Abbott

Director, Medical Affairs

Abbott

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $171,300 - $342,700 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Serve as a medical authority and strategic partner across Abbott HF programs, contributing expert clinical insight throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Provide medical leadership and expert opinion across product development, clinical research, post‑market surveillance, quality, and compliance activities.
  • Develop and maintain medical assessments, including medical platform documents, health hazard assessments, and risk/benefit evaluations.
  • Serve as the medical representative on risk evaluation and investigation teams, contributing clinical judgment to quality and safety initiatives.
  • Support clinical research activities, including Investigator‑Initiated Studies (IIS) and Research Grant programs, with regional responsibility.
  • Provide medical input to regulatory, quality, and field communications, including technical bulletins, customer letters, and quality directives.
  • Partner with commercial and marketing teams by providing appropriate medical insight for promotional activities in accordance with regulatory and compliance standards.
  • Engage directly with customers, investigators, and internal stakeholders on medical and scientific questions, including appropriately documented off‑label discussions.
  • Contribute to professional education programs, scientific exchange, and congress activity.
  • Assist the Chief Medical Officer with key opinion leader (KOL) engagement and interactions with professional societies and external stakeholders.
  • Support new product development by providing medical input on clinical strategy, usability, and patient impact.

Requirements

  • MD.
  • Minimum 5 years of clinical experience, including meaningful exposure to cardiovascular medicine.
  • Heart‑failure–focused clinical experience is highly desirable.
  • Strong scientific communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage credibly with clinicians, researchers, and internal partners.
  • Ability to work effectively in a matrixed, cross‑functional environment.
  • Up to 70% travel is expected, primarily for clinical, scientific, and stakeholder engagement.
Benefits
  • 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.
  • 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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
clinical researchmedical assessmentsrisk/benefit evaluationsquality compliancemedical inputclinical strategyusability evaluationpatient impact assessmentinvestigator-initiated studieshealth hazard assessments
Soft Skills
scientific communicationpresentation skillsstakeholder engagementcross-functional collaborationclinical judgmentleadershipstrategic partnershipcustomer engagementprofessional educationKOL engagement
Certifications
MD