Location: Abbott Park,IL, USA
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 114,000colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Senior Medical Writer
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.
Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
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.
The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our rapidly growing clinical team within the Structural Heart division. The Senior Medical Writer will be responsible for producing podium presentations, scientific publications, and clinical study reports for global regulatory submission using clinical data sets. The work will directly support evidence generation for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) program. This position will work collaboratively with clinical scientists, biostatisticians, marketing, and other cross-functional leads. This position will also play a supporting role in interacting with clinical trial investigators to ensure the successful execution of clinical strategies to meet corporate podium and publication goals.
What You'll Work On
Responsible and accountable for execution of podium presentations, scientific publications, clinical study report writing for regulatory submission in collaboration with clinical program director and scientists.
Ensure cross-functional alignment of prioritization of clinical evidence dissemination.
Effectively communicate information through the planning and execution of meetings and presentations and present recommendations to all stakeholders.
Ensure internal stakeholders are up to date on all activities supporting podium presentations (conference acceptances, presentation status) and publications status as well as clinical study report review.
Drive internal and external collaborators to meet submission deadlines for conferences and journal submissions.
Drive activities to meet the deadlines for internal approvals of clinical study reports for regulatory submissions.
Oversee responses to journal reviewers and ensure they are handled in a timely manner.
Ensure all data presented is cohesive and in alignment with Abbott standards.
Support publication committee activities (planning and strategy) for key trials.
Plays a key role in KOL management through strategic engagement while maintaining a collaborative relationship.
Develops and maintains current, in-depth, relevant functional knowledge (such as scientific and technical aspects) of projects in support of the business on a global basis.
Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
Prioritization across teams to ensure strategic goals/milestones within Clinical Affairs are met.
Works with stakeholders to define business questions, requirements, timelines, objectives, and success criteria to address the need.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred; degree in science, medicine, or a similar discipline is highly preferred.
Minimum of 5+ years of related work experience in clinical trials/medical writing
Preferred Qualifications
Cardiovascular and structural heart knowledge is a plus.
* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.
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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.
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The base pay for this position is $72,700.00 – $145,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.