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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.

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

+ 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

+ Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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

This Medical Director will provide medical and scientific leadership for all activities throughout the product lifecycle. She or he will lead strategic programs for post-market vigilance and medical device reporting (MDR) to assure identification of important safety concerns/issues are evaluated and reported correctly and meet regulatory requirements. They will lead strategic improvement of clinical research practices to prepare for successful outcomes and emerging regulations. This Medical Director will provide leadership in ensuring that adequate medical input is incorporated into product development processes, field actions decisions and any other post-market surveillance activities.

What You’ll Work On

_Main Responsibilities:_

+ Provide strategic review and input to current and emerging medical and/or safety issues related to Abbott products.

+ Provide strategy and input to ensure that medical and clinical perspectives are incorporated into product design and throughout the product lifecycle.

+ Provide strategic leadership for medical personnel across Infectious Disease business.

+ Provide business support and consultation as needed for medical activities, including compliance issues, preparation for and participation in external inspections, and process improvement activities.

+ Provide medical review for corporate advertising and promotional materials. Represent Abbott on key outside committees (e.g., AdvaMed).

_Accountabilities:_

+ Works to facilitate and support medical, clinical, product development risk management, field actions and vigilance/MDR reporting compliance-related activities.

+ Must evaluate ' product development risk management, clinical operations, customer complaints, field actions and post-market vigilance reports to assist the businesses in making judgments and assessments regarding patient safety, risk management, Bio-Ethics and compliance. This requires careful balancing of risk versus benefit, and the ability to recommend strategies for remediation of potential gaps, often under a number of constraints.

+ Must evaluate and analyze external data to identify industry and regulatory trends; compare the external trends with the internal Abbott data; use the outcomes of the analyses to assess division performance and assist in the development of improvement plans to ensure that they are appropriately implemented.

+ Work mostly independently but will require some oversight/guidance.

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree.

+ MD degree with specialty training in Internal Medicine, General Practice, or other discipline relevant to Abbott devise/diagnostic businesses.

+ Minimum 10 years of experience in relevant device/diagnostic/pharmaceutical/nutritional industry, or equivalent experience from a related industry.

+ Ability to make good decisions in a timely manner based on the available information.

+ Able to demonstrate a high level of strategic thinking, business acumen and influence with fact-based information.

+ Ability to effect change via influence rather than direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Board certification and experience in clinical practice preferred.

+ Expert knowledge and experience in Abbott systems and procedures is desirable.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

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 $168,000.00 – $336,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email [email protected]