Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Lead Quality Compliance Specialist
 

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPOAn excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contributionTuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This role for the Lead Quality Compliance Specialist will serve as experts for the compliance team with respect to observation tracking, auditing, regulations and standards and the Division quality system.

This role will conduct internal quality audits to assess compliance to the requirements of the quality system, as well as FDA, ISO, MDD, CDR, MHLW, and other regulations applicable to the CATD Quality System.

This position will be based out of our Abbott Diabetes Care in Alameda, CA and the individual will be expected to be onsite Monday-Friday.

What You'll Work On

Plan, perform, support and document QMS and EMS compliance audits. These audits to standards and regulations.Manage the tracking of the corrective actions, including the electronic system.Perform interpretation and analyses of international standards and regulations and document gaps, where appropriate.Review and approve checklist changes and amendments.Serve as a liaison for the compliance team to other functional groups and facilities.Drive consistency of compliance team practices.Manage internal and external team Sharepoint sites.Create monthly report for internal and external compliance observations.Identify and share industry trends through ongoing research.Maintain compliance files.Be a certified lead auditor.Follow up on internal and external audit observations and actions.Support and maintain recall log and files.Develop tools to streamline audit consistency.Update compliance team documents, as requested.Support quality initiatives, goals, and metrics.Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, engineering, or quality-related field.Equivalent combination of education and mins of 10 yrs of work experience will be considered.Min 10 years of experience in the medical device industryMin 8 years auditing per ISO and/or FDA standards.Knowledge of MDD, CMDR, MHLW, TGA, ANVISA, or other geographic regulations.Lead Auditor Certification for ISO 13485 or 9001:2000.Proficient writing skills required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred.Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.Ability to travel approximately 50-75%, including internationally.

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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

Diabetes

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

The base pay for this position is $112,000.00 – $224,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.