Director, Medical Affairs; Remote

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• 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 high employer contribution
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Abbott Heart Failure (HF) delivers devices for patients living with heart failure in the areas of hemodynamic monitoring and mechanical circulatory support. Medical affairs of Abbott HF is seeking to hire a director who will join a team of medical specialist dedicated to all medical aspects of safe and effective device heart failure treatment. The director will report to the Chief Medical Officer.

The Director of Medical Affairs will provide daily business operations support related to product development and clinical research, product quality, compliance, commercial/marketing activities and customer interactions. The director assists the Chief Medical Officer in being medical representative of Abbott HF to external regulatory agencies and professional societies.

The Medical Director

• Develops medical opinions, medical platform documents and Health Hazard Assessments.
• Provides medical input for promotional and commercial activities as requested.
• Serves as medical representative on Risk Evaluation teams.
• Assists investigation teams by providing medical input as needed.
• Responsible for updating medical affairs procedural documents and submitting change requests when needed.
• Provides medical support for MDR reporting when needed.
• Provides initial medical input for quality/regulatory customer communications, technical bulletins and quality directives.
• Engages with direct customer interactions with medical content as needed.
• Regionally responsible for Investigator Initiated Study and Research Grant programs.
• Provides input or content to professional education activities.
• Responsible for engaging in and documenting off-label discussions.
• Assists the Chief Medical Officer in KOL and professional society engagement.
• Provides medical input to new product development

An MD is strongly preferred for this role, but a PhD in a relevant area would be considered. A minimum of 5 years of clinical experience including in CV medicine would be clinical research, including interpretation and presentation would be expected. Strong presentation skills required.

Up to 70 % travel should be expected.

Enjoy a competitive base salary plus exciting bonus opportunities and long-term incentives designed to recognize your success.

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