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 114,000 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.
This position will design and develop manufacturing processes, tooling, and fixtures in order to meet daily production schedules while enhancing productivity and product quality.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Senior Manager, Clinical Science
We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our rapidly growing clinical team within Abbott Heart Failure. The job purpose and scope of the Senior Manager, Clinical Science is to lead scientific activities associated with design, conduct, and reporting of clinical trials in the therapeutic area of Heart Failure, particularly mechanical circulatory support and hemodynamic monitoring. This position will work closely within the cross-functional clinical study team including project management, medical affairs, biometrics, data management, and other clinical study personnel in addition to working directly with physician leaders and study investigators. This position will have significant interaction with executive leadership, physicians and regulatory authorities.
Description of Job Scope
This position will:
Manage and lead the generation of scientific content required for the design and conduct of clinical trials, including but not limited to: clinical trial protocols, case report forms, report of prior investigations, and investigator brochures.
Lead the process of clinical trial design, by collaborating closely with the statistician, medical affairs, and regulatory affairs personnel, that appropriately satisfy the needs of the business as determined by marketing and reimbursement organizations
Provide scientific justification to trial design and ongoing scientific analyses during protocol development and provide scientific guidance to the development of statistical analyses plans
Contribute to the scientific analyses, presentation, and interpretation of clinical data generated from Abbott sponsored clinical trials
Synthesize literature and competitive information across multiple products and/or therapies within the assigned therapeutic area
Lead study level (and franchise level where applicable) publication planning, and ensure successful execution of the publication plan
Collaborate closely with external stakeholders including physician investigators and key opinion leaders, and successfully represent Abbott as the primary scientific expert for the therapy
Generate documents to support regulatory submissions for Abbott products and/or respond to questions from regulatory authorities about existing submissions
Lead publications for clinical study data through coordination with investigator authors and project management of reviews and revisions for abstracts and manuscripts
Contribute to the optimization of internal processes and workflows
Participation in and oversight of scientific report writing. Presentation of methods, results and conclusions to a publishable standard.
Contribution to planning and execution of collaborative projects with leading academic and commercial research groups worldwide.
Develop new ideas for both external and internal projects.
Attend and prepares for meeting with global regulatory agencies involving clinical data.
Accountability Scope and Budget
Understands business environment and relates extensive knowledge of internal and external technological activities to trends.
Interfaces with senior management on significant matters, often requiring the coordination of activity across organizational units.
Participates in the development of other technical contributors by facilitating training and providing feedback and guidance.
Provides technical leadership to business units, physicians, and oversees and directs external CROs and medical writers.
Acts as a mentor to less-experienced staff and may provide work direction or supervise other technical employees.
Qualifications
Minimum requirements: A PhD in biomedical engineering, biological sciences, biostatistics, or related field. Candidates with an MS in a related field may be acceptable provided they have the relevant research experience.
5+ years of related clinical and/or medical industry work experience with in-depth knowledge of cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, and/or critical care medicine. Strong working knowledge in mechanical circulatory support technologies, heart failure pathophysiology, echocardiography, cardiovascular hemodynamics, and heart failure medicine.
Experience data analytics, image processing, and medical imaging is a plus
Demonstrated ability to solve problems independently by taking into account multiple points of view
Ability to work within a team and as a manager to other scientists in a fast-paced, changing environment. Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects
Demonstrated skill and tactfulness in working as a cross-functional team member.
Experience in clinical research studies collaborating with cross-functional clinical research partners, physicians, and other healthcare providers
Well-organized and self-motivated with an ability to initiate and follow through on assignments.
Key attributes considered necessary for success
Ability to work collaboratively, internally and externally
Ability to manage/prioritize multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment
Ability to work in a group environment
Ability to drive effective communication with a cross-functional team
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Highly analytical
Strong interpersonal skills including influencing, negotiation and teamwork skills.
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.
The base pay for this position is $125,700.00 - $251,500.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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