Field Clinical Specialist

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.##
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* JOB DESCRIPTION:

**** Field Clinical Specialist
**** 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 position works in the Structural Heart division.

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.

As the
** Field Clinical Specialist**, along with your leadership team you will plan and manage multiple or complex/partnership cost center or Clinical Development Program(s) across all functional areas, within budget and timelines. Represent clinical development function at Advisories, interactions with Regulatory Agencies and for evaluation of business opportunities including due diligence. Actively participate in the conduct of clinical trials with participating staff and advisors, to determine appropriate patient selection, surgical planning, procedural detail, case summaries and other clinical data.
** What You’ll Work On
*** Responsible for financial oversight of contracts and expenses at a specified level, including budgetary management for cost centers or clinical programs. This encompasses setting strategic direction, creating and managing budgets, prioritizing initiatives, overseeing staff development, and ensuring accurate study budgeting, contract development and execution, as well as payment processing and expenditure tracking
* Effectively communicate clinical, product, and market information through strategic meetings, presentations, and technical discussions—presenting recommendations to leadership, supporting product marketing strategies, and linking data outcomes to key messaging.
* Participate in strategy development and execution for specified clinical area.
* Coordinate cross-functional teams to drive clinical program progress, ensuring timely achievement of strategic goals and milestones, while serving as the primary clinical resource for procedural support, troubleshooting, and in-service education on company products.
* Anticipate potential problems within a clinical program and create contingency plans accordingly.
* Elevate potential changes in regulatory or clinical environment to leadership.
* Critical review of vendor proposals and contracts to include CRO agreements to ensure program success.
* Program/development strategy/direct line management and research matrix management.
* Clinical operational representative for worldwide project team.
* Engage in daily collaboration with directors, project managers, and cross-functional teams—including finance—while coordinating logistics and providing technical support to site care teams as needed for case coverage.
* Manages internal organization/department within larger Clinical organization in a cross-functional environment.
* Train Surgeons, Interventional Cardiologists, catheter lab staff and…