Senior Manager, Post Market Surveillance

Work Shift:

DAY

Work Schedule:

• Responsible for the following quality management sub‑systems:
  Post Market Surveillance (PMS) documentation processes such as Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSUR) and Post Market Surveillance Reports (PMSR), Health Hazard Evaluation (HHE) Processes and Field Correction Action and Recall (FCA) Processes.
• Manages and supervises all post market surveillance personnel, including interviewing, hiring, training, evaluating performance, coaching and disciplinary actions.
• Designs, documents, implements, and maintains compliant quality management sub‑systems to assure effective operational execution of assigned responsibilities across all global sites and locations.
• Develops, implements, and measures key performance metrics directly associated with effective operational execution of assigned responsibilities.
• Provides subject‑matter expertise and training/development requirements and objectives for assigned areas of responsibility, specifically for appropriately evaluating returned medical device products for compliance to stated specifications and for ascertaining any respective risks to patient safety.
• Maintains Post Market Surveillance Documentation, Health Hazard Evaluation and Field Corrective Action and Recall systems focused on specific reporting timeliness and consistent, compliant process execution.
• Maintains PMS and FCA reporting compliance to all applicable regulation time requirements.
• Maintains appropriate records for PMS, HHE and FCA reporting systems as defined in relevant procedures.
• Establishes and maintains awareness of relevant regulations and standards to ensure the company's post‑market surveillance practices align with industry requirements.
• Participates in, and when needed, performs timely trend review of serious and non‑serious events and reports to competent authorities as appropriate based on statistically significant trends that change the risk‑to‑benefit statement of products.
• Works in close collaboration and partnership with cross‑functional and cross‑site Global Quality Assurance stakeholders to optimize overall operational efficiency and effectiveness while maintaining and developing best‑in‑class quality systems.
• Coordinates and interacts with various levels of management, international regulatory affairs/quality assurance, and global regulatory bodies on the adverse event reporting, customer complaints and Global PMS requirements and deliverables.
• Authors timely, responsive, and evidence‑based communication to regulatory authorities, notified bodies, customers, and external entities upon request.
• Prepares for, participates in and assists with FDA facility inspections, Notified Body Audits, Post Market Surveillance activities and other governmental inspections as directed.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives based on post‑market surveillance findings, contributing to product enhancements and risk mitigation strategies.
• Performs other duties, as required.

• Lifting—Not to exceed 50lbs.—local practice may apply.
• Writing
• Sitting
• Standing
• Bending
• Visual acuity
• Color perception
• Depth perception
• Reading
• Field of vision/peripheral

• Education and/or experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in quality engineering/engineering/science, nursing or equivalent qualification essential (NFQ Level7 or higher).
• At least twelve (12) years of work‑related experience in the medical device industry, of which seven (7) years should be in a related supervisory, leadership or management role.
• Knowledge of U.S. FDA regulations (21
  
  CFR), the Medical Devices Directive (93/42/EEC, as amended), the European Medical Device Regulation 2017/745 (MDR), ISO
  13485 quality system standards, and Canadian Medical Device Regulation (CMDR), ANVISA, TGAandJPAL/JGMP.
• Knowledge of ISO
  14971 risk‑management related activities and requirements.
• Demonstrated experience with electronic data management systems (e.g., Pilgrim, Oracle), computer skills preferably spreadsheets, word processing, database, internet research and other applicable software programs.
• Excellent data, analysis, trends, and reporting…