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Manager of Medical Device Quality Assurance

Pfizer Chesterfield, Missouri Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$99,200 to $165,400 per year

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Description

At Pfizer, you will contribute to the development, maintenance, and compliance of medical devices and combination products. As a Manager of Medical Device Quality Assurance, you will oversee global quality assurance for multiple medical device programs, providing technical expertise and risk-based guidance to cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead global quality assurance oversight for multiple concurrent global MDCP programs and next-generation delivery platforms.
  • Serve as a MDCP quality partner for global cross-functional teams, providing authoritative, risk-based guidance on design controls, post-approval changes, and supplier/component changes.
  • Drive the resolution of complex, multi-regional business-critical quality and compliance issues.
  • Monitor shifting international regulations and translate evolving requirements into unified global policies, procedures, and quality system practices.
  • Evaluate investigation content for completeness, scientific rationale, issue linkage, risk alignment, and potential CAPA relevance.
  • Partner with teams to resolve complex quality issues, provide sound recommendations, and enable practical, compliant decisions.
  • Identify and drive opportunities to strengthen processes, improve consistency, and advance quality system maturity.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree with at least 4 years of experience; OR a master's degree with at least 2 years of experience; OR a PhD with 0+ years of experience; OR an associate's degree with 8 years of experience; OR a high school diploma (or equivalent) and 10 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience supporting quality activities in medical devices, combination products, pharmaceuticals, or another highly regulated industry.
  • Working knowledge of applicable quality and regulatory requirements, such as design controls, risk management, and quality system requirements.
  • Experience supporting product development and/or sustaining lifecycle activities, including change control and ongoing product maintenance.
  • Ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and make sound, risk-based decisions in complex or ambiguous situations.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in both medical device and pharmaceutical quality environments, especially combination products.
  • Strong experience with design controls and risk management across the product lifecycle.
  • Experience supporting on-market product changes, post-approval changes, supplier or component changes, and manufacturing transfers.
  • Experience with post-market surveillance, complaint evaluation, periodic product review, and remediation activities.

What We Offer:

  • Annual base salary ranging from $99,200.00 to $165,400.00.
  • Eligibility to participate in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 12.5% of the base salary.
  • Eligibility to participate in our share-based long-term incentive program.
  • Comprehensive benefits package, including 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Combination Products
  • Post-Market Surveillance
  • Complaint Evaluation
  • Periodic Product Review
  • Remediation Activities
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