At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. **A Day in the Life** A career at Medtronic is like no other. We’re purposeful. We’re committed. We’re driven by our Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for millions of people worldwide. In this exciting role as a **Principal Quality Systems Specialist,** you will manage assigned projects and work with other stakeholders to achieve desired results within the quality systems. The Cranial and Spinal Technologies Organization (CST) develops life-restoring therapies and healthcare solutions that span the care continuum, integrating technologies and applying clinical and economic evidence to increase patient access, improve the efficiency of procedures, and deliver successful patient outcomes. Within CST, this role will support Spine & Biologics, which offers procedural solutions for spine surgery and bone grafting solutions for spinal fusion. **A Day in the Life** Responsibilities may include the following, as well as other duties that may be assigned. + Provides oversight for developing and maintaining quality programs, systems, processes, and procedures that ensure compliance with policies and that the performance and quality of services conform to established internal and external standards and guidelines. + Provides expertise and guidance in interpreting policies, regulatory and governmental regulations, and internal regulations to assure compliance. + Works directly with operating entities to provide process analysis oversight, continuing to enforce requirements and meet regulations. + Leads audit and inspection preparation, resolves audit and inspection findings, and liaises with auditing groups and inspectors through all stages of the audits. + Prepares reports and necessary documentation (e.g., corrective and preventative actions) and provides them to applicable stakeholders, both internal and external. + Coordinates legal requests in support of government investigations or litigations. + Ensures the quality assurance programs and policies are maintained and modified regularly. + Facilitates uniform standards worldwide and enables best practice sharing, thereby fostering the achievement of the company's mission globally. + Ensuring QMS requirements and processes are established and maintained + Conducting management reviews and reporting QMS performance and effectiveness, including any need for improvement, to Management with Executive Responsibility + Ensuring the promotion of awareness of applicable regulatory, customer, and QMS requirements throughout their organization. + Travel requirement: less than 25% **Must Have: Minimum Requirements** **To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.** - Bachelor's degree required - Minimum of 7 years of quality systems experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years experience **Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications)** + HCT/Ps are subject to the regulations in 21 CFR 1271, including establishment registration, donor eligibility (donor screening and testing), Current Good Tissue Practice (CGTP), additional regulatory requirements + Audit – Quality and Compliance Experience + Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) + Quality Management System Experience **Additional exposure may include the following:** + AAMI – The Quality System Regulation 21 CFR 820 and ANSI/AAMI/ISO 13485 + AATB Accreditation Experience + Think Reliability – Cause Mapping + Lean Sigma Trainings **Physical Job Requirements** The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.  The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. **Benefits & Compensation** **Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package** A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$110,400.00 - $165,600.00 This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others). Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page\_name=signon&co\_num=30601&co\_affid=medtronic) **About Medtronic** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) . It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. At Medtronic, most positions are posted on our career site for 3-7 days. **Welcome to our new Careers Site!** **If you applied before July 22nd, please check your email for a notification from us providing you with instructions and a link to set up your new account and retain access to your current activity. If you do not see an email from us, please feel free to proceed with creating a new account.** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. **We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. **We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. **This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… + **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world + **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities + **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: **Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. **Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. **Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. **Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here (https://www.e-verify.gov/employees) . For updates on job applications, please go to the candidate login page and sign in to check your application status. If you need assistance completing your application please email AskHR@medtronic.com To request removal of your personal information from our systems please email RS.HRCompliance@medtronic.com