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Director, Complaint Management Systems
Job Code: NMD2346
POSTED: Oct 29
Salary: Open Location: Plano, Texas
Employer: St. Jude Medical - Neuromodulation Division Type: Full Time - Experienced
Categories: Government, Regulatory and Code, Healthcare, Quality    



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About St. Jude Medical - Neuromodulation Division

St. Jude Medical develops medical technology and services that focus on putting more control into the hands of those who treat cardiac, neurological and chronic pain patients worldwide. The company is dedicated to advancing the practice of medicine by reducing risk wherever possible and contributing to successful outcomes for every patient. Headquartered in St. Paul, MN, St. Jude Medical employs more than 15,000 people worldwide and has four major focus areas that include: cardiac rhythm managem....more info

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Job Description
This position is responsible for the management of the global complaint management process at St. Jude Medical Neuromodulation Division. Ensures global complaint management process is compliant with domestic and international regulations. Ensures timely and effective resolution and documentation.

Major, On-Going Responsibilities: • Oversees all programs, policies and practices to ensure business units effectively and accurately address, analyze and resolve issues and are in global regulatory compliance; • Responsible for effective management of all applicable global adverse event reporting to meet regulatory requirements and company goals including; • Complaint investigations • CAPA • Field Reports • MDRs/MDV • Assessments for recall • Field Reports • Manages continuous improvement of the global complaint management process using best practice(s), world class, and PE approaches to ensure continuous compliance with FDA and other applicable regulations and ISO standards. • Reduce regulatory exposure through increased efficacy in management of product complaints and investigations by improvement in multiple complaint process metrics. • Ensure complaint systems and processes provide measurable impact to quality, cost and customer value. • Responsible for establishing and maintaining policies and procedures to ensure compliance with international, state and federal regulations and standards including compliance with all FDA and MDD regulations governing adverse event reports such as MDR, MDV and all other applicable global reporting requirements. • Maintains up-to-date knowledge of FDA and EU regulations and applicable worldwide standards and requirements • Manages all customer interface points and ensures timely and effective communications with customers regarding complaints and complaint investigations; ensures customer satisfaction by optimizing customer communication from initial call to final follow-up. • Responsible for preparation, onsite management and follow-up for compliance standards and corporate audits relating to the global complaint process and guidelines as well as managing and participating in pre-assessment and post-certification audit activities. • Develop and maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders • Assure post-market product experience is fed back into sustaining engineering as well as new product development

NOTES: US Residents Only

Requirements
Experience & Training: • Bachelors degree in Engineering, Physical/Biological Science or related discipline • 8+ yrs experience as a Quality Professional in the medical Device or Pharmaceutical industry is required • 5+ yrs experience managing employees and their development • 5+ yrs complaint management experience • Certification by the American Society for Quality Control (Quality Manager, Engineer/Quality Auditor) • Demonstrated solid understanding of U.S. Regulatory laws to ensure compliance • Demonstrated strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills • Well organized, detail oriented and strong analytical skills • Ability to influence positive change effectively • Ability to build strong relationships

Other Skills/Characteristics: • Gets Results – creates an environment of accountability for meeting agreed upon expectations • Communicates Effectively – adjusts the message to the audience to get the point across • Gets Work Done Through Others – manages people well, gets the most/best out of people • Decisive & Good Judgment – decisions are based on data and sound reasoning • Influencing – champion initiatives that generate organization-wide understanding and support • Problem Solving – establish resources, processes to gather information/data for problem solving or analysis.

Qualified candidates should apply online via our website at http://www.sjm.com/careers and reference position NMD2346. No agencies or phone calls, please.


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