Associate Director - Digital Solutions Quality Lead

Skip to main contentWe use cookies and other tracking technologies to assist with navigation, improve our products and services, assist with our marketing efforts, and provide content from third parties. By continuing to use this site you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our privacy policy. Manage third-party cookie preferences hereDeclineAccept CookiesEnglishSign InAssociate Director - Digital Solutions Quality Lead page is loadedAssociate Director - Digital Solutions Quality LeadApplyremote typeIn-OfficelocationsUSA NJ - Franklin Lakestime typeFull timeposted onPosted 8 Days Agojob requisition idR-543549 We are the people who give possibilities purposeBD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. Job DescriptionSummary:The Associate Director, Digital Solutions Quality Lead is a senior individual contributor within Technology & Global Services (TGS) accountable for defining and advancing the Quality function’s digital, data, and AI strategy. Partnering closely with Quality leadership and process owners, this role shapes the future-state capability model and an outcome-based roadmap that improves Quality performance, strengthens compliance, and reduces operational risk.Operating at the intersection of platform leadership, digital product strategy, and data/AI enablement, the role owns the end-to-end solution vision across core Quality platforms (e.g., eQMS) and Quality data and analytics. Success requires influencing cross-functional stakeholders and governance forums to prioritize investment and ensure solutions are scalable, interoperable, and inspection-ready—meeting validation, data integrity, and auditability expectations—while execution is delivered through aligned product, platform, and delivery teams.Key ResponsibilitiesCo-create in partnership with the function to the Quality digital, data, and AI strategy aligned to enterprise architecture, data strategy, and TGS priorities.Define the future-state capability model and an outcome-based roadmap (value, risk reduction, and compliance impact) with Quality process owners.Identify, prioritize, and scale high-value use cases across core Quality processes (e.g., field actions, complaints, nonconformances, CAPA, deviations, change control, audits, supplier quality, training, surveillance).Own the end-to-end solution vision across core Quality platforms and digital capabilities (e.g., eQMS; Quality data & analytics) to reinvent quality processes and shorten cycle time to compliant outcomes.  Partner with the digital team and function to ensure context across the digital ecosystem to fully leverage and unlock the power of data assets. Provide platform and product direction (roadmaps, lifecycle/modernization, integration, data architecture, AI readiness) in partnership with Platform Solutions/Digital Transformation teams.Ensure solutions are scalable, interoperable, and audit-ready across product owners, architects, data teams, and vendors.Drive adoption of Quality data models, analytics, and insights to improve decision-making and outcomes.Champion advanced analytics and responsible AI (predictive, trend detection, decision intelligence) for regulated use cases and proactive insights to prevent compliance issues. Ensure AI/automation and digital solutions meet compliance expectations (validation, data integrity, auditability; GxP/21 CFR Part 11).Represent Quality priorities in governance (investment, portfolio, and architecture forums) and facilitate prioritization decisions (risk/value/compliance).Provide strategic oversight and value realization for initiatives (execution owned by delivery teams), including...