Clinical Research Scientist

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 Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents, bare metal stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices and peripheral stents. Our location in Santa Clara, CA, currently has an opportunity for a Principal Clinical Scientist. 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.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• 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
• Critically analyze data and present to internal and external groups including but not limited to clinicians and cross-functional team members
• 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
• 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
• Mentor junior team members
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

Required

• Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred. Degree in the sciences, medicine, or similar discipline highly preferred. Minimum of 8+years of related work experience with a complete understanding of specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of a particular technological field
• Uses in-depth knowledge of business unit functions and cross group dependencies/ relationships
• Is recognized as an expert in work group and across functions. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations. Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. Has broad knowledge of various technical alternatives and their potential impact on the business

Preferred

• Experience in cardiovascular fields a plus

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: http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx

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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