Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Additional Location(s): US-CA-Irvine; US-MN-Arden Hills; US-MN-Maple Grove

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we'll give you the opportunity to harness all that's within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we'll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you'll be supported in progressing - whatever your ambitions.


About this role:
At Boston Scientific, this is a place where you can find meaningful purpose, improving lives through your life's work. We offer a collaborative culture that values diversity and prioritizes initiatives that promote awareness and inclusion, celebrating personal, cultural, and demographic differences of our customers, patients, and workforce. In the Urology division, we continually advance the quality of patient care with innovative Urology solutions.

We are looking to hire an enthusiastic individual for a Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist position (hybrid work mode) supporting our rapidly growing active implantable device portfolio. This role will be responsible for Regulatory Affairs support of submissions and ongoing regulatory compliance for product development process, as well as developing regulatory strategies. The role requires strong US, EU, and international regulatory experience that can be leveraged to help support international expansion. In this role, you'll be part of a high-functioning, close-knit Regulatory Affairs team responsible for support of submissions and on-going regulatory compliance through partnership with our global R&D, manufacturing, clinical, and quality teams.

Work model, sponsorship, relocation:
At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week. We will consider candidates from the following office locations: Irvine, CA, Marlborough, MA, Arden Hills, MN, or Maple Grove, MN. Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Reviews change notifications and performs regulatory impact assessment for product and manufacturing changes for compliance with applicable regulations and impact to regulatory filings, and supports associated global submissions as needed
• Supports the coordination, drafting, and submitting of U.S. and EU regulatory filings for new and modified Class III products
• Provides technical reviews of test protocols and reports
• Assesses labeling materials, including Instructions for Use
• Represents RA on cross functional project teams
• Works as liaison with International BSC Regulatory colleagues on various projects, including providing support with international regulatory filings
• Supports highly technical or major business segment product lines, special projects or strategic initiatives

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in a scientific, technical, or related discipline
• A minimum of 4 years Regulatory Affairs experience in the medical industry
• Prior experience with 510(k) submissions, EU MDR or international regulatory registrations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience with PMA submissions or Class III submissions
• Prior experience with active implantable devices, active devices, or long-term implants.
• Working knowledge of FDA, EU and international regulations for medical devices
• General understanding of product development process, design control and quality system regulations
• Ability to simultaneously manage several projects
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Effective research and analytical skills
• Effective written and oral communication, technical writing and editing skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Requisition ID: 627376

Minimum Salary: $89200

Maximum Salary: $169500

The anticipated compensation listed above and the value of core and optional employee benefits offered by Boston Scientific (BSC) - see vary based on actual location of the position and other pertinent factors considered in determining actual compensation for the role. Compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, among other relevant business or organizational needs. At BSC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the anticipated salary range listed above.

Compensation for non-exempt (hourly), non-sales roles may also include variable compensation from time to time (e.g., any overtime and shift differential) and annual bonus target (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

Compensation for exempt, non-sales roles may also include variable compensation, i.e., annual bonus target and long-term incentives (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements).

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Boston Scientific transforms lives through innovative medical technologies that improve the health of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader for more than 45 years, we advance science for life by providing a broad range of high-performance solutions that address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our portfolio of devices and therapies helps physicians diagnose and treat complex cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, oncological, neurological and urological diseases and conditions. Learn more at and follow us on LinkedIn.

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

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