Modeled career paths · Validation engineering

Where does a Director of Validation go next?

What employers are asking a Director of Validation for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Higher-growth opportunity

Director of Pharmacology+56% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Principal Scientist, Pharmacology. 23% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Director of Toxicology+49% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Principal Toxicologist. 23% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

VP Research & Development+30% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Research. 20% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Adjacent career

Principal Scientist, Pharmacology+9% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

27% of modeled moves out of Director of Validation go here

lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there

Principal Toxicologist+4% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

27% of modeled moves out of Director of Validation go here

lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of PMO-18% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

23% of modeled moves out of Director of Validation go here

lateral0% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.