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JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Description:

Clinical Research Scientist IIWorking 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.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

• 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 Opportunity

This position works out of our St. Paul, MN location in the Electrophysiology division. In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

As the Clinical Research Scientist II, you will participate in scientific activities associated with the design, conduct, and reporting of clinical trials for this therapeutic area.

What You’ll Work On

• This position will work closely with the clinical study team including project management, biostatistician, data management, and other clinical study personnel.

• This position will have significant interaction with leadership and regulatory authorities.

• Execute their job responsibilities within the corporate policies and standard operating procedures

• Lead the generation of study-related documents and/or contribute content and oversight of such documents, including, but not limited to, clinical study reports, clinical study protocols, case report forms, investigational brochures, and informed consent forms.

• Design clinical trials and studies in collaboration with internal stake holders including clinical project management, clinical operations, biostatistics data management, regulatory affairs, medical affairs as well as external stake holders including steering and publication committees.

• 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 internal teams.

• Support the Clinical Program Director in developing clinical evidence generation strategy.

• 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.

• Generate documents to support regulatory submissions for Abbott products and/or respond to questions from regulatory authorities about existing submissions.

Required Qualifications

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

• 4 + years of related work experience with a solid understanding of specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Demonstrated scientific writing ability.

• Broad knowledge and application of business concepts, procedures and practices. Will perform this job in a quality system environment.

• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.

• Learns to use professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve routine problems.

• Works on problems of limited scope.

• Independent decision making required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree preferred.

• 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

• Experience in the medical device industry

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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 base pay for this position is

$68,000.00 – $136,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Research and Discovery:

DIVISION:

EP Electrophysiology

LOCATION:

United States > Minnesota > Plymouth : 5050 Nathan Lane N

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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