Quality Systems Analyst II

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 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.

 

Our location in Westford, MA currently has an opportunity for a Quality Systems Analyst II

 

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Westford, MA location in the Abbott Vascular Division.  Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

 

THIS IS AN ONSITE DAILY REQUIRED POSITION.

 

NO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION.

 

OPEN TO CONSIDER CANDIDATES AT A LOWER LEVEL.

 

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

Establish and maintain effective structures to ensure consistent implementation of quality systems at Abbott. Create processes and process improvements to ensure consistent implementation of internal requirements and external laws, regulations, guidances, and standards (LRGS).

 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identify internal requirements and external laws, regulations, guidances and standards (LRGS) applicable to one or more of Abbott's quality systems.
• Interpret applicable internal requirements and external LRGS and incorporate into requirements for use in Abbott business processes.
• Identify areas of potential noncompliance within Abbott.
• Review and update the Quality System Manual as needed.
• Educate functional areas on quality system requirements.
• Participate cross functionally and across business units to standardize Abbott business quality system policies and procedures.
• Mediate resolution of interdepartmental and cross business unit process conflicts.
• Identify qualified external consultants and experts in government, collaborating with them to insure correct interpretation of LRGS.
• Collect business process data from different parts of the company for analysis.
• Act as an expert resource in specific LRGS requirement knowledge for Abbott.
• May be responsible for identifying training requirements, programs, and tracking systems.
• Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
• May demonstrate basic project management skills by acting as a project lead on small, well defined projects.
• Provides guidance to less experienced staff.
• Influence exerted at peer level and occasionally at first levels of management.
• Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule.
• Exercises authority and judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action.
• Failure to achieve results or erroneous decisions or recommendations may cause delays and may result in the allocation of additional resources.

 

Education/Experience