Sr. Director, Quality and Regulatory Affairs

Notice: MCRA’s Talent Solutions division works to untie top talent with opportunities on our clients’ teams. This posting is not for a position directly at MCRA, but rather for a position with a MCRA client that our team is helping to recruit and fill.

MCRA's client, a commercial-stage medical device company specializing in designing, developing, and marketing orthopedic fracture repair and stabilization products, is in search of a Senior Director of Quality and Regulatory Affairs to provide support across Regulatory, Quality Assurance, Operations, and Research & Development (R&D).

Primary Roles:

• Is a key member of the senior leadership, and is responsible for the successful operation of the company's quality and regulatory systems. Essential functions include the development, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of company-wide quality and regulatory systems, integrating continuous improvement activities.
• Serves as our clients Management Representative under ISO and FDA requirements, and takes the lead role in ensuring that the quality management system is efficient, effectively implemented and ensures compliance with the requirements of applicable regulatory agencies. Responsible for the generation and maintenance of our client's Quality systems, with direct oversight for the processes for Complaints Management, CAPA, Risk Management, Post-Market Surveillance, and Regulatory Reporting.
• Is responsible for leading the resolution of quality and compliance issues within the business and provide routine quality feedback and leadership to cross-functional groups
• Serves as the official correspondent to Competent Authorities (e.g. FDA, EU countries, etc) as well as Notified Body. Responsible for maintaining compliance registrations and device listings.
• Ensuring compliance with FDA and other applicable international regulations and requirements for the design, development, distribution, and maintenance of medical devices and provide general regulatory support to the organization

Responsibilities:

Quality Systems

• Provide operational leadership in planning and management of quality system activities to maintain appropriate QMS certification
• Responsible for leading and interfacing with any Notified Bodies or Competent Authorities during inquiries or facility inspections by such organizations
• Acts as lead in all product complaint and recall campaigns.
• Responsible for interfacing with and following up with any Customers regarding complaints
• Responsible for Supplier Quality assurance program
• Responsible for Measurement, analysis and improvement programs, including quality trending, CAPA system, and the Internal Quality Audit program for our client.
• Leads the Management Review process

Quality Engineering

• Ensures all inspection and quality plans are statistically sound and can ensure quality levels that exceed requirements
• Ensures all device history records are complete and reviewed prior to release of product
• Assist suppliers by providing information to enable process improvements
• Ensure all manufactured products are conforming to FDA Quality System, ISO 13485, MDD, and MDR
• Supports the engineering staff with PPQA activities, validations, and statistical analysis of new products and processes
• Leads Risk Management and Post-Market Surveillance activities

Regulatory Affairs

• Develop and implement global regulatory and compliance strategies to:
• Ensure all products designed, manufactured and/or shipped meet all regulatory, corporate and customer requirements for quality, safety and efficacy;
• Ensure proper and timely preparation and maintenance of national and international new product submissions, registration/licensing renewals, product listings, post market surveillance reports, import and export documents, safety testing, and other national and international requirement
• Optimize and focus on quality during the design and change control processes for both new and existing products;
• Ensure all advertising and promotion materials conform to applicable FDA, EU, and, where applicable, other country regulations.
• Responsible for the CE Mark approval process for all products, and Technical File generation and maintenance
• Responsible for writing Letters to File as required
• Participates in the development and writing of 510(k) submissions with the management team utilizing external resources as required
• Responsible for external agency reporting

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Natural Science preferred, coupled with approximately 10 years of combined experience in QA / RA in the medical devices industry; experience regarding medical device design, development and manufacturing regulations, especially 21 CFR Part 820 Quality System Regulation, the MDD and MDR Directives, as well as ISO 13485 requirements. 5 years of experience managing supervisory personnel and contributing toward the development of department strategies.

Experience/ Skills:

• Ability to build efficient quality assurance systems; including electronic document and record control, CAPA, NCR, complaint, training, metrics
• Demonstrated ability to write, review, execute and critique validation protocols, investigation plans, root cause analyses, NCRs, CAPAs, complaints, trend report
• Has experience with applying ISO 14971 principles to medical devices throughout all stages of the product's lifecycle.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and team building skills, inspires others toward continuous quality improvement
• Able to solve complex quality, technical, managerial or budgeting problems
• Readily adapts to changing priorities, effectively manages own time and direct reports to ensure tasks, projects are completed on time to meet growth objectives. Adjusts easily and readily to a fast-paced work environment
• Working knowledge of data acquisition, analysis and statistical software
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and technical personnel simultaneously
• Successful oral and written communication skills, business acumen and assertive decision-making ability
• Excellent computer skills, including MS Office proficiency

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

MCRA, LLC is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics.