Senior Staff Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Irvine, California
As a Senior Staff Regulatory Affairs Specialist, you will influence global regulatory strategy across the full product lifecycle while partnering closely with product development, quality, and clinical teams. This role offers meaningful impact, technical depth, and the opportunity to shape regulatory outcomes that enable innovation and market access.
Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite
Hybrid candidates must reside within commuting distance of Irvine, CA and be able to work onsite several days per week.
What You Will Do
- Assess global regulatory intelligence to support the development and maintenance of local, regional, and global regulatory strategies across the product lifecycle.
- Evaluate regulatory requirements related to product classification, jurisdiction, submission pathways, and compliance activities to enable market access.
- Provide regulatory guidance to product development teams across concept, development, manufacturing, marketing, and post‑market phases.
- Anticipate regulatory risks and obstacles and develop solutions to support timely product approvals and lifecycle changes.
- Prepare, submit, and manage regulatory submissions and communications with regulatory authorities in accordance with applicable requirements.
- Monitor regulatory authority review progress and support interactions such as meetings, panels, and advisory engagements.
- Assess quality, preclinical, and clinical documentation to ensure acceptability for regulatory filings and alignment with regulatory strategy.
- Support the development, implementation, and training of regulatory procedures to strengthen organizational compliance.
- Development and review of advertising/promotional collateral to support commercial needs.
What You Will Need
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or a related discipline.
- 6+ years of experience in regulatory affairs within a regulated industry.
- Experience supporting regulatory submissions and approvals across the product lifecycle.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Regulatory Science or a related field.
- Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC).
- Experience interacting directly with regulatory authorities in the United States or international markets.
- $126,600 - $210,900 USD Annual
Travel Percentage: 0%Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or a related discipline
- 6+ years of experience in regulatory affairs within a regulated industry
- Experience supporting regulatory submissions and approvals across the product lifecycle
- Master's degree in Regulatory Science or a related field
- Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC)
- Experience interacting directly with regulatory authorities
Stryker Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stryker and has not been reviewed or approved by Stryker.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with multiple medical plan options and added protections such as critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity, plus mental health resources. Wellbeing programs, onsite gyms, and fitness/nutrition classes further reinforce the perceived strength of health benefits.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are seen as strong, highlighted by a competitive 401(k) plan with company matching and potential discretionary contributions. These elements are often viewed as valuable pillars of total rewards.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Variable pay is viewed positively, with annual bonuses and sales commissions often lifting total compensation. Incentive plans are seen as a meaningful contributor to pay satisfaction in roles where performance drives earnings.
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What We Do
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 www.stryker.com. Together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better.
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