Senior Clinical QA Specialist - GCP Auditor

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.       

About the role: The Senior Clinical QA Specialist will perform detailed clinical process and vendor audits to assure clinical research activities conform to federal and international regulations and BSC procedures. This a global role that will audit clinical trials across all clinical divisions at BSC. Additionally, this role will work closely with clinical sourcing, clinical partnership, supplier quality and software quality.  

 

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week.

 

Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

 

Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Plan and conduct scheduled global clinical process and clinical vendor audits across all clinical divisions.
• Plan and conduct audits of specific clinical processes based on risk. 
• Perform clinical vendor audits along with various SMEs (e.g. software quality) to comprehensively assess all services provided by a vendor. 
• Develop audit reports and distribute to appropriate stakeholders. 
• Own and manage related clinical vendor non-conformances. 
• Review, understand, and audit clinical related regulations and guidelines (e.g. ISO, FDA medical device regs, GCP, etc.). 
• Collaborate with clinical sourcing, supplier quality and clinical partnership to manage clinical vendors. 
• Support the preparation, coordination, and participation of regulatory agency inspections of BSC offices for clinical. 
• Participate and support Clinical Quality Assurance Community of Practice quality improvement projects. 

 

Required qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Health or relevant field of expertise
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in the medical device/pharmaceutical/similar regulated industry 
• Auditing experience in medical device or pharmaceutical industry in an area regulated by GCP regulations and guidelines or equivalent relevant experience
• Ability to travel 

 

Preferred qualifications: 

• Working knowledge of US and International regulations and standards applicable to BSC
• Working knowledge of ISO 14155, GCP, Real World Data Vendors and Digital Health Technologies 
• High degree of integrity, professionalism, and ability to establish credibility 
• Lead auditor certified in ISO 13485
• Additional quality certifications from ASQ, SOCRA, RQAP-GCP, etc. 
• Experience working cross functionally with multiple stakeholders

 

 

 

Requisition ID: 598479

Minimum Salary: $86600 

Maximum Salary: $164500 

 

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) – see www.bscbenefitsconnect.com--will vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

 

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

 

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

 

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