Principle Quality Specialist
At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.
As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.
What You Can Expect
The primary responsibility for this position will be to oversee project management activities of one or more initiatives to support the optimization of global Quality Management System processes engaging in the design, implementation, and modification of projects. Ensure that projects are completed on schedule and meet technical and scope requirements of the assignment. Secondary responsibilities will include support of the Zimmer Biomet global electronic change management process, corporate document control, and corporate learning management system.
How You'll Create Impact
- 70%- Oversee project management activities for global quality initiatives by:
- Establishing daily tasks necessary for successful project execution.
- Collaborating with stakeholders to establish objectives, timelines, milestones, resolve issues.
- Ensuring task completion by establishing priorities and reaching compromise with team members and functional managers.
- Recommending project decisions to higher level management.
- 20%- Act as a corporate quality subject matter expert for the global electronic change management system.
- 10%- Support corporate document control and learning management systems owners as process backups.
What Makes You Stand Out
- Must be familiar with and understand general quality management system concepts and implementation.
- Advanced knowledge of project management tools and methods and ability to effectively implement project management strategies across different functional groups.
- Must be reliable and capable of working with minimal supervision to manage project planning, execution, and follow-up activities.
- Basic experience or knowledge on issue resolution disciplines (e.g., problem solving/decision making, root cause analysis, etc).
- Must be able to manage stressful situations and to handle controversial issues.
- Highly compliance oriented to firmly adhere to the principles of the regulations and standards.
Your Background
- A Bachelor's Degree is required. A degree in a technical discipline is preferred.
- 6-8 years of experience in a Quality role within a regulated industry, experience in medical devices or pharmaceuticals preferred.
- At least 2 years’ experience in project management roles required.
- Project Management certification is strongly preferred.
- Intermediate skills in MS Office applications or equivalent required.
- Medical Device regulations knowledge and experience are highly preferred.
Travel Expectations
- Up to 10%
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability
