Principal Product Stewardship Specialist (Solventum)

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Job Description:

Principal Product Stewardship Specialist (Solventum)

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role
As a Principal Product Stewardship Specialist, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Providing direct leadership for product stewardship to ensure material continuity for critical and ongoing reformulation efforts
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to evaluate and qualify second sources of supply for key materials used in Solventum medical/combination devices, drug products, and/or water/industrial filtration units.
• Facilitates product safety evaluations with subject matter experts, including partnering with toxicologists on biocompatibility data needs and test plans.
• Develop, implement, and execute processes to proactively guide development teams toward the use of favorable alternatives.

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher AND seven (7) years of experience in product stewardship, environmental sciences, quality, and/or technical field in a private, public, government, or military environment

OR

• High School Diploma/GED from AND (14) years of experience in product stewardship, environmental sciences, quality, and/or technical field in a private, public, government, or military environment

AND

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Demonstrated leadership in process development, creative problem solving, project management, or lean six sigma experience
• Knowledge of in the medical device industry and/or medical device quality management systems
• Global regulatory compliance experience in one or more of the following areas: regional and global chemical regulations including but not limited to TSCA, REACH, RoHS, conflict minerals, consumer product safety laws, hazard communication, biocides, and/or global food contact
• Experience product life cycle assessments, product risk assessments, and/or making risk-based decisions.
• Expert cross functional collaboration skills with laboratory, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing functions and familiarity with their interdependencies through change

Work location:

• Remote - United States

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic or international

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Applicable to US Ap