Senior Development Quality Manager
Senior Development Quality Manager
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$ 146700 - 293300
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JOB DESCRIPTION:
Senior Development Quality Manager
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. Youll also have access to:
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- 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 bachelors 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 of our Menlo Park CA location in the Electrophysiology Abbotts Electrophysiology (EP) business were advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.
We are seeking a passionate Senior Development Quality Manager to lead and develop an engineering team responsible for operations quality design changes transfer projects and post-market surveillance within assigned product areas. The manager will be responsible for developing establishing and maintaining quality assurance programs policies processes procedures and controls ensuring that performance and quality of products conform to established requirements standards and agency regulations.
What Youll Work On
- Provide leadership in direct support of medical device manufacturing.
- Management and development of Quality Engineers and Technicians.
- Own the activities of the Post-Production Quality Engineering team.
- Provide Quality leadership over new product development efforts governed by Design Controls processes and procedures
- Ensure successful planning management and execution of area projects.
- Provide Quality Engineering Body of Knowledge guidance and leadership to department and organization.
- Passionately find opportunities to assure compliance to all applicable internal domestic and international quality regulations US 21 CFR 820 (QSR) ISO 13485 etc.
- Purposefully identify and lead activities related to adding value to the organization through risk reduction cost improvement and budgetary responsibility.
- Define and implement Process Control & Monitoring systems for KPIV and KPOV throughout the product lines Critical Parameter Management.
- Provide influential peer leadership with international partner site to drive quality improvements.
- Approve/author experimental plans protocols and reports including supporting teams on appropriate statistical analysis techniques.
- Identify Quality Initiatives and lead multi-functional teams to complete them.
- Provide enthusiastic diligent and fact-based communication to Sr. Management team peers and team.
- Assess resource needs to assure that the accurate level of quality support is provided when needed with the competencies needed.
- Lead the Nonconformance and Real-time data management portions of the quality System.
- Be an effective member of the cross-departmental Functional Management Team to foster continuous quality compliance cost and improvements.
- Maintain effective Quality Metrics and define and execute activities to resolve decreases in performance.
Required Qualifications
- 4 year degree; industry certification or advanced degree electrical or mechanical engineering preferred.
- Class III or II medical device experience (catheter experience preferred).
- 5 years in quality desired with roles of increasing responsibility impact and scope within a manufacturing support environment.
- Demonstrated performance and results nonconformance management and reduction value improvement risk reduction and cost containment.
- Deep understanding of risk management in design manufacturing and post-market surveillance.
- Demonstrated and impactful experience in process improvement (KPIV KPOV Fishbone Is/Is Not QFD) Six Sigma product and process qualification and validation Process Control & Monitoring (SPC).
- Strong project management and people leadership skills required.
- Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
- Strong leadership skills including the ability to set goals and provide positive and constructive feedback to build positive relationships and improve business results.
- Work effectively within a team in a dynamic environment.
- Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
- Multi-tasks prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.
- Strong interpersonal skills planning and follow-up skills and ability to hold others accountable.
Preferred Qualifications
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt strongly preferred.
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer strongly preferred (CQE CRE).
- Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross division business unit model preferred.
- Ability to travel approximately 5-10% including internationally.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:
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.
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The base pay for this position is
$146700.00 $293300.00In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Operations Quality
DIVISION:
SH Structural Heart
LOCATION:
United States > Menlo Park : 3885 Bohannon Drive
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes 10 % 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: EEO is the Law link - Espanol: Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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