Quality Assurance Manager

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 Title

Quality Assurance Manager

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 of which you dream.
• 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 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.

The Opportunity

This position will work out of our Temecula, CA location in our 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.

Manages experienced QA professionals who exercise latitude and independence in their assignments. Often heads one or more sections/functions or a small quality department. Interprets policies , processes and procedures that may affect sections and subordinate work units. Assignments are defined in terms of activities and objectives. Work is reviewed for adequacy in meeting objectives.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Interacts frequently with internal personnel and outside representatives at various levels.
• Routinely operates as a liasion with customers and suppliers.
• Participates and presents at meetings with internal and externals representatives.
• Interaction typically concerns resolution of operational and scheduling issues.
• Responsible for managing one or more quality system elements/functions as defined in the site Quality Manual.
• Implements the quality plan in accordance with the quality objectives/goals and maintains the effectiveness of the quality system.
• Recommends staffing and other necessary resource requirements needed to achieve business goals and compliance requirements.
• Resolves project team issues with minimal oversight.
• Responsible for ensuring that functional areas of responsibility have adequate training programs for adhering to all safety requirements and business EHS goals.
• Manage the development and implementation of quality goals.
• Emerging leader that demonstrates strong leadership competencies.
• Decision making that has impact on work processes and outcomes, that could cause serious delays and considerable expenditure of a additional time, human recourses and funds.
• May define and implement critical parameter for design control and related systems throughout the product lines.
• May maintain effective Quality Metrics and define and execute activities to resolve decreases in performance.
• May support NPD at all stages of development process and ensure its compliance to FDA and other agencies.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in a scientific or technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Masters Degree Preferred
• Minimum 5 years
• 5-7 years of experience in function or related field. 2 years of direct supervisor experience.
• Medical Device Experience
• Must have demonstrated solid knowledge and experience in discipline.
• Demonstrated leadership competencies.
• Considered a Subject Matter Expert.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional projects.
• Flexibility, strong problem solving skills, excellent written and oral communication skills, solid organizational ability , negotiations skills with ability to drive cross functional teams.
• Emerging leader that demonstrates strong leadership competencies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of R&D and Product Development, a plus
• Regulatory Compliance, a plus

Please note that the salary range listed is our full grade range. We usually hire based on the mid-point.

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The base pay for this position is $97,300.00 – $194,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.