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.

Principal Clinical Scientist

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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) PPOAn excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contributionTuition 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity to join our rapidly growing clinical team within the Abbott Structural Heart division in our St Paul, MN location. Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

The Principal Clinical Scientist will provide scientific expertise throughout the development and execution of clinical strategies (e.g. clinical trials, scientific publications) to support evidence generation for transcatheter mitral 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. 

What You'll Work On

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 formsCritically analyze data and present to internal and external groups including but not limited to clinicians and cross-functional team membersDevelop the scientific podium and publication strategy in close collaboration with cross-functional teams, and lead the execution of the publication strategyLead publications for clinical study data through coordination with investigator authors and project management of reviews and revisions for abstracts and manuscriptsSupport in development of clinical evidence generation plansServe 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 informationSynthesize literature and competitive information across multiple products and/or therapies within the assigned therapeutic areaReview and critically analyze statistical analysis plansLead study level (and franchise level where applicable) publication planningGenerate documents to support regulatory submissions for Abbott products and/or respond to questions from regulatory authorities about existing submissionsContribute to the optimization of internal processes and workflowsDevelop new ideas for both external and internal projectsAttend, present at, and leads meetings with FDAMentor junior team membersPerforms other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned

Required Qualifications

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 experienceComprehensive 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. Experience in cardiovascular or imaging fields a plus.Travel