Director Field Clinical & Patient Screening Programs

Abbott Laboratories; Illinois; On-site; USD 149,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Education benefits

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Director Field Clinical & Patient Screening Programs for field-based leadership of TMVR clinical studies. You will oversee staffing, training, and budget development, while ensuring compliant trial conduct and positive patient outcomes.

You will lead patient screening and selection using medical imaging analyses and other materials to support TMVR enrollments, and present updates to Sr. Leadership and investigators, collaborating with Clinical Operations, Regulatory, and

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Healthcare, or related field with 7+ years of relevant experience OR Bachelor's degree with 9+ years of experience.
• Significant experience supporting complex structural heart clinical programs, including TMVR technologies, studies, and procedures.
• Proven ability to build, lead, and scale field clinical teams in investigational medical device programs.

Responsibilities

• Leads the Field Clinical function for TMVR clinical studies, including program development, staffing, training, budgeting and accountability.
• Leads patient screening and selection function for TMVR studies using analysis of medical imaging data and other materials to support trial enrollments.
• Develops and reviews clinical research protocols, reports and statistical analysis plans.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical program mgmt

Cross-functional leadership

Budgeting

Regulatory knowledge

Clinical trials

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Opportunity

The Director Field Clinical & Patient Screening Programs provides strategic and operational leadership for field-based clinical teams supporting TMVR programs. This role ensures safe, effective, and compliant clinical trial support while enabling training, exceptional case conduct and positive patient outcomes. To achieve these objectives the position is accountable for staffing, budget and policy recommendations. The position partners closely with Clinical Operations, Clinical Science, Quality, Regulatory, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Training, and Commercial functions.

This is a field based role.

Division: Structural Heart - 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

• Leads the Field Clinical function for TMVR clinical studies. Typical responsibilities include program development, staffing, training (team and clinical sites) and budget development and accountability.
• Leads the Patient screening and selection function for TMVR clinical studies. Typical responsibilities include developing the required patient specific analysis to enable patient selection for TMVR studies, based on complex review of medical imaging data, as well as other materials to support trial enrollments.
• Participates in the development and review of clinical research protocols, reports and statistical analysis plans.
• Typically acts as senior point of contact with respect to Clinical Investigators and site research staff.
• Establishes and monitors standardized operating models, policies, and performance metrics for Field Clinical & Patient Screening support
• Ensure compliance with FDA, ISO, MDR, and global regulatory requirements
• Collaborate with Clinical Science to provide input and ensure alignment to approved clinical strategies and evidence.
• Provides accurate, timely, and consistent clinical data and program updates to key stakeholders.
• Requires knowledge of disease state and device usage.
• Present study updates to Sr. Leadership, Investigators and other key stakeholders.

Requied Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Healthcare, or a related field with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience; or
• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Healthcare, or a related field with a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience.
• Significant experience supporting complex structural heart clinical programs, including direct experience with Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) technologies, clinical studies, and procedures.
• Demonstrated success building, leading, and scaling high-performing field clinical teams supporting investigational medical device programs, including developing organizational capabilities, governance, and standardized operating processes.
• Strong understanding of structural heart disease, transcatheter valve therapies, advanced cardiac imaging, and anatomical patient screening and selection.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clinical investigators, physician leaders, and research sites, including navigating complex clinical decisions, investigator expectations, and enrollment challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional clinical programs, drive operational excellence, and ensure consistent execution in highly regulated clinical trial environments.
• Strong strategic leadership, communication, and organizational management skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership, develop managers, and lead geographically dispersed teams.
• Experience developing and managing budgets, staffing plans, and operational performance metrics to achieve clinical program objectives.

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.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• 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 base pay for this position is $149,300.00 – $298,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.