Regulatory Affairs Specialist
About The Position
Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact. A Day in the Life The Cardiac Rhythm Management group is a division within Medtronic Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT) focused on developing and manufacturing medical devices and solutions for the management of cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure. This group’s product portfolio includes implantable pacemakers, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices, and remote monitoring systems. CRM’s mission is to improve patient outcomes and quality of life by providing innovative therapies for the detection, prevention, and treatment of abnormal heart rhythms. The group collaborates closely with healthcare professionals and leverages advanced technology and data-driven insights to drive improvements in cardiac care. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This position will be based in Mounds View, MN. The Regulatory Affairs Specialist assists in the development of strategies for worldwide product registration with global regulatory agencies to introduce Diagnostic products, Programmers and Programming Software and accessories for Pacemakers and Defibrillators, Patient Monitors, and Software as a Medical Device to market, provides advice on regulatory requirements, prepares worldwide submissions and negotiates their approval. The specialist also assists with the license maintenance including renewals, design/manufacturing change notification, QMS audit, and Manufacturing site registrations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline
- Minimum 2 Years of medical device regulatory experience with Bachelor’s degree. Or minimum 0 Years of medical device regulatory experience with an advanced degree
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in regulated, biotechnology environment, including involvement with regulatory submissions, interactions with regulatory agencies (e.g., FDA and PMDA), and working with cross-functional project teams.
- Master of Science Degree
- In depth experience with FDA requirements, guidance documents, Medical Device Directive, ISO 14971, ISO 13485, and other global regulatory requirements and quality standards
- Working knowledge of SaMD and SiMD
- Positive track record engaging with regulators
- History of successful device submissions
- Strong negotiation skills and written/oral communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and time management skills
- Ability to multitask, support multiple projects, function on a global basis, prioritize, conduct team meetings, and meet project deadlines
- Ability to work independently and under general direction only
- Computer skills; MS Office, MS Project, Adobe Acrobat and Agile
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Responsibilities
- Assist in preparing worldwide submissions for new products and their product changes as required to ensure timely approval for market release.
- Review significant regulatory issues with supervisor, as necessary, and resolve submission issues with Medtronic engineering partners, Medtronic Geography Regulatory partners, and regulatory agencies as needed.
- Assist in preparing regulatory strategies/plans and worldwide compliance requirements.
- Provide on-going support to project teams for regulatory issues and questions.
- Find, interpret and apply regulations and guidance appropriately for situations.
- Provide business and product information to enable development of strategies and requirements, as well as communicate that information to the Project teams.
- Provide regulatory support for currently marketed products as necessary. This includes reviewing labeling and changes to existing devices and documentation.
- Prepare submissions and reports for regulatory agencies as required.
- Complete understanding and wide application of technical or regulatory principles, theories and concepts. General knowledge of other related disciplines.
- Negotiate with international agencies, as needed. All significant issues will be reviewed with the supervisor.
- Participate in the project team meeting to plan strategies, including reviewing the various specifications and plans/reports, defining target market and distribution method, Medtronic requirements on testing, etc.
- Provide regulatory analysis of product portfolio and review with other functional resources, such as Marketing, Global Supply Chain, etc., to ensure Diagnostics and EPG portfolio is aligned with existing portfolio.
- Maintain Regulatory Affairs product files to support compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Work under general supervision following established procedures. Independently determines and develops approach.
- Frequent inter-organizational contact and some external contacts.
- Keeps current on global directives, harmonized standards and procedures and communicates changes that may affect cross functional areas.
- Provide training and support to other members of the department.
- Other tasks, as required.
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
