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abbott lists this Senior Therapy Development Specialist opportunity in workfromhome, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
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, 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 lab procedures and protocol.
Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
Multitasks, prioritizes, and meets deadlines in a timely manner.
Strong organizational, leadership and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
Ability to travel based on business need for 30% of the time.
Demonstrated knowledge of cardiac medical procedures.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
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.
JOB FAMILY:
Medical & Scientific Affairs
DIVISION:
SH Structural Heart
LOCATION:
United States of America : Remote
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes, 50 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday), Lift, carry, push or pull weights of more than 20 pounds/9 kilos on a regular/daily basis
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