Associate Director Clinical Research

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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

ABOUT ABBOTT

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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of STRUCTURAL HEART disease. We aim to lead the markets we serve by requiring the solutions we offer customers provide an improved benefit/risk profile as compared to existing standards of care; a performance threshold that by definition, guides and ensures the productive output of our engineering, business development, and clinical research efforts result in outcomes that advance the standard of care.

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our rapidly growing clinical team within the Abbott Structural Heart division. The Associate Director will provide scientific expertise throughout the development and execution of clinical strategies (e.g. clinical trials, scientific publications) to support evidence generation for transcatheter or surgical aortic programs. He/she will design clinical trials from concept to execution by working collaboratively with biostatistics, medical affairs, regulatory affairs, global clinical operations, and other cross-functional team members. The individual will also take the lead in interacting with regulatory agencies, reimbursement agencies and clinical trial investigators to ensure successful execution of clinical strategies to meet corporate goals.

Core Job Responsibilities:

This position will work closely within the clinical study team including the medical director, biostatistician, project management, data management, and other clinical study personnel. This position will have significant interaction with executive leadership, physicians and regulatory authorities. Furthermore, this position will be required to execute their job responsibilities within the corporate policies and standard operating procedures.

This position will:

• Design clinical trials and studies in collaboration with internal stake holders including clinical project management, clinical operations, clinical science, biostatistics data management, regulatory affairs, medical affairs as well as external stake holders including steering committees, and national principal investigators (if applicable).
• Lead the generation of study-related documents and/or contribute content and oversight of such documents, including, but not limited to, clinical study protocols, case report forms, clinical study reports, and informed consent forms
• Develop the scientific podium and publication strategy in close collaboration with cross-functional teams, and lead the execution of the publication strategy
• Lead publications for clinical study data through coordination with investigator authors and project management of reviews and revisions for abstracts and manuscripts
• Support the Clinical Program Director in developing clinical evidence generation plans
• Serve as an active member of study teams and provide scientific support to justify trial design and ongoing scientific analysis during protocol development. May include generation of pre-protocol documentation of scientific information
• Synthesize literature and competitive information across multiple products and/or therapies within the assigned therapeutic area
• Review and critically analyze statistical analysis plans
• Lead study level (and franchise level where applicable) publication planning
• Generate documents to support regulatory submissions for Abbott products and/or respond to questions from regulatory authorities about existing submissions
• Contribute to the optimization of internal processes and workflows
• Develop new ideas for both external and internal projects.
• Attend, present at, and leads meetings with FDA.
• May manage junior team members
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

REQUIRED

• Bachelor's degree in medical or scientific field (Masters preferred).
• 7+ years of professional industry experience.
• IDE, PMA, CE Mark, and/or clinical evaluation experience.
• Management experience in clinical research.

PREFERRED

• Experience in cardiovascular fields.
• A PhD with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Global experience.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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