[Hiring] Manager, TMVR Imaging Analysis @Abbott

Role Description

This position can be either remote or work out of our St Paul, MN location, supporting our Structural Heart medical device division. 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 TMVR Imaging Analysis Manager, you will lead the team that conducts imaging analysis in support of the patient selection and screening processes for clinical studies associated with Abbott Structural Heart Devices and Products, particularly Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR). The incumbent will work closely within the internal clinical study team, including:

• Clinical science
• Project management
• Field clinical affairs
• Medical affairs
• Biostatistics
• Study management
• Data management

This position will have significant interaction with executive leadership, physician investigators, and clinical operations teams.

What You’ll Work On

• Patient screening and selection for first-in-class Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR) clinical studies
• Developing the required patient-specific analysis to enable patient selection for TMVR studies, based on complex review of medical imaging data, as well as other materials to support trial enrollments
• Independently owning the image analysis process, end-to-end, from image acquisition to final patient suitability recommendations
• Proactively and critically examining ways to enhance overall clinical trial performance nationally and internationally
• Providing ongoing feedback concerning all aspects of study screening experience for the purpose of developing and implementing strategies that will contribute to organizational and corporate goals and objectives
• Collaborating with the internal core clinical study team and clinical sites to share best practices and develop capabilities to optimize patient screening and selection processes
• Complying with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments
• Assisting with design, development, and monitoring of clinical evaluation projects
• Mentoring and training image analysis team members to increase team productivity and achieve goals

Qualifications

• Bachelors’ degree in life sciences or related field
• Minimum 8 years related clinical and/or medical industry work experience with in-depth knowledge of structural heart, cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, and/or critical care medicine
• Strong working knowledge in heart valve replacement and repair, transcatheter structural heart technologies, computed tomography, echocardiography, cardiovascular hemodynamics, and heart failure medicine
• Significant experience utilizing image viewing and processing software for computed tomography (CT) and/or echocardiographic analysis
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems independently by considering input from multiple stakeholders
• Ability to both lead a team and act as a senior individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Demonstrated skill and tactfulness in working as a cross-functional team member
• Experience in clinical research studies collaborating with cross-functional clinical research partners, physicians, and other healthcare providers
• Well-organized and self-motivated with an ability to initiate and follow through on assignments

Requirements

• Ability to work collaboratively, internally and externally
• Ability to manage/prioritize multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment
• Ability to work in a group environment
• Ability to drive effective communication with a cross-functional team
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Highly analytical
• Strong interpersonal skills including influencing, negotiation, and teamwork skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience working in a clinical setting and being integrally involved in delivering care directly to patients
• A medical degree (e.g. Nursing, physician’s assistant, or MD) preferred

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 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