Director, Medical Affairs

Abbott; Illinois; Remote; USD 168,000 - 336,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Free medical coverage options

Excellent retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement benefits

Job summary

A global healthcare leader is seeking a Director of Medical Affairs to support product development and clinical research. This role requires an MD or relevant PhD, with at least 5 years of clinical experience in cardiovascular medicine. The director will engage in medical support for various activities and interact with external agencies. The position is remote with up to 70% travel expected, offering a competitive salary range of $168,000 to $336,000.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience including in cardiovascular medicine.
• 1-2 years of industry experience preferred.
• Significant experience with clinical research is expected.

Responsibilities

• Develop medical opinions and platform documents.
• Provide medical input for promotional activities.
• Serve as a medical representative on Risk Evaluation teams.
• Engage in customer interactions with medical content.

Skills

Clinical experience in CV medicine

Strong presentation skills

Medical research interpretation

Education

MD or PhD in a relevant area

Job description

Base pay range: $168,000.00/yr - $336,000.00/yr

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.

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.
• 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 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.

The Opportunity Abbott Heart Failure (HF) delivers devices for patients living with heart failure in the areas of hemodynamic monitoring and mechanical circulatory support. Medical affairs of Abbott HF is seeking to hire a director who will join a team of medical specialists dedicated to all medical aspects of safe and effective device heart failure treatment. The director will report to the Chief Medical Officer.

The Director of Medical Affairs will provide daily business operations support related to product development and clinical research, product quality, compliance, commercial/marketing activities and customer interactions. The director assists the Chief Medical Officer in being medical representative of Abbott HF to external regulatory agencies and professional societies.

What You’ll Work On

• Develops medical opinions, medical platform documents and Health Hazard Assessments.
• Provides medical input for promotional and commercial activities as requested.
• Serves as medical representative on Risk Evaluation teams.
• Assists investigation teams by providing medical input as needed.
• Responsible for updating medical affairs procedural documents and submitting change requests when needed.
• Provides medical support for MDR reporting when needed.
• Provides initial medical input for quality/regulatory customer communications, technical bulletins and quality directives.
• Engages with direct customer interactions with medical content as needed.
• Regionally responsible for Investigator Initiated Study and Research Grant programs
• Provides input or content to professional education activities
• Responsible for engaging in and documenting off-label discussions
• Assists the Chief Medical Officer in KOL and professional society engagement
• Provides medical input to new product development

Qualifications

An MD is strongly preferred for this role, but a PhD in a relevant area would be considered. A minimum of 5 years of clinical experience including in CV medicine would be required. A minimum of 1-2 industry experience would be preferred. Significant experience with clinical research, including interpretation and presentation would be expected. Strong presentation skills required.

The role is remote. Up to 70 % travel should be expected.

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The base pay for this position is $168,000.00 – $336,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.