance & Data Quality Lead – Pharma / Life Sciences

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Posted Sep 30, 2026

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Job Title:Senior Quality Governance & Data Quality Lead – Pharma / Life Sciences
Location: Atlanta, GA

Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Quality Governance & Data Quality Lead with 12+ years of experience in Quality Management, Data Governance, Data Quality, QA Testing, or Pharma Data Operations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in pharmaceutical/life sciences data environments and proven experience designing and implementing IT quality governance frameworks, QA strategies, validation processes, and data quality programs from the ground up.
The candidate should be capable of establishing enterprise-level quality standards across large data and analytics organizations, including test strategy, test planning, test case development, automation testing, data validation, audit readiness, CAPA, and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Design and implement an enterprise IT Quality Governance Framework for pharmaceutical/life sciences data and analytics platforms.
Develop and maintain comprehensive QA strategies, test plans, test cases, validation frameworks, and quality standards.
Establish QA/QC processes for large-scale data, analytics, and reporting environments.
Define and implement Data Quality Management frameworks, controls, KPIs, and quality metrics.
Develop data validation and reconciliation processes to ensure accuracy, completeness, consistency, and integrity.
Lead manual and automation testing initiatives across data platforms and applications.
Establish testing standards covering functional, integration, regression, system, data, ETL/ELT, API, and validation testing.
Implement Data Governance, Data Lineage, Metadata Management, and Master Data Management (MDM) practices.
Manage CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) processes and drive root-cause analysis and remediation.
Support audit and compliance activities and ensure adherence to organizational quality and regulatory standards.
Identify process gaps and drive process excellence and continuous improvement across data operations.
Partner with Data Engineering, Data Governance, QA, Compliance, Business, and Pharma Data Operations teams.
Establish quality controls across the pharma data supply chain and commercial data ecosystem.
Define quality standards for data ingestion, transformation, integration, validation, and downstream consumption.
Required Technical & Functional Skills
Quality Management & Quality Governance
Quality Framework Design and Implementation
Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC)
Test Strategy and Test Planning
Test Case Design and Test Execution
Manual & Automation Testing
Data Validation & Reconciliation
Data Quality Management
Data Governance
Data Lineage
Metadata Management
Master Data Management (MDM)
Data Validation Frameworks
CAPA Management
Audit & Compliance Management
Process Excellence
Data & Analytics Quality

Preferred Candidate Profile
12+ years of experience in Quality Management, QA, Data Quality, Data Governance, or Pharma Data Operations.
Proven experience building quality frameworks from the ground up.
Strong experience creating IT quality governance frameworks for pharmaceutical or life sciences organizations.
Hands-on experience with test strategy, test plans, test cases, automation testing, data validation, and quality controls.
Experience managing quality programs across large-scale data and analytics organizations.
Strong understanding of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or healthcare data.
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, governance, and leadership skills.

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