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

As an Echocardiography and Imaging Specialist, you will play a critical role in enhancing the quality, safety, and efficacy of clinical research and development projects. Your responsibilities will include providing expert echocardiography and imaging input to various teams, coordinating subject matter expert (SME) activities with the core echocardiography and CT lab, and executing clinical research education activities related to echocardiography.

Key duties will involve performing detailed analyses of imaging data, participating in the development of trial and research definitions specific to echocardiography, and reviewing trial protocols, case report forms (CRFs), and other relevant documents to ensure their appropriateness for echocardiography-related research. Your expertise will be essential in driving forward the clinical and research objectives of the organization.

We are excited to have an Echo Sonographer with experience in structural heart join our team as a Senior Clinical Research Specialist! Are you passionate, self-motivated and looking for a new challenge? Join Medtronic Structural Heart and Aortic team that works with mitral and tricuspid team creating superior therapies for patients with mitral and tricuspid valve disease.

Careers That Change Lives

In this exciting role as a Senior Clinical Research Specialist, you will play a critical role in enhancing the quality, safety, and efficacy of clinical research. Your responsibilities will include providing expert echocardiography and imaging input to various teams, coordinating subject matter expert (SME) activities with the core echocardiography and CT lab, and executing clinical research education activities related to echocardiography.

Key duties will involve performing detailed analyses of imaging data, participating in the development of trial and research definitions specific to echocardiography, and reviewing trial protocols, case report forms (CRFs), and other relevant documents to ensure their appropriateness for echocardiography-related research. Your expertise will be essential in driving forward the clinical and research objectives of the organization.

The Sr. Clinical Research Specialist also assist with study management duties for assigned clinical programs to evaluate performance, safety, and efficacy of products and to satisfy applicable regulatory standards and Medtronic internal requirements for clinical studies. You will work with the Clinical Management to satisfy applicable regulatory standards and Medtronic internal requirements for clinical studies.

The Structural Heart and Aortic integrated operating unit offer minimally invasive approaches to restore proper structure and function of the heart and the aorta. We focus on the transcatheter replacement or repair of the four heart valves—aortic, pulmonic, mitral, tricuspid—and the placement of stent grafts to treat aneurysms and dissections of the body’s largest artery, the aorta.  This role will be within the mitral and tricuspid clinical group. 

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident — we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions. To learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at Medtronic Click Here.

Primary location is Mounds View, MN; will consider remote position within the United States. Travel up to 20%.

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Provide echocardiography and imaging input to quality, safety, clinical research and research and development

• Develop and support educational materials to train sites on data quality and completeness

• Reviewing echo core lab reads during screening committee calls

• Perform pre-screening analysis

• Coordinate and work with echo and CT core labs supporting trials

• Execute clinical research education activities related to echocardiography

• Perform detailed analysis of imaging

• Participate in development of trial and research definitions related to echocardiography

• Review trial protocols, CRFs