Sr Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Abbott

Education
Benefits

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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 .
  • Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
  • 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.

The Opportunity

This position works out for our location in Lake County IL in the Diagnostics Division. 

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Abbott Molecular is a leader in molecular diagnostics and the analysis of DNA, RNA, and proteins at the molecular level.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key heath and therapeutic areas, including infections disease, cardiometabolic, informatics and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.

What You’ll Work On

Primary Job Function

As an individual contributor; the function of a Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist is to provide support for the regulatory department to ensure efficient and compliant business processes and environment. The individual may execute tasks and play a consultative role by partnering across business functions. The individual may assist in identifying data needed; obtaining these 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.

Core Job Responsibilities

Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.

Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

Core job responsibilities for this function may include:

  • Assist in SOP development and review
  • Provide regulatory input to product life-cycle 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
  • 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
  • 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 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

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

Individual may provide direction and guidance to exempt and/or skilled non-exempt levels of employees. Also may be asked to evaluate performance of and assist in career development planning.

Position Accountability/Scope

Individuals 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. Work is performed without appreciable direction and exercises some latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments. Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives. Individual is recognized as an expert in work group.

Required Qualifications

Minimum Education

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent); Bachelor's degree in science (biology; chemistry; microbiology; immunology; medical technology; pharmacy; pharmacology); math; engineering; or medical fields is preferred. Certification is a plus (such as RAC from the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society.)

Minimum Experience/Training Required

2-3 years of experience in regulatory preferred but may consider quality assurance, research and development/support, scientific affairs, operations, or related area. 3-4 years’ experience in a regulated industry

  • Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is

$71,300.00 – $142,700.00

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

JOB FAMILY:

Regulatory Operations

DIVISION:

TM Transfusion Medicine

LOCATION:

United States > Abbott Park : AP08/A

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

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.pdf

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