Sr Principal Clinical Scientist

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Senior Principal Clinical Scientist

Working at Abbott 

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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. 

·         Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO 

·         An excellent retirement savings plan with a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.  

 

The Opportunity  

This position works out of our St. Paul, MN location, supporting transfemoral transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TF TMVR). The Senior Principal Clinical Scientist will lead scientific activities associated with the design, conduct, and reporting of clinical trials for this therapeutic area. Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease. 

 

What You’ll Work On: 

This position will work closely with the clinical study team including project management, biostatistics, data management, and other clinical study personnel. This position will have significant interaction with leadership and regulatory authorities. Furthermore, this position will require you to execute job responsibilities within the corporate policies and standard operating procedures. Additionally: 

 

·       Develops, writes, or mentors others in creation of clinical strategy, risk management, or clinical evaluation planning for products and process changes, to gain regulatory approval for product release and additional claims or indications, by addressing issues from a clinical, medical, and scientific perspective and by interacting with appropriate personnel. 

·       Develops, writes, or mentors others in generation of study-related documents and/or contributes 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. 

·       Designs or mentor's others in the design of clinical trials and studies in collaboration with internal stake holders including clinical project management, clinical operations, biostatistics data management, regulatory affairs, medical affairs, and external stake holders including steering committees, study leadership and publication committees.