Medical Safety Specialist II

Workplace Flexibility: Remote

For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling.

Every day, we live by our philosophy, True to Life, by advancing medical technologies and elevating the standard of patient care so people everywhere can fulfill their desires, dreams, and lives.

Our five Core Values empower us to achieve Our Purpose:

Patient Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Impact and Empathy.

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Job Description

As a Medical Safety Specialist II (MSSII) you will have an integral role in the day-to-day functioning of the global medical safety organization. In this vital role, you will execute upon medical safety processes globally (specifically for the Japan business) at Olympus. As an individual contributor you will influence the science and practice of all medical safety activities related to the detection, assessment, understanding of product risks and their effective mitigations to protect patients worldwide. You will demonstrate the ability to apply your solid clinical experience, product expertise, and medical safety domain knowledge to collaborate and influence patient safety in activities being performed cross-functionally across the product lifecycle for all Olympus therapeutic areas.

You will report directly to the Senior Director Medical Safety as a member of the global medical safety team. You must be adept at cultivating strong collaborative relationships across Medical & Scientific Affairs as well as Infection Prevention & Control, Quality Affairs & Regulatory Affairs, Research & Development, Legal, and Health Care Compliance.

Job Duties

• Complaint Assessment: Uses tools created for consistency and SOPs to medically assess causality and severity of adverse events reported to Olympus. Provides recommendations for escalation.
• Risk Management: Develops expertise of the risk management file documents for assigned products with responsibility to provide information related to observed and potential patient harm, severity, and mitigations to reduce potential for harm.
• QARA Processes: Develops an understanding of medical safety's role in QARA processes across the product life cycle and provides Medical Safety review and approval for PMS documentation, labeling/IFU creation, Clinical Evaluation Reports, developing responses to inquiries from regulators, Human Factors Engineering reports, non-conformance dispositions, and CAPA.
• Cross-functional meetings: Uses Medical subject matter expertise to represent Medical Safety in cross-functional meetings related to HHA, FCA, trending, and complaint review boards; internally aligns on and contributes to escalation of key events or issues with potential for safety impact. Engages more experience team members if additional data or information is needed to facilitate medically sound decisions related to patient safety.
• Medical Safety or cross-functional projects: Plays an active role in contributing to Medical Safety priorities and initiatives, aligning goals and performance with business and functional objectives.
• Uses clinical knowledge and experience to serve as a medical safety expert contributor to assess and understand product risk and influence and advise on mitigation strategies.
• Searches, reviews, trends, understands, and interprets adverse event data, literature, and other safety-relevant data for the purpose of signal detection.
• Demonstrates knowledge and experience working with:
  • Various regulations (HIPPA, EU-MDR, FDA 21 CFR Part 803, 806, 820)
  • Various standards (GCP, ISO 13485, ISO 14971)
  • Regulatory filings (FDA IDE, 510K, EU-MDR CERs, SSCP, PMCFs, PSURs)
  • Corrective Actions – Preventative Actions (CAPAs)
  • Health Hazard Assessment & Field Corrective Actions
  • Resolving product non-conformances
• IMDRF dictionary terms and proficiency in adverse event coding and reporting
  Post market surveillance, escalations, and mandatory safety reporting requirements.
• Endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the following therapeutic areas: Gastroenterology, Pulmonary, ENT, General Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Urology, Obstetrics/Genecology, Infectious Disease, Infection Prevention and Control.
• Maintains knowledge of Olympus standard operating procedures, guidance, work instructions, training, and competencies.
• Demonstrates strong self-motivation and individual leadership skills, including the ability to communicate and influence multi-departmental, cross functional teams and contribute to the resolution of quality-related issues in a timely and effective manner.
• Demonstrates experience staying engaged with worldwide clinical practice guidelines, safety requirements, and global Competent Authority regulations.

Job Qualifications

Required:

• MD, PhD, BS/BA Degreed Health Care Professional required.
• Direct patient care experience is required (Hospital, Medical or Clinical Practice, with a preference for clinical experience in the areas of Gastroenterology, Pulmonary, ENT, General Surgery, Neurological Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Urology, Obstetrics/Genecology, Infectious Disease, Infection prevention and control).
• Minimum of 2 years Medical Safety, risk management Vigilance or other Medical Device Experience (Medical Device preferred to Pharma) OR Progressive leadership experience in the health care setting.
• Medical Safety (Medical Device preferred to Pharma) or Risk Management (Medical Device) experience.
• Extended periods of time doing computer-based work
• Extended hours to accommodate international / intercontinental global time schedules.
• Expected to attend meetings and respond during the Japanese working hours; and adapt to work-life balance
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile.
• The employee is also required to interact in-person and virtually with peers and co-workers.
• Travel up to 10% may be required.

Preferred:

• Minimum of 4 years of experience working as a Health Care Professional – MD, PhD, RN. DNP, PA-C preferred.
• Candidate with Bilingual skills – English and Japanese strongly preferred.

Why join Olympus?

We offer a holistic employee experience supporting personal and professional well-being through meaningful work, equitable offerings, and a connected culture.

Equitable Offerings you can count on:

• Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k)* with company match

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage effective on start date

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program

• Free live and on-demand Wellbeing Programs

• Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time

• Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance*

• 12 Paid Holidays

• On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center**

Connected Culture you can embrace:

• Work-life integrated culture that supports an employee centric mindset

• Offers onsite, hybrid and field work environments

• Paid volunteering and charitable donation/match programs

• Employee Resource Groups

• Dedicated Training Resources and Learning & Development Programs

• Paid Educational Assistance

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  US Only

**Center Valley, PA and Westborough, MA

Are you ready to be a part of our team?

Learn more about our benefits and incentives:

The anticipated base pay range for this full-time position is $102,320.00 - $138,132.00 / year, plus potential for annual bonus (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements). This pay range represents the National Average of the range, and may vary depending on the location of the individual.

Olympus considers a variety of factors when determining actual compensation for this position, including level of experience, working location, and relevant education and certifications.

At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.

For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Olympus employs more than 31,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries and regions. Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, and employs more than 5,200 employees throughout locations in North and South America. For more information, visit

You Belong at Olympus

We are deeply committed to fostering a respectful, fair, and welcoming workplace for all individuals, perspectives, and lifestyles. We believe in fostering a non-discriminatory, inclusive work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging, in full compliance with legal standards. Empathy and unity are core to our company culture, empowering employees to contribute fully and flourish. We warmly encourage all who wish to bring their talents to Olympus to apply.

Applicants Requesting Accommodations: Olympus is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Olympus will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact [email protected]. If your disability impairs your ability to email, you may call our HR Compliance Manager at 1-888-Olympus (1-888-659-6787).

Let’s realize your potential, together.

It is the policy of Olympus to extend equal employment and advancement opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship status, religious creed (including dress and grooming practices), age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth and/or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability (physical or mental) and/or a medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, veteran status or service in the uniformed services, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Posting Notes: || United States (US) || Pennsylvania (US-PA) || Center Valley || Medical Affairs