Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist – Vascular (on-site)

Company : Abbott Laboratories
Location : Santa Clara, CA, 95053
Posted Date : 13 October 2025
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Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist – Vascular (on-site)
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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.
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
- 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
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Provide regulatory input to product lifecycle planning.
- Assist in the development of regional regulatory strategy and update strategy based upon regulatory changes.
- Understand, investigate and evaluate regulatory history/background of class, disease/ therapeutic/diagnostic context in order to assess regulatory implications for approval.
- Determine trade issues to anticipate regulatory obstacles.
- Determine and communicate submission and approval requirements.
- Participate in risk-benefit analysis for regulatory compliance.
- Assess the acceptability of quality, preclinical and clinical documentation for submission filing.
- Compile, prepare, review and submit regulatory submissions to authorities.
- Monitor impact of changing regulations on submission strategies.
- Monitor applications under regulatory review.
- Monitor and submit applicable reports to regulatory authorities.
- Evaluate proposed preclinical, clinical and manufacturing changes for regulatory filing strategies.
- Negotiate and interact with regulatory authorities during the development and review process to ensure submission approval.
- Maintain annual licenses, registrations, and listings.
- Assist in compliance with product post-marketing approval requirements.
- Assess external communications relative to regulations.
- Review regulatory aspects of contracts.
- Assist with label development and review for compliance before release.
- Submit and review change controls to determine the level of change and consequent submission requirements.
- Analyze the input of cumulative product changes to current product submissions.
- Ensure product safety issues and product-associated events are reported to regulatory agencies.
- Provide regulatory input for product recalls and recall communications.
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- 3-4 years of experience in a regulated industry (e.g., medical products, nutritionals). Note: Higher education may compensate for years of experience.
- 2-3 years of experience in regulatory preferred but may consider quality assurance, research and development/support, scientific affairs, operations, or related area.
- Effectively communicate verbally and in writing, prepare, and negotiate both internally and externally with various regulatory agencies.
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
- Organize and track complex information.
- Exercise good and ethical judgment within policy and regulations
- Use in-depth knowledge of business functions and cross group dependencies/ relationships.
- Follow scientific arguments, identify regulatory scientific data needs and with supervision solve regulatory issues.
- Bachelor's degree in science/technical discipline (engineering, life sciences, mathematics).
- Master’s degree
- Previous experience with PMA / IDE and international submissions
- Experience with IDE trial strategy and post market clinical activities
- Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
- Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Ability to leverage, manage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
- Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in a timely manner.
- Experience working in the Medical Device industry.
- Certification is a plus (such as RAC from the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society.)
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 – $173,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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