Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist
Company & Job Overview
Diality is a medical device company focused on developing solutions to improve lives impacted by kidney disease. Diality offers the Moda-flx Hemodialysis System, a user-friendly, mobile, and connected hemodialysis system designed to maximize clinical flexibility and ease-of-use for both clinical and non-clinical users. The Moda-flx Hemodialysis system combines flow rate capabilities of conventional in-center dialysis devices with a fully integrated reverse osmosis (RO) water filtration system to provide a broad range of prescriptions and meet the needs of any professional dialysis care setting.
The Principal Regulatory Affairs Specialist will serve as a key contributor responsible for authoring and compiling regulatory submissions, providing regulatory guidance to cross-functional teams, conducting regulatory intelligence activities, and supporting post-market compliance through complaint and Medical Device Reporting (MDR) assessments.
The ideal candidate is a highly skilled individual with extensive experience developing regulatory submissions and translating complex technical information into clear, compliant regulatory documentation. This individual will be a regulatory subject matter expert who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment, consistently delivers high-quality work products, and drives activities to completion while managing multiple priorities and timelines.
Responsibilities
• Lead the planning, development, authoring, compilation, submission, execution and maintenance of regulatory submissions, including 510(k)s, IDEs, IDE supplements, Pre-Submissions (Q-Subs), and international submissions, as applicable ensuring alignment with overall regulatory strategy
• Drive regulatory deliverables to completion while proactively identifying and mitigating regulatory risks, identifying dependencies and potential impact to project timelines and objectives.
• Ensure submissions are scientifically sound, technically accurate, well organized, and compliant with applicable regulations, standards, and guidance documents.
• Support regulatory agency interactions through preparation of briefing materials, response packages, and meeting preparation and documentation of Agency feedback and commitments.
• Coordinate and project manage regulatory submission activities across functions in Engineering, Quality, Clinical, Operations, and Program Management teams to establish timelines based on the deliverables and dependencies to ensure complete, consistent, and timely regulatory submissions.
• Serve as a regulatory SME for product development teams by Interpreting FDA regulations, guidance documents, consensus standards and industry best practices and communicate requirements to stakeholders across the organization.
• Provide regulatory support throughout the product development life cycle including design controls, risk management, verification and validation, and product claims to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and the strategy.
• Assess and document the regulatory impact of product changes, design modifications, and development decisions and provide recommendations on appropriate regulatory pathway and submission requirements to the teams.
• Conduct regulatory intelligence research involving regulations, guidance documents, consensus standards, enforcement trends, and industry developments. Analyze post-market data sources, including adverse event databases, recalls, safety communications, competitor activity, and published literature to support regulatory decision-making.
• Serve as the regulatory representative supporting complaint handling and post-market surveillance activities. Collaborate with Quality, Clinical, and Engineering teams to evaluate complaints, adverse events, and potential reportable incidents.
• Support preparation, review, and submission of MDRs and identify trends that may require regulatory escalation or corrective action.
• Support review of product claims and labeling for intended, indications for use and specifications from regulatory perspective.