Regulatory Affairs Manager – Vascular (on-site)

Abbott Laboratories; California (MO); On-site; USD 114,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Education benefits

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Regulatory Affairs Manager to lead regulatory submissions and ensure compliance across US and international markets. The role blends scientific, regulatory, and business acumen with mentorship responsibilities and collaboration across development, quality and operations teams.

This onsite role also offers growth opportunities within Abbott Vascular and supports a broad portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 4+ years in regulated industry (medical devices, pharma, or nutritionals).
• Experience leading regulatory submissions and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop new regulatory policies, processes and SOPs.
• Evaluate regulatory risks of division policies, processes, procedures.
• Provide regulatory input to product lifecycle planning.
• Provide strategic guidance on regulatory requirements to development teams.
• Prepare robust regulatory submissions to FDA and international agencies.
• Assist multi-country regulatory strategy updates based on changes.
• Support pre and post approval clinical strategy and submissions.
• Anticipate regulatory obstacles and propose solutions with teams.
• Interface with management on significant regulatory matters.
• Lead cross-functional or cross-divisional projects when needed.

Skills

Regulatory communications

Cross-functional collaboration

Project leadership

Written communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

4+ years in regulated industry

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

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
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition 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

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug‑eluting stents, bare metal stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices and peripheral stents.

This Regulatory Affairs Manager position is an onsite opportunity working out of our Santa Clara, CA location in the Abbott Vascular Division. The candidate will combine knowledge of scientific, regulatory, and business issues to enable products, including combination products, that are developed, manufactured or distributed to meet required legislation. This new team member has department/group/site level influence and is generally recognized as an expert resource and mentor within the department.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Develop new regulatory policies, processes and SOPs and train key staff on them.
• Evaluate regulatory risks of division policies, processes, procedures.
• Provide regulatory input to product lifecycle planning.
• Provide strategic input and technical guidance on regulatory requirements to development teams.
• Prepare robust regulatory applications (FDA and international regulatory agencies) to achieve departmental and organizational objectives.
• Assist in the development of multi‑country regulatory strategy and update strategy based upon regulatory changes.
• Support pre and post approval clinical strategy and submission activities.
• Anticipate regulatory obstacles and emerging issues throughout the product lifecycle and develop solutions with other members of regulatory and related teams.
• Assess the acceptability of development, quality, preclinical and clinical documentation for submission filing.
• Compile, prepare, review and submit regulatory submissions to authorities.
• Negotiate and interact with regulatory authorities during the development and review process to ensure submission approval.
• Ensure compliance with US and global product post‑marketing approval requirements.
• Evaluate proposed preclinical, clinical and manufacturing changes for regulatory filing strategies.
• Execute and manage technical and scientific regulatory activities.
• Must function independently as a decision maker on regulatory issues and must assure that deadlines are met.
• Effectively communicate, prepare, and negotiate both internally and externally with various regulatory agencies.
• Properly interpret and apply regulatory requirements.
• Interface with a variety of management levels on significant matters, often requiring the coordination of activity across organizational units.
• Provide leadership and guidance towards achieving department objectives and act as a mentor to less‑experienced staff.
• May supervise exempt or non‑exempt employees.
• May lead a cross‑functional or cross‑divisional project team.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in a regulated industry (e.g., medical products, nutritionals).
• 2‑5 years of experience in regulatory preferred but may consider quality assurance, research and development/support, scientific affairs, operations, or related area. Note: Higher education may compensate for years of experience.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing, prepare, and negotiate both internally and externally with diverse audiences.
• Domestic and international regulatory guidelines, policies and regulations.
• Lead functional groups in the development of relevant data to complete a regulatory submission.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in science (biology, chemistry, microbiology, immunology, medical technology, pharmacy, pharmacology), math, engineering, or medical fields.
• Master’s or Ph.D. in a technical area.
• Certification is a plus (such as RAC from the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society.)
• Previous experience with US (e.g. PMA, PMA/S, IDE, 510(k), etc.), CE (EU MDR) and international submissions.
• Experience with Class II and Class III medical devices.
• Ability to define regulatory strategy.
• Able to follow scientific arguments, identify regulatory scientific data needs and solve regulatory issues.
• Experience with post‑approval manufacturing and design changes.
• Ability to work effectively on cross‑functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience with organizing and tracking complex information.
• Able to juggle multiple and competing priorities.
• Experience with exercising judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Has broad knowledge of various technical alternatives and their potential impact on the business.
• Uses in-depth knowledge of business functions and cross group dependencies/ relationships.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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The base pay for this position is $114,000.00 – $228,000.00.

JOB FAMILY

Regulatory Operations

DIVISION

AVD Vascular

LOCATION

United States > Santa Clara : Building B - SC

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS

WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES

Awkward/forceful/repetitive (arms above shoulder, bent wrists), Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well‑being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings. An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.