Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Lensa; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for a Sr Regulatory Affairs Specialist to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and support product lifecycle management. This role involves interaction with various teams and regulatory agencies to maintain product documentation and facilitate submissions. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in medical regulations, excellent communication skills, and a detail-oriented approach to tasks.

Benefits

Health, Dental and Vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer contribution

Tuition assistance/reimbursement

Paid time off and holidays

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in regulatory affairs.
• RAPS Professional Certification (RAC) is desirable.
• Experience with FDA requirements and medical approvals.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with US and EU regulatory requirements.
• Prepare regulatory submissions including PMA and 510(k).
• Interface with engineering and marketing teams.

Skills

Attention to detail

Technical writing

Regulatory knowledge

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The Sr Regulatory Affairs Specialist will play a key role in sustaining the current product portfolio. The Sr Specialist has responsibility for compliance with US and EU regulatory requirements and partners with the international regulatory affairs group to support regulatory submissions. Sustaining regulatory responsibilities include reviewing changes to ensure that regulatory requirements continue to be met, documenting “no file” decisions, reviewing promotional materials, submitting product changes and annual reports, and ensuring that our product technical documentation is current and accurate.

SENIOR REGULATORY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST - NEUROVASCULAR

In the Neurovascular Operating Unit, we are committed to delivering meaningful innovation to advance stroke treatment. You can view more about the business and our products at: https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/e/neurovascular.html

Our goal as an operating unit is to ensure that we utilize the full breadth of our talent, technologies, products, services, and solutions to address the needs of customers and patients across the globe. Whatever your specialty or ambitions, you can make a difference at Medtronic – both in the lives of others and your career.

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident – we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions.

Careers That Change Lives

The Sr Regulatory Affairs Specialist will play a key role in sustaining the current product portfolio. The Sr Specialist has responsibility for compliance with US and EU regulatory requirements and partners with the international regulatory affairs group to support regulatory submissions. Sustaining regulatory responsibilities include reviewing changes to ensure that regulatory requirements continue to be met, documenting “no file” decisions, reviewing promotional materials, submitting product changes and annual reports, and ensuring that our product technical documentation is current and accurate.

A Day In The Life

• Provide strategic input and technical guidance on regulatory requirements for product modifications
• Prepare Pre-Sub, IDE/IDE Supplement, PMA/PMA Supplement, 510(k) submissions and technical documents to support CE mark/MDR submissions.
• Manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks to meet project schedules
• Interface with engineering, quality, clinical, marketing, and other functions as needed to fulfill responsibilities
• Communicate with regulatory agencies and Notified Body and serve as regulatory liaison on the project team throughout the product lifecycle.
• Review promotional and advertising material
• Maintain current regulatory knowledge of domestic and international regulations, guidelines, and standards
• Create or revise departmental procedures to improve operations or to reflect changing regulatory requirements
• Participate in internal and external audits as needed
• Maintain regulatory affairs documentation to support compliance with applicable regulatory requirements
• Perform other duties as assigned or required
  
  

Qualifications - External

Must Have; Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering (or related field) from an accredited college or university required.
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
• Or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of experience in medical device regulatory affairs
  
  

This is not a remote position

Nice To Have

• 4 years of experience in medical device regulatory affairs
• Excellent technical knowledge of medical products and understanding of relevant procedures, practices, and associated medical terminology.
• RAPS Professional Certification (RAC)
• History of successful 510(k)/IDE/PMA device submissions and other worldwide submissions and clearances.
• Experience with FDA requirements, guidance documents, Medical Device Directive, ISO 14971, ISO 13485, and other global regulatory requirements and quality standards
• Detail-oriented
• Ability to be flexible with changing priorities
• Excellent interpersonal skills to interface with project team members and able to contribute to the overall success of the team.
• Excellent written and oral communication, technical writing and editing skills.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and software tools.
  
  

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.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$92,000.00 - $138,000.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further Details Are Available At The Link Below

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&co_num=30601&co_affid=medtronic)

About Medtronic

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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) .

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.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here (https://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-wide/public/united-states/employee-support-services/careers/la-county-legal-notice.pdf) a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning
  
  

These Commitments Set Our Team Apart From The Rest

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

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 (https://www.e-verify.gov/employees) .

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