Senior Product Stewardship Specialist

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Product Stewardship Engineer / Specialist

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.  

The Opportunity

This position is based out of Pleasanton, CA, Burlington, MA or Atlanta, GA locations in Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) Division.  In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.  This role will reside in our Product Stewardship team, which focuses on Global Product Stewardship Regulations.  The group supports both CardioMEMS HF and MCS product franchises within the Heart Failure business unit.

The Product Stewardship Engineer / Specialist will support the Heart Failure Division’s Product Stewardship program. This role will ensure HF products compliance with global regulations regarding material usage for our life-saving medical devices. This role is part of the Heart Failure Global Operations team. In this role, you will work cross-functionally with teams in Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Research and Development, Manufacturing, and Global Supply Chain. This role will also collaborate with the corporate Product Stewardship team.

What You’ll Work On (Job Duties)

• Ensure compliance with applicable Product Stewardship legislation. Current legislation includes but is not limited to: REACH-like, RoHS-like, EU MDR, EU BPR, EU POPs, CA Prop 65, US Conflict Minerals, and EPR (WEEE. Battery, Packaging).
• Help to implement an effective, written product stewardship program to ensure compliance with Abbott procedures and regulations.
• Assess applicable chemical registration requirements for chemicals/preparations prior to manufacture, importation, or sourcing within a region.
• Assess parts, products, and packaging for applicable chemical use requirements prior to sale and periodically thereafter.
• Collect part, packaging and product information to support regulations and ensure data is kept up to date.
• Coordinate data collection from suppliers and TPMs (e.g. product composition, Conflict Minerals form, compliance declarations).
• Contribute to the product stewardship strategic planning process that includes an annual evaluation of effectiveness and compliance of the program through self-assessment, risk assessments, product, and regulatory changes. 
• Develops, implement, and manage the global Product Stewardship program for the coordination, prioritization and tracking of regulatory activities.

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering with 5+ years of product support in one or more of the following functional areas: R&D, operations, technical support, quality or regulatory.
• Experience in product stewardship (e.g. REACH, RoHS) preferred, otherwise, experience with regulation interpretation and compliance is required.
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross division business unit model. This individual will need to work with R&D, operations, technical support, quality, regulatory, legal, engineering, and supply chain/procurement.
• Must possess data analytical, critical thinking, problem solving, and planning skills.
• Must use sound judgement and ability to build and maintain relationships with individuals and teams.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to travel approximately 10%.

 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in product stewardship (e.g. REACH, RoHS, Conflict Minerals)
• Experience with product bill of materials.
• Experience using Excel to analyze data to draw conclusions.

Apply Now 

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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.

JOB FAMILY:Engineering

DIVISION:HF Heart Failure

LOCATION:United States > Pleasanton : 6101 Stoneridge Dr

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:United States > Atlanta : 387 Technology Circle NW Suite 500, United States > Burlington: 23 Fourth Avenue

WORK SHIFT:Standard

TRAVEL:Yes, 25 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Awkward/forceful/repetitive (arms above shoulder, bent wrists), Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

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