Senior Specialist Quality Assurance

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Senior Specialist Quality Assurance

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

Conduct quality-related activities to deliver consistent, high quality documents, services, products and processes. Ensure

compliance with world wide regulatory expectations/requirements.

What You’ll Work On

• Responsible for carrying out tasks related to core job responsibilities with little management oversight.
• May lead goals with cross-functional or broader scope.
• Provide solutions to a wide range of difficult problems.
• Solutions are compliant, innovative, thorough, practical and consistent with organizational objectives.
• Responsible for demonstration of core competencies and may be measured against some selected leadership competencies in conjunction with growth and development plan.
• Identify and elevate areas for continuous improvement.
• May perform other duties as assigned.
• May provide oversight to one or more QA professionals and/or contractors.
• Scope limited to one specific QA function, but has general knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Interacts with employees, manager, and cross-functional peers.
• May represent team on cross-functional project teams with other functional leaders.
• Implements tactical activities related to assignment.
• Able to contribute functional skills and expertise broadly.
• Directly influences project direction and scope.
• May lead projects within function.
• Decisions may have short and long term impact.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in life sciences or engineering or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 4 years In Quality or related field.
• Preferred Healthcare industry and experience in quality function.
• Utilize understanding of how their function supports the business and of technical/business competencies to drive continuous improvement results.
• Demonstrates proven track record utilizing core & technical competencies.

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