Senior Therapy Development Specialist

Abbott; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HIP PPO medical plan

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

FreeU education benefit

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Senior Therapy Development Specialist for the Southeast region. This remote role focuses on developing relationships with physicians and site stakeholders to meet clinical trial enrollment objectives, streamline patient screening, and support therapy development within the Structural Heart team.

You will work with the clinical study team, including the medical director and project management, to ensure enrollment targets are met and to educate site personnel on trial

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of related work experience in field-based medical device roles.
• Sales and clinical research (field clinical affairs) experience is a significant plus.
• Familiarity with Structural Heart and cardiac catheterization.

Responsibilities

• Define strategies to drive enrollment at clinical trial sites within assigned territory.
• Establish regular touch points with site investigators and research teams.
• Develop relationships with cardiologists and surgeons.
• Gather data on patient pipeline and track enrollment progress.
• Coordinate communication to prioritize enrollment activities at sites.
• Maintain up-to-date product and clinical trial knowledge and participate in education programs.

Skills

Relationship building

Enrollment strategy

Educational programs

Clinical research

Medical device knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree required

Advanced degree preferred ( sciences / medicine )

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Senior Therapy Development Specialist - Southeast Region

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 Opportunity

This is a remote position that is part of our Structural Heart team.

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist

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.

The Senior Therapy Development Specialist is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key physicians and site-specific stakeholders to achieve clinical trial enrollment objectives for the Northeast Region. This individual will be streamlining the patient screening process at participating sites, conducting referral and educational activities to support therapy development.

This position will work closely within the clinical study team including the medical director, program and project management, and other clinical study personnel as well as the commercial team. This position will also have significant interaction with investigators, research coordinators, physician assistants, and nurses. This position will be required to execute their job responsibilities within the corporate policies and standard operating procedures.

What You'll Work On

• Define strategies to drive enrollment at clinical trial sites within assigned territory to meet enrolment targets.
• Establish regular touch points with site investigators and research teams to elevate trial visibility, reinforce trial enrollment, streamline patient screening activities, support site teams with tools and best practices to qualify trial candidates, identify and address barriers to enrollment and coordinate with cross-functional team to ensure clinical site productivity.
• Implement escalation plans for clinical trial sites as appropriate.
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders including cardiologist and surgeons, identify and utilize key customer networks to bridge gaps across clinics.
• Gather data on patient pipeline, track enrollment progress and identify trends in customer, research staff, and other clinical trial stakeholder needs.
• Facilitate clinical trial awareness activities to support site investigators including organizing referral meetings with general cardiologists and primary care physicians to generate education and awareness for the trial. Utilize analytical tools to assist with referral activity planning.
• Engage with site investigators, research teams and hospital public affairs to raise clinical trial awareness with neighboring hospitals through newsletters, banners, social media tools.
• Coordinate communication to prioritize enrollment activities at the site and to ensure excellent procedural outcomes are achieved.
• Maintain up-to-date product and clinical trial knowledge and actively participate in education programs.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned, which may include taking calls on evenings and weekends for time-sensitive patient and customer needs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred. Degree in the sciences, medicine, nursing, or similar discipline highly preferred.
• Minimum of 8+ years of related work experience with a complete understanding of specified functional area, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Significant experience in a field-based role in the medical device industry. Experience with both sales and clinical research (particularly field clinical affairs) is a significant plus.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and/or facilitate educational programs to healthcare professionals.
• Familiarity with Structural Heart, and cardiac catheterization la