Senior Principal Specialist, QMS

The Senior Principal Specialist, Quality eSystems is responsible for strategic leadership in development, governance, and continuous improvement of global Quality Management System (QMS) electronic systems that support regulatory compliance and business operations. This role partners with Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Enterprise Digital Technologies (EDT), Global Process Owners, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure enterprise systems are effective, scalable, compliant, and aligned with current and future business needs. 

What You Will Do 

• Lead the strategic development, implementation, and continuous improvement of global QMS electronic systems. 
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory Affairs, and Enterprise Digital Technologies teams to implement system enhancements and new functionality. 
• Collaborate with enterprise system teams to identify and resolve process gaps, redundancies, and integration challenges across platforms. 
• Ensure system interfaces, dependencies, and data flows are documented, monitored, and escalated when issues arise. 
• Drive enterprise system improvement initiatives that increase operational efficiency, compliance, and user effectiveness. 
• Manage enterprise system activities to support project milestones, validation requirements, and business objectives. 
• Provide regulatory and quality systems expertise during internal audits, external inspections, and compliance assessments. 
• Develop and deliver eSystem governance, training, metrics, and reporting to support global adoption and GxP compliance. 

What You Need 

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline. 
• Minimum 10 years of experience working with enterprise Quality Management Systems (QMS) or electronic systems. 
• Experience working in a regulated medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or related industry. 
• Experience leading cross-functional and multi-site system implementations or improvement projects. 
• Knowledge of U.S. and international medical device regulations and quality system requirements. 
• Experience supporting system validation activities and compliance documentation within a regulated environment. 
• Experience with enterprise system integration, governance, and lifecycle management. 
• Experience conducting or supporting internal and external quality audits. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience supporting global Quality Management System platforms. 
• Experience partnering with Enterprise Digital Technologies or Information Technology organizations. 
• Experience leading large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives across multiple geographies. 
• Experience with robotic automation, AI and/or machine learning. 
• Project management certification or formal project management experience. 
• Experience developing quality metrics, dashboards, and performance reporting. 
• Experience supporting system training and change management initiatives. 
• Knowledge of GxP requirements and computerized system compliance. 
• Experience working with global stakeholders across multiple time zones. 

 

 

Posted Date: 07/13/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN : $118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual
• US5 : $123,900 - $206,500 USD Annual
• US10 : $129,800 - $216,400 USD Annual
• US15 : $135,700 - $226,200 USD Annual
• US20 : $141,600 - $236,000 USD Annual
• US30 : $153,400 - $255,700 USD Annual

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Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.