Staff Biocompatibility Specialist (Hybrid)

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Stryker is hiring a Staff Biocompatibility Specialist (Hybrid) in Mahwah, New Jersey, supporting Joint Replacement!

Who we want:

• Meticulous documenters. Detail-oriented people who enjoy maintaining meticulous documentation of reports, metrics, proposals, and presentations.
• Self-directed initiators. People who take ownership of their work, results-oriented, and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.
• Team-players. People who can collaborate globally and thrive when developing lasting interpersonal relationships.

What you will do:

• Lead new product development and/or changes to medical devices currently on the market for biocompatibility/toxicology.
• Lead biocompatibility toxicological assessments, evaluate test data, and present results to cross-functional team.
• Lead departmental initiatives including setting timelines and milestones.
• Write and present technical and scientific documentation.
• Maintain communications with internal customers.
• Partner with cross functional teams including (RA, AO, Ops) to ensure business unit project timelines are met.
• Partner with team by contributing to the development, maintenance, and improvements of the policies and procedures related to biocompatibility.
• Act as biocompatibility subject matter expert to align to best practices, benchmarking against industry leads and regulatory requirements.
• Lead root cause analysis, problem solving, and out-of-specification investigations.
• Define validation activities (i.e. product adoptions, testing plans, etc.).
• Train junior scientists and other functions in area of biocompatibility.

What you need:

Required:

• BS in Chemistry/Biochemistry/Toxicology or related discipline

• 4+ years related experience in medical device, pharmaceutical or chemical industry.

Preferred:

• MS in Chemistry/Biochemistry/Toxicology or related discipline
• Knowledge of GDP, ANSI, AAMI, ISO, FDA, and USP guidelines related to biocompatibility assessments (i.e. ISO 10993, ISO 22442, etc).
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, manage projects, and influence as well as can prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability and desire to work effectively in a fast-paced multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills including strong written and oral communication.
• Strong in critical and analytical thinking.
• Highly developed problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to write technical documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage and complete projects in a matrix organization.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.

About Stryker

Our benefits:

• 12 paid holidays annually
• Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.
• Financial benefits include Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

For a more detailed overview of our benefits or time off, please follow this link to learn more: US Stryker employee benefits

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com.

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