Senior Specialist Quality Assurance

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Sr. Specialist Quality Assurance 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.

The Sr. Specialist Quality Assurance will onduct quality-related activities to deliver consistent; high quality documents; services; products and processes. This is a 5 days/week onsite opportunity based out of Alameda, CA. What You’ll Work On Defines project goals and milestones. Responsible for timely project completion. Provides solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Ensures that solutions are compliant, innovative, thorough, practical and consistent with organizational objectives. May lead projects with cross-functional or broader scope. Interacts effectively with employees, manager, and cross-functional peers. May represent own team while on cross-functional project teams with other functional leaders. Provides guidance and trains other Professionals and Technicians. May provide oversight to one or more QA professionals and/or contractors. Communicates confidently and effectively with management, peers, and key stakeholders. Implements tactical solutions related to assignment. Able to contribute functional skills and expertise broadly. Directly influences project direction and scope. Scope includes one or more QA functions, with general knowledge of other related disciplines. Quality System Compliance Demonstrates good, general understanding of the standards and regulatory bodies that regulate our industry. Ensures compliance to site level policies and procedures and demonstrates a solid understanding of Division and Corporate policies and procedures by promptly addressing noncompliance issues within Division and Corporation as appropriate. Ensures adherence and maintains the effectiveness of the Quality System, including the Subsystems and Key processes that govern the area by promptly addressing non-compliance issues. Leads quality system activities including CAPA, nonconformance investigations, root cause analysis, effectiveness verification, and implementation of sustainable corrective actions. Identifies trends and continuous improvement opportunities to ensure ongoing compliance and process effectiveness. Analyzes quality system data, including complaints, nonconformances, CAPAs, audits, supplier performance, and post-market surveillance information to identify trends and assess effectiveness of quality processes. Monitors and interprets evolving regulatory requirements, standards, and industry expectations; performs impact assessments and partners with cross-functional teams to implement compliant solutions and maintain inspection readiness. Serves as a Quality Systems SME by providing training, mentoring, and guidance on quality processes, regulatory