Technology Director, Quality

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Director, Quality (NA) located in Raritan, New Jersey, West Chester, Pennsylvania, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Raynham, Massachusetts, Warsaw, Indiana.

The Director, Quality (NA) - IT provides strategic leadership for quality, validation, and testing across North America-based information technology solutions supporting DePuy Synthes. This role is accountable for ensuring technology platforms, systems, and processes meet regulatory, compliance, and business quality standards while enabling speed, reliability, and scalability. The Director partners closely with IT, Digital, Cybersecurity, and business leaders to embed quality into the full technology lifecycle and to drive continuous improvement across enterprise systems.

Reports into the DePuy Synthes Technology organization. Reports into the DePuy Synthes Technology organization.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead and oversee IT Quality strategy for North America, including quality governance, testing, validation, and continuous improvement across enterprise and commercial systems.

* Direct managers and senior individual contributors in a matrix environment, providing coaching, performance management, and talent development.

* Establish and maintain quality standards, processes, and metrics for software development, system validation, and release management.

* Partner with IT, Digital, and business stakeholders to ensure quality is embedded throughout system design, development, testing, deployment, and support.

* Oversee risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue escalation related to system quality, compliance, and reliability.

* Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, corporate, and internal quality requirements impacting IT systems and data integrity.

* Use data, dashboards, and KPIs to monitor quality performance and drive improvements across IT platforms and services.

* Collaborate with external vendors and internal partners to align on quality expectations, testing approaches, and delivery standards.

Qualifications

Education

* Required:

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

* Preferred:
Master's degree in a technical, engineering, or business discipline.

Experience and Skills

Required:

* 10-12 years of progressive experience in IT Quality, Quality Assurance, Testing, or Validation roles, including leadership responsibility.

* Demonstrated experience leading managers and senior professionals in a matrixed, global or regional environment.

* Strong knowledge of software quality practices, system testing methodologies, and technology lifecycle management.

* Experience establishing quality metrics, dashboards, and governance processes to support enterprise technology platforms.

* Proven ability to partner with IT, business, and external stakeholders to deliver compliant, high‑quality technology solutions.

Preferred:

* Experience supporting regulated…