Regulatory Affairs Specialist , Medical Devices Operational Compliance Center (MD-OCC)

Amazon; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Regulatory Affairs Specialist, where you'll leverage your expertise in regulatory strategy and FDA submissions to support innovative medical devices. This role involves collaborating with engineering teams, developing global regulatory strategies, and ensuring compliance with various health regulations. You'll play a crucial role in product development, guiding projects through regulatory requirements and maintaining high standards of quality and safety. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and are passionate about making a difference in healthcare technology, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in regulatory submissions for medical devices.
• Experience with FDA regulations and project management.

Responsibilities

• Develop global regulatory strategies for products.
• Prepare and submit regulatory submissions to health agencies.
• Act as a regulatory representative on product development teams.

Skills

Regulatory Strategy Development

FDA Submissions

Project Management

Cross-Functional Team Coordination

Risk Management

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Life Sciences

Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

Tools

Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAPS)

Job description

Regulatory Affairs Specialist , Medical Devices Operational Compliance Center (MD-OCC)

Job ID: 2931613 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Amazon Devices and Services is an innovative research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. We are known for creating the Kindle family of products, and devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Echo Frames. Working as part of the Medical Devices Operational Compliance Team (MD-OCC), the Sr. Regulatory Affairs Specialist will be working to build best in class products.

The ideal candidate will have experience building a regulatory strategy and supporting documents from scratch, including developing, leading, and driving proactive execution of a global regulatory strategy. They must enjoy problem solving and possess practical hands-on knowledge of FDA submissions and reporting requirements across the product lifecycle for medical products.

Key job responsibilities

1. Acts as a regulatory representative on core product development teams, communicates regulatory requirements and impact of regulations to project teams, and provides input related to FDA and international product registrations and licensing requirements.
2. Develops global regulatory strategies for new and modified products.
3. Prepares and submits regulatory submissions to health agencies.
4. Interprets new or existing regulatory requirements as they relate to the product portfolio and regulatory and quality system procedures.
5. Provides regulatory assessment for manufacturing, design changes and product risk assessment.
6. Reviews and advises on labeling, product claims, marketing brochures, advertising and promotional material and other publications to ensure compliance with regulations.
7. Plans, schedules, and arranges all activities to support regulatory timelines.
8. Partners with quality system leadership to maintain regulatory and quality compliance requirements, including support during regulatory audits.
9. Maintains annual licenses, registrations, and listing information. Assists with compliance to product post-marketing approval requirements.
10. Supports the product release process.
11. Acts as an SME for internal and external audits and inspections by internal teams or external regulatory authorities.
12. Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and international regulations, other regulatory requirements, company policies, and governing procedures and processes.
13. Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
14. Reviews protocols and reports to support regulatory submissions.
15. Creates, reviews and approves engineering change requests.
16. Acts as liaison between the Company and the various regulatory agencies. Interfaces directly with FDA and Notified Bodies.
17. Provide interpretation of regulatory authorities’ feedback, policies and guidelines.
18. Critical thinking, leadership skills, assertiveness, excellent negotiation and project management skills as evidenced by past performance on drug development project teams.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 5+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 2+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 3+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- Bachelor’s Degree in Scientific discipline e.g. Biomedical Engineering, life Sciences, Biology (or equivalent qualifications)
- 5 years of experience in regulatory submissions for In Vitro Diagnostic Devices, Pharmaceutical and/or Biologics (small molecules & biologics)
- 5 years of experience working within the requirements of 21 CFR 820, ISO13485, the Medical Devices Directive (93/42/EEC) and/or the IVD Directive (98/79/EC).
- 5 years of experience in a regulated industry with experience working with Class II and/or Class III devices.
- Prior experience with phase 1, 2 and 3 design including end of phase health authority interactions
- Knowledge and understanding of guiding principles in device development such as benefit/risk profile, statistical design or drug dose selection
- Ability to work effectively on project teams.
- Has a strong attention-to-detail
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and organizational skills.
- Experience with medical device software requirements.
- Ability to identify risk areas and escalate issues as appropriate

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
- Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAPS)

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