Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist – APAC - Diabetes Care (on-site)

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:

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.
• 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 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 Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist – APAC position will work on-site at our Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care Division.  We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

This Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist position is responsible for leading strategic planning as well as developing and deploying innovative solutions to ensure timely regulatory registration and release of products for distribution into specific geographies in the growing Asia Pacific (APAC) market. 
 

What You’ll Work On

• Executes and ensures timely product registration and release for distribution.
  • As the Regulatory Affairs functional lead, oversee and optimize processes and team efforts to obtain and maintain product registration/approval, completion of activities to support release authorization and ensure compliant release of product to specified geographies.
  • Drive strategic engagement with regulatory authorities during the development and review process, ensuring clear communication of complex technical concepts and resolutions to regulatory challenges to facilitate understanding and secure submission approval.
  • Coordinate with cross functional teams including but not limited to: global Regulatory Affairs (e.g., APAC, CALA, EMEAP and US), Commercial, Marketing / PLC, Supply Planning, Customer Service, Quality, R&D, Operations, etc. to ensure all internal and external requirements are met prior to product release. Manage multiple programs independently, identifying risk areas and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Product release process ownership.
  • Develops and refines processes and tools to support efficient and controlled product release.
  • Responsible for developing, maintaining, and ensuring compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.
• Product registration, release authorization and release planning.
  • Provide Regulatory input to product lifecycle planning and project strategy based upon regulatory changes
  • Monitor for and guide team in responding to emerging regulatory issues
• Evaluate product issues and develop informed, compliant solutions aligned with the regulatory requirements of the specific geography.
• Acts as a liaison with other departments, e.g., Quality, R&D, Legal, Operations, Marketing and Clinical Affairs, for major initiatives.
• Hires, retains, and develops a diverse, highly qualified staff and provides ongoing performance feedback. Maintains a safe and professional work environment.
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• Complies with applicable U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and international regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures,