- Based on 13 Jobtrees users who were a Director Quality Assurance in their career, on average, they have 7.58 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.0 years on average in this job building experience and earn $173K per year before moving on.
- 31% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Director Quality Assurance are Quality Director, Microbiologist and Independent Consultant. Quality Director, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs. While Quality Director is from the same job family, Quality, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Microbiologist, also being a common career path from Director Quality Assurance.
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- The most common career steps to get to Director Quality Assurance are Quality Assurance Manager, Senior Director Quality Assurance and Gardener based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Quality Assurance Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Director Quality Assurance that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Director Quality Assurance career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Director Quality Assurance so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Senior role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider quality assurance manager or senior director quality assurance as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to director quality assurance. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Quality Assurance Manager is from the same job family, Quality as Director Quality Assurance, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Gardener also leading to Director Quality Assurance.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Director Quality Assurance are Bachelor Of Technology (b.tech.), Master Of Business Administration (m.b.a) In Management, and Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Biology. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Director Quality Assurance is part of the Quality job family which has a limited number of unique role types (35) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Director Quality Assurance.