Sr. Clinical Quality Auditor - Shockwave Medical
About this opportunity
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com
As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.
Job Function:
Quality
Job Sub Function:
Quality Assurance
Job Category:
Professional
All Job Posting Locations:
Santa Clara, California, United States of America
Job Description:
Johnson & Johnson is hiring for a Sr. Clinical Quality Auditor– Shockwave Medical to join our team. This role is fully remote in the United States.
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/ .
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Ready to join a team that’s pioneering the development and commercialization of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat complex calcified cardiovascular disease. Our Shockwave Medical portfolio aims to establish a new standard of care for medical device treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease through its differentiated and proprietary local delivery of sonic pressure waves for the treatment of calcified plaque.
Position Overview
The Sr. Clinical Quality Auditor will provide GCP and compliance-related audits of internal and external Clinical Studies in process, support updates of procedures in compliance with applicable regulations and perform vendor audits as needed. This work is accomplished with moderate oversight, requires frequent contact with internal and external customers and is critical to the success of the business.
Essential Job Functions
Act as a Clinical Quality Auditor Lead on clinical trials by supporting project team compliance with national and international regulatory standards and guidance for medical devices
Support development of audit management plans and audit strategy for ongoing clinical trials
Conduct internal system audits and external investigative site/vendor audits in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines and in alignment with internal audit plans
Participate in the development of departmental standard operating procedures, work instructions, forms, and templates
Report audit findings to management with recommendations for resolution and verify appropriate corrective actions have been implemented/documented
Support or conduct training for staff (GCP, Inspection Readiness training, etc.)
Support regulatory inspections
Review/revise Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) and procedures as assigned
Responsible for initial and ongoing audit of clinical study vendors such as CRO, imaging core lab, central laboratory and other vendors as needed
Identifies and escalates site, vendor and study related issues to management, as appropriate
This work is accomplished with moderate supervision and requires a motivated, self-starter who can work independently once projects are assigned
Requirements
· Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in a scientific field of study
· 5 years’ experience directly supporting clinical research, QA, or relevant experience in medical/scientific area.
· Experience conducting audits of vendors and investigative sites
· Experience interacting with regulatory authority inspectors
· Experience preparing and supporting clinical study sites undergoing regulatory authority inspections
· Experience revising SOPs and procedures
· Thorough knowledge and application of Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is required, i.e. FDA, ISO 14155, MDR
· Independent thinking and planning ability
· Medical Device experience is preferred
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills
· Exceptional teamwork skills
· Requires a motivated, self-starter who can work independently once projects are assigned.
· Basic understanding of peripheral and coronary artery disease and therapies preferred
· Knowledge and experience in supporting device pre- and/or post-market clinical studies is required
· ACRP or SOCRA certification preferred
· Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities across multiple projects
· Operate as a team and/or independently while demonstrating flexibility to changing requirements
· Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
· High attention to detail and accuracy
Ability to travel up to 30%-40% of time domestically and internationally
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Business Alignment, Business Behavior, Coaching, Compliance Management, Continuous Improvement, Data Analysis, Detail-Oriented, Goal Attainment, Human-Centered Design, Internal Controls, Issue Escalation, Problem Solving, Process Oriented, Quality Control (QC), Quality Management Systems (QMS), Quality Standards
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$91,000.00 - $147,200.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 190 comparable Senior Quality roles across 43 biopharma companies.
Salary context
61 of 190 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 190 comparable roles
+ 20 more countries
Seniority mix
190 of 190 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
0 of 190 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.
Similar opportunities
The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.
Notify me about similar jobs
Get an email when we spot other openings like this one – same job function, comparable seniority, roles you'd actually want to see.
How we calculate "similar"
No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.
Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.