Senior Preclinical Interventionalist

About the role

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. This position works out of our Plymouth, MN division in the EP division in R&D. As the Senior Preclinical Interventionalist, you will support our EP product development team focused on delivering the future in diagnostic, imaging, and ablation therapy catheters and EP capital equipment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert for appropriate use of EP products during preclinical study execution.
• Train co-workers and physician customers in the preclinical environment.
• Provide feedback and insight on clinical workflows and clinical use of EP products to product teams.
• Support development of risk management documentation.
• Design, conduct/supervise, and support bench and preclinical studies for product concept feasibility and formal regulatory submission.
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct empirical and experimental analysis.
• Organize and analyze data from experiments or design builds and write reports on results.
• Conduct research and prepare research tasks.
• Document work suitable for technical papers and patents.
• Participate in project design reviews and project planning.
• Track performance against plan; develop plan in conjunction with technical supervisor.
• Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, biological sciences, medical/clinical science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years' experience as a preclinical interventionalist, experience with cardiac electrophysiology devices preferred.
• Experience working within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels of the organization.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Strong technical leadership skills including the ability to coach and mentor less experienced employees.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and meet deadlines in timely manner.
• Ability to travel 10 — 25%.

Qualifications

• Experience working as a study director in a preclinical setting, preferably with cardiac electrophysiology devices.
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred.
• Medical device industry experience.
• Ability to plan, execute, analyze, and document individual scientific studies.