Staff Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Regulatory Jobs; Redmond (WA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Join Stryker's Medical Division in Redmond, Washington as a Staff Regulatory Affairs Specialist with a hybrid work setup. You will guide regulatory activities across product development, changes, and lifecycle management, collaborating with R&D, Marketing, and Manufacturing to ensure compliance and market availability.

Responsibilities include supporting regulatory submissions, strategy development for product changes, and ongoing regulatory compliance across a diverse product portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field related to regulatory affairs.
• 4+ years of regulatory affairs experience in a medical device, pharmaceutical, or highly regulated industry.
• Experience authoring and managing regulatory submissions, registrations, or product approvals.

Responsibilities

• Support regulatory assessments of proposed product changes with R&D, Marketing, and Manufacturing.
• Support sustaining regulatory activities across a complex product portfolio.
• Identify regulatory requirements and barriers to market access and product distribution.
• Develop regulatory strategies in response to product changes and evolving requirements.
• Evaluate regulatory classification, jurisdiction, and pathways for products.
• Prepare and submit regulatory filings in accordance with guidelines.
• Provide regulatory guidance for product development and lifecycle management.
• Interact with regulatory authorities during submissions, reviews, and approvals.
• Evaluate pre-clinical, clinical, manufacturing, and software changes for filing strategies.
• Maintain product registrations and update reports and notifications.
• Support development of procedures and training related to regulatory requirements.

Skills

Communication skills

Regulatory awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Science/Regulatory Affairs

Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) or related master's

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Join Stryker's Medical Division supporting Emergency Care as a Staff Regulatory Affairs Specialist based in Redmond, Washington. In this role, you will help guide regulatory activities across product development, product changes, and lifecycle management while partnering with cross‑functional teams to provide regulatory guidance and help ensure ongoing compliance and market availability.

What You Will Do

• Support R&D, Marketing, and Manufacturing teams with regulatory assessments of proposed product changes, software updates, and product transfers.
• Support sustaining regulatory activities across a complex portfolio of products, ensuring ongoing compliance, product availability, and implementation of product and process changes.
• Identify regulatory requirements and potential barriers to market access and product distribution.
• Develop and refine regulatory strategies in response to product changes and evolving regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate products for regulatory classification, jurisdiction, and applicable regulatory pathways.
• Prepare and submit regulatory filings in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and agency guidelines.
• Provide regulatory guidance for product development, product lifecycle management, and planned product changes.
• Communicate and interact with regulatory authorities throughout submission development, review, and approval activities.
• Evaluate pre‑clinical, clinical, manufacturing, and software changes and recommend appropriate regulatory filing strategies.
• Maintain product registrations and support required registration updates, reports, and notifications.
• Support the development of procedures, work instructions, and stakeholder training related to regulatory requirements and compliance activities.

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. Preferred to be in Engineering, Science, Regulatory Affairs, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in Regulatory Affairs within a medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other highly regulated industry.
• Experience authoring and managing regulatory submissions, registrations, or product approvals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Class II and/or Class III medical devices.
• Experience supporting Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) products.
• Experience developing regulatory strategies for product development, lifecycle management, or product transfer activities.
• Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) and/or master's degree in Regulatory Affairs or a related field.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain regulatory requirements to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

US15: $110,100 - $183,400 USD Annual

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