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Clinical Scientist II

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. 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.

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 .
• 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.
• 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.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our rapidly growing clinical team within the Abbott Structural Heart division in Santa Clara, CA. The Clinical Scientist II 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. Additionally, this new team member 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. Additionally:

• 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
• Review and critically analyze statistical analysis plans
• 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
• Synthesize literature and competitive information across multiple products and/or therapies within the assigned therapeutic area
• Generate documents to support regulatory submissions for Abbott products and/or respond to questions from regulatory authorities about existing submissions
• Lead study level (and franchise level where applicable) publication planning
• 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).
• Attend, present at, and leads meetings with FDA.
• Support the Clinical Program Director in developing clinical evidence generation plans

Required:

• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Independent decision making required.
• Works on problems of limited scope.
• Broad knowledge and application of business concepts, procedures and practices. Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
• Bachelor's degree
• Learns to use professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve routine problems.
• 4 years of related work experience with a solid understanding of specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in the sciences, medicine, or similar discipline.
• 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
• Advanced degree

• Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The salary for this role is between $82,100 – $164,100