Patient Safety Operational Specialist

Supports Abb Vie’s global quality assurance function, suppliers and manufacturing sites for medical devices and combination products by providing in-house support to ensure product meets customer and regulatory requirements. This position supports the analysis and data collection for product or quality system issues intended to support continuous improvement. This position will also be involved in the support of regulatory inspections for medical devices and combination products.

The employee must conduct their work activities in compliance with all Abb Vie internal requirements and with all applicable regulatory requirements. Abb Vie internal requirements include compliance with ethics, environmental health and safety, financial, human resources, and general business policies, requirements, and objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Quality Operations

• Responsible for the processing and maintenance of SOPs for the business segment. Compiles quality data and trends for Quality Management and Product Reviews.

• Quality and Regulatory Compliance

• Provides support and management of regulatory inspections and tracking inspectional responses. Training coordinator function responsibilities.

• Quality Systems

• Maintains knowledge in both current and emerging GxP requirements and quality trends as they relate to Medical Device and Combination Products worldwide and supports and executes changes to quality standards/policies to ensure conformance.

• Organization Effectiveness and Strategic Direction

• Types routine memos and letters, composes correspondence, schedules meetings, sets up filing systems, gathers information, answers questions on department and company policies and procedures, prepares basic reports, compiles statistics, and sets up databases.

• Assists with special projects, collecting and collating documents and materials as requested.

• Assists functional area, to compile and generate reports, timelines, correspondence and presentations.

• Bachelor’s degree required in a scientific discipline or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of combined experience in Manufacturing, QA, R&D in pharmaceutical, biologics, device or chemical industry

• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with quality systems, corrective action and preventive action system, and other key tools for managing global quality performance in a regulated industry.

• Ability to work in a multinational, multicultural and highly matrixed environment.

• Strong communication Skills, both oral and written

• Proficient in computer skills and hands on experience with database management, spreadsheets, project management, presentations, word processing, flowcharting and/or any other similar type of software.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this roleat the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount isearned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that areallocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolutediscretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

Abb Vie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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