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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

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 of which you dream.

• 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

The Senior Clinical Scientist role will work out of our Vascular Division location at St. Paul, MN. This is a fully onsite role.

Senior Clinical Scientist is responsible for providing scientific and clinical expertise to support the planning, execution, and interpretation of clinical studies in a regulated medical device environment, contributing to high‑quality data generation, cross‑functional decision‑making, and the scientific integrity of clinical programs

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Supports the planning, execution, and interpretation of clinical and/or translational research activities in a regulated medical device environment.

• Applies scientific and clinical principles to inform clinical study design, execution, and data interpretation, in collaboration with cross‑functional partners.

• Supports validity of study by identifying and resolving discrepancies and addressing missing data; may oversee core lab activities and more complex components of the trial.

• Contributes to the development of clinical protocols, case report forms, and other study materials through cross-functional collaboration and scientific input.

• Contributes to scientific publications and presentations through analysis and interpretation of clinical study data.

• Maintains expertise in regulations for applicable geographies and types of studies (IDE, non-significant risk, feasibility, exempt, etc.). Serves as a resource related to clinical trial regulations.

• Mentors and trains new employees.

• Demonstrates leadership within their smaller organization and provides general leadership direction.

• Seeks out opportunities to demonstrate skills and knowledge base to senior leaders.

• Provides scientific and clinical support to contract research organizations (CROs), as needed.

• Ensures timely collection of study documentation by obtaining, maintaining and controlling all necessary records and documentation according to procedures and regulations.

• Establishes and cultivates a network of internal resources to facilitate completion of tasks.

• Individual influence is exerted at various levels across the team.

• Completes daily work to meet established schedule through self-prioritization of tasks.

• May exercise authority within pre-established limits and approval.

• Failure to obtain results or erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in serious delays and considerable expenditure of resources.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required Experience:

• Bachelors Degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

• Minimum 4 year related work experience with a solid understanding of specified functional area.

• 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.

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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 base pay for this position is

$78,000.00 – $156,000.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Clinical Affairs / Statistics

DIVISION:

AVD Vascular

LOCATION:

United States > Minnesota > St. Paul : 1225 Old Highway 8 NW

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting 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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