Sr. Microbiologist-Sterilization Supervisor

Medtronic; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

Medtronic Singapore seeks a Senior Sterilization and Microbiology Leader to oversee a dedicated team ensuring testing, sterilization, and environmental monitoring support production schedules and quality objectives.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree with 3+ years in a regulated microbiology or sterilization setting, plus strong leadership, analytical, and CAPA skills to sustain compliant operations in a global healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and minimum 3 years in microbiology or related regulated environment.
• Experience leading or supervising employees with coaching and performance management.
• Experience performing microbiological testing, environmental monitoring, or sterilization activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise Sterilization and Microbiological Laboratory team to meet production and quality goals.
• Oversee microbiological analyses of materials per procedures and specs.
• Direct sterilization operations ensuring regulatory and quality compliance.
• Review data, interpret results, identify trends, and drive CAPA.
• Develop and maintain microbiology testing methods and controlled environments.
• Drive process improvements and implement new testing approaches.
• Support investigations of deviations and quality events with root-cause analyses.
• Provide leadership in talent development and workforce planning.

Skills

Leadership

Microbiology

Sterilization

Quality systems

Environmental monitoring

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Microbiology

Advanced degree in related field

Tools

EO sterilization experience

Regulatory compliance tools

Job description

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the Sterilization and Microbiological Laboratory team to ensure timely execution of testing, monitoring, and sterilization activities that support production schedules and quality objectives.
• Oversee microbiological analyses of raw materials, in-process materials, release samples, stability samples, and other materials in accordance with established procedures and specifications.
• Direct sterilization operations and related quality activities to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, quality system, and operational requirements.
• Review and evaluate microbiological and sterilization data, interpret results, identify trends, and implement corrective and preventive actions when required.
• Develop, validate, implement, and maintain controlled environment and microbiological testing methods to support manufacturing and quality programs.
• Drive process improvements by applying existing analytical techniques, modifying methodologies for increased efficiency, and supporting implementation of new testing approaches.
• Support investigations of deviations, nonconformances, out-of-specification results, and quality events, partnering with cross-functional teams to identify root causes and corrective actions.
• Provide leadership in talent development, performance management, workforce planning, employee engagement, and execution of departmental objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in microbiology, sterilization, laboratory operations, quality, or a related regulated manufacturing environment; or an advanced degree with a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.
• Experience leading or supervising employees, including work prioritization, coaching, performance management, and execution of operational objectives.
• Experience performing or overseeing microbiological testing, laboratory operations, environmental monitoring, or sterilization-related activities.
• Experience investigating quality issues, deviations, nonconformances, or corrective and preventive actions within a regulated environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ethylene Oxide (EO) sterilization processes, validation, monitoring, and requalification activities.
• Experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of microbiological testing methods, controlled environments, contamination control programs, and environmental monitoring systems.
• Experience supporting methodology transfer, validation activities, and implementation of new analytical techniques.
• Experience using data analysis and continuous improvement methodologies to improve quality, compliance, and operational performance.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package.
• This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
• We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare settingis considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here.