Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72 million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

We’re a mission-driven leader in medical technology and solutions with a legacy of integrity and innovation. Work with us to incentivize better patient care and partner across the industry to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Be a part of a community of experts committed to ensuring quality, affordable healthcare worldwide.

The Quality Systems Specialist role in LATAM is responsible for supporting the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Quality Management System (QMS) processes, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, internal quality standards, and corporate policies. This position supports quality documentation, audits, training activities, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and process improvement initiatives across the region. This is a remote work model position based in Bogotá, Colombia.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

- Review and process Change Requests within Medtronic's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM/MAP) system, ensuring compliance with Quality Management System (QMS) requirements, system standards, and Good Documentation Practices

- Partner with stakeholders across the Americas and EurAsia regions to provide guidance, resolve quality system inquiries, and maintain effective collaboration throughout QMS activities

- Monitor and support quality system processes, ensuring compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and established quality standards

- Analyze quality-related data, identify trends, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives through process enhancements, projects, and CAPA activities

- Support audits and inspections by preparing documentation, addressing findings, and coordinating with auditors, inspectors, and internal process owners

- Prepare reports and communicate quality system updates, recommendations, and key metrics to relevant stakeholders

- Deliver training and ongoing support on quality system processes while promoting best practices and consistency across global teams

- Collaborate with process owners and cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for improving quality system effectiveness and achieving organizational objectives

Required Knowledge and Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related scientific field

- 1-2 years of experience in Quality Systems, with working knowledge of Quality Management System (QMS) processes

- Experience with Document Control and Good Documentation Practices (GDP)

- Strong verbal and written communication skills in both English and Spanish

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, and experience working with quality-related systems and tools

- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and interpersonal skills





- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and independently

- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously once fully trained and familiar with established processes, taking ownership and accountability for day-to-day Quality Systems activities

- Strong organizational, prioritization, and problem-solving skills with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy

- Results-oriented, proactive, and adaptable, with a strong commitment to quality, compliance, and continuous improvement

- Preferred qualifications include knowledge of ISO 9001:2015 and/or ISO 13485:2016 standards, exposure to continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen, experience supporting training activities, and previous mentoring or coaching experience

Physical Job Requirements The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

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Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

We lead integral healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000 passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D; lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

We change lives . Each team member, each day,



helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

- Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

- Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

- Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

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📌 Quality Systems Specialist (Bogotá)
🏢 Medtronic
📍 Bogotá