Senior International Regulatory Affairs Specialist – Structural Heart

Regulatory Toolkit; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HIP PPO medical plan

Excellent retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott seeks a Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist (International) to support regulatory activities from its Santa Clara, CA site. You will oversee global filings, assist with SOPs, and coordinate submissions outside the US and EU, ensuring compliance and timely registrations across multiple markets.

Your role involves analyzing regulatory histories, collaborating across functions, and guiding product development with regulatory insight.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 3–4 years in a regulated industry; 2–3 years in regulatory preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with regulatory submissions (510(k), PMA) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee global filings for sustaining changes and new product registrations.
• Assist in SOP development and regulatory input to lifecycle planning.
• Assess regulatory implications and communicate submission requirements.
• Prepare and submit regulatory documentation to authorities.
• Interact with regulatory authorities during development and review processes.
• Maintain licenses, registrations, listings, and patent information.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Regulatory certification (RAC)

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.

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why we exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

The Opportunity

As an individual contributor, the function of a Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist (International) is to provide support for the regulatory department to ensure efficient and compliant business processes and environment. This new team member, based on-site in Santa Clara, CA, may execute tasks and play a consultative role by partnering across business functions. The individual may assist in identifying data needed, obtaining this data and ensuring that they are effectively presented for the registration of products worldwide. The individual may prepare and submit documentation needed for registration worldwide or may oversee such preparation.

What You’ll Work On

• Manage and oversee the preparation of high-quality global filings for sustaining changes and new product registration. Manage rest of world (all geographies outside the US and EU) submissions.
• Strategic Planning: Assist in SOP development and review. Provide regulatory input to product lifecycle planning. Continue to revisit and compare regulatory outcomes with initial product concepts to make recommendations on future actions. Assist in the development of regional regulatory strategy and update strategy based upon regulatory changes.
• Understand, investigate and evaluate regulatory history/background of class, disease/ therapeutic/diagnostic context in order to assess regulatory implications for approval. Determine trade issues to anticipate regulatory obstacles. Determine and communicate submission and approval requirements. Participate in risk-benefit analysis for regulatory compliance.
• Premarket: Assess the acceptability of quality, preclinical and clinical documentation for submission filing. Compile, prepare, review and submit regulatory submission to authorities.
• Monitor impact of changing regulations on submission strategies. Monitor applications under regulatory review. Monitor and submit applicable reports to regulatory authorities. Evaluate proposed preclinical, clinical and manufacturing changes for regulatory filing strategies. Negotiate and interact with regulatory authorities during the development and review process to ensure submission approval is important.
• Post market: Maintain annual licenses, registrations, listings and patent information. Assist compliance with product post marketing approval requirements.
• Review and approve advertising and promotional items to ensure regulatory compliance. Assess external communications relative to regulations. Review of regulatory aspects of contracts. Assist with label development and review for compliance before release.
• Submit and review change controls to determine the level of change and consequent submission requirements. Analyze the input of cumulative product changes to current product submissions.
• Contribute to the development and functioning of the crisis/ issue management program. Ensure product safety issues and product-associated events are reported to regulatory agencies. Provide regulatory input for product recalls and recall communications Job specific responsibilities may include (choose applicable areas and expand as appropriate).
• Serve as a regulatory team member on product development and sustaining teams, providing clear, concise regulatory strategy to ensure applicable global requirements are met for product development and quality system products.
• Assist company SME’s to interpret existing or new regulatory requirements for company products and procedures, labeling, marketing projects, testing and record keeping. May anticipate and advise on future regulatory trends and direction and recommend preemptive approaches for company regulatory.
• Proactively track global regulatory requirement changes and work with Global Strategic Intelligence (GSI) team to disseminate the information to all team members.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 3-4 years of experience in a regulated industry (e.g., medical products, nutritionals). Note: Higher education may compensate for years of experience.
• 2-3 years of experience in regulatory preferred but may consider quality assurance, research and development/support, scientific affairs, operations, or related area.
• Effectively communicate verbally and in writing, prepare, and negotiate both internally and externally with various regulatory agencies.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Organize and track complex information.
• Exercise good and ethical judgment within policy and regulations
• Use in-depth knowledge of business functions and cross group dependencies/ relationships.
• Follow scientific arguments, identify regulatory scientific data needs and with supervision solve regulatory issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience working with Class II and/or Class III medical devices. Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) is a plus
• Experience with either 510(k) applications, PMA supplements and US device regulations, or with EU and other international medical device regulations and submissions.
• Must be familiar with relevant regulatory requirements for medical devices including Quality Systems standards and clinical investigations.
• Experience with word processing, spreadsheet and presentation graphic software packages is required.
• 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.
• Ability to identify, solve problems, and work independently with little oversight.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multitasks, prioritizes, and meets deadlines in a timely manner.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is

$90,000.00 – $180,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Regulatory Operations

DIVISION:

SH Structural Heart

LOCATION:

United States > Santa Clara : Building A - SC

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf