Abbott Posted October 28, 2026

Senior QMS & Compliance Specialist

Sylmar, California, United States FULL_TIME
Quality Senior
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About this opportunity

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

This is an ONSITE role based out of Sylmar, CA

Leads/supervises a team of 2 or more professionals.

First level manager of a work team that could comprise professionals, technical and/or administrative staff.

Typically without budget or hire/fire authority.

Focuses on mentoring, coaching, and coordination.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Ensures a controlled documentation system, record retention, and information services including electronic records retention processes in accordance with regulatory requirements.

Ensures compliance to the requirements from regulatory agencies.

Maintains the technical and non-technical documentation change system.

Assures procedures are in place to classify and maintain records.

Interprets and enforces all documentation formatting, standards, policies, and operating procedure requirements.

May identify submission components, communicate documentation standards and coordinate assembly of regulatory dossiers.

May analyze and evaluate data, extract pertinent information, prepare information abstracts and executive summaries of material searched.

May maintain extensive knowledge of product information and continuous contacts with local, regional, and divisional customers.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Associates Degree ( ± 13 years)

 Experience/ Background

Experience

Experience Details

Minimum 4 years in the related field.

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $90,000.00 – $180,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Quality
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Sylmar, California, United States
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 249 comparable Senior Quality roles across 63 biopharma companies.

249Comparable roles tracked
234Currently active
63Companies hiring similar roles
33Countries represented

Salary context

63 of 249 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.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Associate Quality Control Chemist, Senior (Data Review) · Merck KGaA $25/hr – $39/hr (≈ $52,000–$81,120/yr)
Highest disclosed · Assoc Director, Quality Assurance · Gilead Sciences, Inc. $182,070/yr – $235,620/yr
Peer group range $66,560 – $208,845 (median $118,800)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 249 comparable roles

United States129
Ireland20
United Kingdom10
Spain9
China7
Switzerland7

+ 27 more countries

Seniority mix

249 of 249 peers have a known seniority level

Senior165
Associate Director46
Principal38

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 249 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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How we calculate "similar"

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