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AbbottPosting location: Santa Clara, California and 1 other location · United StatesIndependent fictional example, not company material.

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Violet Howard

Regulatory Affairs Specialist · Santa Clara, California · United States

Regulatory Affairs Specialist with experience in device submissions, change assessments, labeling review, and regulatory traceability. Practical work includes Regulatory submissions, Change management, Labeling, FDA.

Experience

Abbott

Santa Clara, California · United States

Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Mar 2022 - now

  • Assembled medical-device submissions for regulatory review, mapping FDA information requests to controlled technical documents and identifying missing evidence with engineering and quality; delivered a reviewed response package with document versions and owners, without representing submission as approval.
  • Assessed change management records for a vascular device and reviewed labeling against the affected design claims, recording cumulative changes and questions for the regulatory lead; kept the release decision pending when the regulatory impact of a change was unresolved.
  • Traced device claims to verification reports and labeling, assessed whether a design change affected an approved submission, and maintained a response log for authority questions.
  • Owned a submissions traceability check using FDA requirements, resolved inconsistencies between labeling and technical documentation and completed the review-ready evidence index.
  • Published a change-management checklist using clinical-documentation references, reduced repeated compliance review comments by 22% without treating internal signoff as regulatory approval.

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota · United States

Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Jan 2019 - Feb 2022

  • Maintained a registration tracker linking market deadlines, renewal evidence, and local document owners; surfaced incomplete renewal packages before their internal review dates.
  • Checked that the reviewed record preserved the original observation, date and responsible professional, clarified an incomplete entry with its author, and retained the correction trail for the next review.
  • Compared a proposed labeling revision with the cleared indication and current technical file, identified the affected submission documents, and recorded the regulatory assessment before releasing the change for review.

Selected project

Submission document revision control

Project owner

Feb 2024 - Jun 2024

  • Reconciled document revisions across technical files and cross-functional submission checklists. prevented superseded evidence from being included in the next review package.
  • Used Regulatory submissions and Requirements mapping to compare the source record with the proposed result; documented exceptions, the reviewer, and the acceptance decision before handoff.
  • Prepared a fictional case record with an event timeline, incomplete documentation and an escalation question; checked source consistency without using identifiable patient or participant records.
  • Created a review checklist separating administrative completeness from clinical decisions, tested a missing-date and conflicting-entry scenario, and documented which questions required a qualified professional’s review.
  • Owned the synthetic case-document review using approved training guidance, resolved a missing signoff and completed a version-controlled supervisor-review packet without real patient data.

Education

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington · United States

B.S. Biology

Sep 2013 - Jun 2017

Relevant coursework: Cell biology, genetics, physiology, biostatistics, laboratory methods

Skills

Role expertise

Regulatory submissions · Change management · Labeling · FDA · Technical documentation

Certifications

Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) – Devices

Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society

Jun 2024

Publications

  • Published a personal training-case reflection using fictional records, explaining the handoff checks, confidentiality boundaries and decisions reserved for licensed clinical staff.

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Abbott

Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist – Vascular (on-site)

Santa Clara, California and 1 other location · United StatesSenior

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  • In the posting
      • submissions
      Term in work evidence

    Compile, prepare, review and submit regulatory submissions to authorities.

    In this resume
    Assembled medical-device submissions for regulatory review, mapping FDA information requests to controlled technical documents and identifying missing evidence with engineering and quality; delivered a reviewed response package with document versions and owners, without representing submission as approval.
    Regulatory Affairs Specialist · Abbott
  • In the posting
      • change management
      Term in work evidence

    Support change management process to assess regulatory impact of change and consequent submission requirements.

    In this resume
    Assessed change management records for a vascular device and reviewed labeling against the affected design claims, recording cumulative changes and questions for the regulatory lead; kept the release decision pending when the regulatory impact of a change was unresolved.
    Regulatory Affairs Specialist · Abbott
  • In the posting
      • labeling
      Term in work evidence

    Assist with labeling development and review for compliance before release.

    In this resume
    Traced device claims to verification reports and labeling, assessed whether a design change affected an approved submission, and maintained a response log for authority questions.
    Regulatory Affairs Specialist · Abbott
  • In the posting
      • clinical documentation
      Evidence not found

    Assess the acceptability of quality, preclinical and clinical documentation for submission filing.

    In this resume

    No supporting experience found. Do not add this keyword unless your own work supports it.

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  • In the posting
      • FDA
      • Technical documentation
      Term in work evidence

    Experience interacting with US FDA and EU Notified Body.

    PMA) and EU (Technical Documentation, Change Notification) submissions.

    In this resume
    Owned a submissions traceability check using FDA requirements, resolved inconsistencies between labeling and technical documentation and completed the review-ready evidence index.
    Regulatory Affairs Specialist · Abbott
  • In the posting
      • regulatory
      • compliance
      Term in work evidence

    This Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist position is an on-site opportunity working out of our Santa Clara, or Temecula, CA locations in the Abbott Vascular Division.

    Participate in risk-benefit analysis for regulatory compliance.

    In this resume
    Published a change-management checklist using clinical-documentation references, reduced repeated compliance review comments by 22% without treating internal signoff as regulatory approval.
    Regulatory Affairs Specialist · Abbott
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