Post Market Surveillance Specialist
Katalyst CRO · Bothell, WA · 1 mo ago
On-siteBusiness DevelopmentContract
About the role
You are responsible for managing activities related to post-market product safety surveillance and risk management. Serves as a liaison between Medical Affairs, Clinical Affairs, Research & Development, Services, and Complaint Handling to ensure Post Market Surveillance (PMS) and Risk Management (RM) processes are executed end-to-end (E2E).
Responsibilities
- Reviews and prepares reports on aggregate data and provides recommendation for further escalation.
- Prepare/review complaint trend analysis, product risk assessments including Health Hazard Evaluations, clinical evaluation reports, risk management reports and FMEAs.
- Affords assistance in benchmarking best practices with world-class organizations, interfaces with notified body, and/or other regulators, and provides input to establish metrics.
- The PMS Specialist is responsible for managing activities related to post-market product safety surveillance and risk management including:
- Creation and maintenance of PMS Plans.
- Creation and maintenance of PMS Reports.
- Conduct Periodic Quality Review Board Meetings and creation of Periodic Quality Review Reports.
- Preparation and update of PSURs.
- Audit and Inspection support.
- Own and effectively drive CAPAs on post-market surveillance.
- Facilitate Post Market Risk Assessment including Issue impact assessments, Health hazard evaluation, etc.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Medical Sciences, Healthcare Management, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management or equivalent.
- Minimum of 4-5 years' experience in Post Market Surveillance within FDA/EU-MDR regulated Medical Device environments with a focus on post-market surveillance plans/reports and post market risk assessment.
- Mandatory: Detailed knowledge of medical device regulations, requirements, and standards, such as 21 CFR Parts 803, 806, and 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, European Medical Device Directive (93/42/EEC), EU Medical Device Regulation (EU MDR), Canadian Medical Devices Regulation (SOR/98-282), etc.
Preferred Skills
- Post-Market Surveillance Mechanisms.
- Quality Management Systems (QMS).
- Regulatory Requirements.
- Technical Documentation.
- Project Management.
- Quality Assurance (QA).
- Data Management.
- Business Acumen.