Senior Data Analyst

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:

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 .
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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.

A healthy heart is essential to good health. That's why we're committed to advancing treatments for people with cardiovascular disease. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, our breakthrough medical technologies help restore people's health so they can get back to living their best lives, faster. We focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

Our location in Sylmar, CA currently has an opportunity for a Senior Data Analyst.   The Senior Data Analyst is responsible for global data analysis activities for the Abbott Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) postmarket surveillance business. This includes performance metrics, product complaint trending, development of monitoring dashboards, and database management.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Internal liaison and subject matter expert for Complaint Handling and Data Warehouse database development, maintenance, and sustainment activities.
• Assist users in defining global or complex data reports by translating user needs to Data Warehouse reports using Business Objects tool.
• Partner with cross-functional Quality, Manufacturing, and R&D Teams and worldwide Business Unit Teams to define and / or fulfill data reporting requirements on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.   
• Data analysis includes, but not limited to, the following topics:
  • Global Performance Metrics
  • Product Complaint Trending
  • FDA Medical Device Report Similar Incidents
  • EU Medical Device Vigilance Report Similar Incidents
• Support internal and external audits by preparing and providing relevant reports/analysis, when applicable.
• Investigate data discrepancies for businesses when local data analysts require assistance.

Other duties may include:

• Contribute to Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) Investigations, including documentation, implementation of actions and completion of status updates to management, electronically and in meetings.
• 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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.  Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.
• Trending and analytics for objective analysis of novel products and therapy modalities.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field OR an equivalent combination of education and work
• 5+ yea