Clinical Publication Manager

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:

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 Plymouth or Little Canada, MN location in EP 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 Publication Manager, you'll have the chance to lead scientific activities associated with the design, conduct, and reporting of clinical trials for this therapeutic area.

This position will participate in the development of clinical evidence to establish feasibility, achieve regulatory approvals, meet ongoing regulatory requirements, gain reimbursement, and support full commercial adoption of medical devices. You will support the analysis and interpretation of scientific data and write clinical study protocols, reports, and scientific publications. In this role, you will interact with physician Key Opinion Leaders and various cross-functional teams, including Marketing, R&D, Risk Management, Reimbursement, Medical Affairs, Quality and Regulatory Affairs. You will also interact with global regulatory agencies to obtain market approval of new products and study sites to train on study protocols, obtain Ethics Committee / IRB approval and respond to questions throughout the study.

What You’ll Work On

• Generate and execute study level publication projects.
• Publication lead for clinical-related abstracts, manuscripts, and other publications.
• Draft, critically edit, and finalize publications; working closely with clinical study scientists and investigators.
• Execute and summarize published literature for regulatory submissions, manuscripts, and other clinical documents.
• Facilitate communication between Sales and Marketing, R&D, Medical Affairs, and other internal stakeholders.
• Support Publication Committees, consisting of physician Key Opinion Leaders globally.
• Prepare clinical study results presentations for internal audiences, conferences, and investigator meetings.
• Prepare clinical study reports or report sections.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated scientific writing ability with 5+ years of primary-authored publications on clinical topics.
• Ability to plan and organize project assignments of substantial variety and complexity.
• Ability to be innovative, resourceful, and work with minimal direction.
• Excellent organization, problem solving, and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in the sciences, medicine, or similar discipline.
• Experience in the medical device industry.
• Experience working in a quality system environment preferred.