Supplier & Data Manager Medical Devices (m/f/d)

Job Description Summary

Location: Basel, Switzerland

Role Purpose:
The global Device Compliance, Systems and Operations Team, part of Global Device & Packaging Development (GDPD), needs you to accelerate one of the most diverse and innovative medical device and drug-device combination product portfolios in the pharma industry.

 

Job Description

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Use and maintenance of the Standards database for Medical Devices for Drug Delivery and Drug-Device Combination Products. 

• Coordination of impact assessment for changes to standards and regulations and support the technical subject matter experts.
• Maintain & improve the process with the support of the knowledge center.

• External Partner Management: qualification of all service providers and contractors
  • guidance for qualification ​support in drafting & negotiating quality agreements​, perform Quality Risk Assessments

• Organizing exchange meetings with qualified suppliers and technical talks with new potential partners
• Managing special orders
• Supporting in SRM activities​
• Aligning within TRD​ outsourcing strategy
• Communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Leading improvement initiatives
• Collaborating with Procurement
• Coordinating trainings needs

• Confidential Disclosure Agreements: coordinating all activities, acting as a single point of contact for the group, working on a regular basis with Legal.
• Lead Process Management Network meetings: manage and maintain the medical device QMS from business side, track procedure updates together with the authoring teams. Review QMS changes and create actions as needed.
• Defining and maintaining the data ontology for GDPD
• Polarion: Admin and Project Management support – maintaining global libraries.

• Collaborate with project teams to identify areas for improvement of tools and processes used to author Design Control documentation and lead those improvements.
• Consult and actively support the Project teams during the development of new products and the product lifecycle regarding regulatory and design quality assurance aspects.
• Support the project teams in preparing for self-inspections and audits in Basel

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Bachelor’s degree essential. Masters or higher degree desirable, e.g. Life Sciences, Engineering, Computer Sciences or similar
• 10+ years of experience in medical devices
• 3+ years of experience in Third Party Management
• Expertise with EU MDR Regulation (EU) 2017/745
• Leading and influencing in global matrix organization; strong communicator & listener, actively reaching out, able to understand and connect across functions
• Senior expert in medical device development and combination product.
• Strong Regulatory and Quality Assurance backgrounds
• English both spoken and written is necessary, German and French a plusExperience with audit and self-inspection supporting roles.

Accessibility and accommodation
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to inclusion.switzerland@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

 

 

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