Senior Clinical Research Manager - Pain Intervention - Fridley, MN
MedtronicAbout the role
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
Join Medtronic’s Neuromodulation and Pelvic Health team as a Senior Clinical Research Manager, where you’ll oversee the team which drives the clinical evidence generation and dissemination strategy to support therapy innovation, adoption, and access. This is a high-impact, management role that bridges science, strategy, and execution, developing publication planning strategy and incorporating AI and real-world evidence (RWE) to transform patient outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Leads development and execution of clinical evidence for both local and global studies, manages clinical evidence generation over all Pain and Interventional therapies products (SCS, TDD, and Interventional).
Evidence generated must be scientifically valid, meet all relevant reimbursement and regulatory requirements and be conducted within ethical guidelines.
Evidence generation must be a fair assessment of the safety and effectiveness of the tested product (s), as well as patient reported outcomes, including but not limited to quality of life and satisfaction.
Represents Medtronic from a clinical research perspective within the country / region and also collects feedback from local customers and authorities.
Builds and maintains a strong network and close relationship with the various internal and external parties.
Oversees strong communication with internal and external stakeholders as it relates to evidence development and strategic evidence dissemination.
Strategic Leadership & Evidence Planning
Translate business and therapy strategies into clinical evidence plans to enable clinical insights which drive evidence generation
Support product lifecycle alignment with R&D, Regulatory, HEOR, Marketing, and Clinical Affairs
Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with key opinion leaders and scientific advisors to generate high-quality, high-impact evidence
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive timely, impactful dissemination
Ensure regional evidence needs are captured and incorporated into global strategy
Management
Performs management duties for the Pain Therapies clinical evidence team
Ensures team achieves committed deliverables
QUALIFICATION (Must Have):
Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of clinical research, strategy, or program management experience
OR advanced degree with 3+ years of clinical research, strategy, or program management experience
3+ years of leadership experience in a healthcare setting, ideally in medical devices or regulated clinical research
PREFERRED QUALIFICATION:
Master’s degree (MS, MPH, MBA) or PhD in life sciences, engineering, or public health
Knowledge of neuromodulation, pain, or neuroscience therapy areas
Experience influencing upstream pipeline and downstream reimbursement/market access strategy
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation p
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