Professional Education Compliance Lead-Cardiac Rhythm Management

Abbott Laboratories; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 87,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in Austin, TX is seeking a Professional Education Compliance Lead for the Cardiac Rhythm Management division. This onsite role focuses on overseeing regulatory compliance for professional education programs involving physician engagement and payments.

The position partners with Legal, Finance, Medical Affairs, and Education teams to ensure adherence to US and global requirements, with strong emphasis on anti-kickback, open payments, and industry codes.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in business, healthcare, marketing, compliance, legal studies, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience in compliance, legal, medical affairs, marketing, or professional education within life sciences.
• Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industries is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead compliance aspects of professional education activities and contracts.
• Oversee compliant engagement, contracting, and payment of physicians for education, training, and consulting activities.
• Manage budgets, proof of performance, and timely payments for physician engagements.
• Oversee tracking, documentation, transparency reporting, and transfers of value for physician payments.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate compliance risks related to professional education programs.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance policies, SOPs, and internal controls related to physician engagements, payments, and programs.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Healthcare industry know-how

Legal affairs familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

FMV determinations

Job description

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, 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

The Professional Education Compliance Lead is based out of Austin, TX position within the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division.

This is a fully onsite role.

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.

The Professional Education Compliance Lead is responsible for overseeing all compliance aspects of professional education programs involving physician engagement and payment. This role ensures adherence to U.S. and global regulatory requirements and internal policies, and serves as a key partner to the Office of Ethics and Compliance, Legal, Finance, Medical Affairs, and Education teams. This role will also be serving as a lead for professional education programs as needed.

What You’ll Work On

• Lead and oversee all compliance aspects of professional education activities, ensuring adherence to applicable medical device laws, regulations, and industry codes (e.g., Anti-Kickback Statute, Sunshine/Open Payments, AdvaMed Code).
• Oversee compliant engagement, contracting, and payment of physicians for education, training, and consulting activities, including generation and execution of contracts, FMV determinations, speaker training completion, and payment methodologies.
• Manage budgets, proof of performance, and timely payments for physician engagements;
• Oversee tracking, documentation, transparency reporting, and transfers of value for physician payments, including review and approval of all physician invoices, honoraria, and reimbursements in accordance with company and division guidelines.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate compliance risks related to professional education programs, ensuring all activities are audit-ready; support audits, investigations, and corrective action initiatives as needed.
• Manage field compliance challenges
• Manage compliance for all U.S. physician engagements conducted outside the U.S. (OUS), partnering with OUS teams to ensure local compliance, documentation, proof of performance, and alignment with U.S. and local regulatory requirements, including cross-border agreements.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance policies, SOPs, and internal controls related to physician engagements, payments, and professional education programs
• Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Medical Affairs, Education, and external vendors to provide compliance guidance, training, and education and to ensure compliant execution of programs.
• Participate in broader professional education leadership initiatives, including strategic projects and process improvements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree- BA/BS in business, healthcare, marketing, compliance, legal studies, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 5 years
• Minimum 5 - 7 years of experience in compliance, legal, medical affairs, marketing, or professional education within the medical device, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industry

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The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 - $173,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.