Director, Medical Affairs

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:

Director, Medical Affairs

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Abbott Point of Care is a global leader in providing critical medical diagnostic and data management products for rapid blood analysis that are intuitive, reliable, and cost-effective.  Our i-STAT System is an advanced, portable diagnostic tool that provides real-time, lab-quality results within minutes to accelerate patient-care decision-making. The i-STAT System has the industry’s most comprehensive menu of tests in a single platform, including tests for blood gases, electrolytes, chemistries, coagulation, hematology, glucose, cardiac markers, and traumatic brain injury. By delivering lab-quality results in minutes, our i-STAT System fosters a collaborative, patient-centered environment while driving improved operational performance.

Our location in Princeton, NJ currently has an opportunity for a Director of Medical Affairs, Americas. The Director of Medical Affairs, Americas oversees the day-to-day running of, and strategic leadership for, the Medical Sciences Liaison (MSL) team, as well as representing Medical Affairs internally & externally. The MSL team members each have specific roles geographically, acting as liaisons between the commercial team and clinicians/customers for the entire Point of Care portfolio.

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 you dream of .

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

• 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.

What You'll Work On

• Reporting directly to the Sr. Director, Global Medical & Scientific Affairs (GMSA), Abbott Point of Care

• Contribution to global Medical & Scientific Affairs strategy in conjunction with Directors of EMEA and APAC Medical Affairs

• People and project management: Ensures MSL team members update and maintain all required databases with current and complete information, including appropriate documentation of customer interactions and responses to medical information requests and/or unsolicited off-label inquiries/discussions.

• Management of Medical Affairs activities within assigned budget, appropriately allocating resources as requested to support Abbott and APOC business key initiatives

• Insuring the cross functional integration of the MSL team at the field level to maximize execution of strategic initiatives. · Ensures team member adherence to regulatory and compliance guidelines in all aspects of scientific dissemination of information

• Cross-functional collaboration/interaction with Clinical Affairs, R&D, Regulatory, Quality, OEC, Legal, Global Marketing & Commercial teams

• Understanding of, and respect for, different viewpoints from the perspective of both internal and external stakeholders/customers and ability to manage and resolve conflict

• Support for the Sr. Director of GMSA, including representing Medical Affairs & the company at professional