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Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Philips

Murrysville, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Mar 2025

💰 $205,632/yr($114,750/yr – $205,632/yr)

About the role

Job Title

Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Job Description

Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist (Pittsburgh, PA or Cambridge, MA)

The Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist will develop and execute the regulatory strategy for new product development, design changes, and field safety corrections for U.S., EU, and Rest of World products. This opportunity sits within our Patient Interface & Software RA team for Sleep & Respiratory Care.

Your role:

Author 510k submissions, pre-sub documents, EUMDR tech files, and will contribute to international regulatory submissions.
Participate in strategic product development, design solutions starting from concept phase to product delivery phase and provide regulatory guidance throughout design and development.
Act as a Regulatory Subject Matter Expert (SME) on various aspects and provide strategic guidance to other RA Staff and project team. Able to manage special projects across a spectrum of product lines.
Monitor global regulatory landscapes and guide cross-functional teams on implementation of regulation changes.
Communicate new and coming changes, facilitate/assist with interpretation to guide product and business compliance with Regulatory requirements.
Supports product defect assessments, issue impact assessments, health hazard evaluations, corrections and removals and CAPAs as a regulatory SME.
Review labeling, marketing materials, and claims substantiation evidence to maintain compliance with global requirements.
Identify areas for improvement for efficiency improvement and compliance in internal processes, work instructions, and forms. Apply technical expertise to process improvement efforts.
Lead or participate on process improvement teams to affect changes at a local or cross business unit level.

You're the right fit if:

You’ve acquired 7+ years of experience in Regulatory Affairs within the Medical Device industry. You have 2+ years of experience working with SaMD products in the Medical Device industry from a Regulatory Affairs perspective. You have authored multiple 510ks, and EUMDR tech files, as well as Pre-Sub notifications submitted to the FDA.
Your skills include familiarity with FDA, EU MDR, Health Canada, and other relevant international regulatory standards and regulations. You have knowledge and understanding of the software development lifecycle. You have been involved in contributing to in-house strategy work previously or currently.
You have a bachelor’s degree or higher. RAPS certification is preferred.
You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
You’re an excellent communicator, who is not afraid to get hands on with document reviews. Travel up to 20% as required by business needs.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office-based role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.