What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Clinical Research Prog Mgr position at Medtronic?
The Senior Clinical Research Program Manager is responsible for establishing and leading global clinical evidence strategy in Neuromodulation Brain Therapies. This position has broad responsibility for owning and executing Deep Brain Stimulation clinical research activities, including setting, and executing an evidence strategy, clinical care pathway evidence generation, evaluating physician-initiated research, and ensuring strategic alignment to business needs. Primarily, the program manager role will focus on evidence for Deep Brain Stimulation and related new technology. The objective is to provide thought and people leadership, and to support the development of new methods to demonstrate the efficacy of DBS therapies. This position closely collaborates with leading researchers at top healthcare institutions and regulatory agencies.
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Neuromodulation
Our vision is to become the undisputed world leader in Neuromodulation, improving patient lives through innovative solutions. Our therapies span the care continuum; from early interventional procedures to implantable surgical technologies that relieve pain, restore function, and improve lives for our patients. We're committed to applying clinical and economic evidence and integrated technologies to our unmatched portfolio of therapies to develop healthcare solutions that increase patient access, improve the efficiency of procedures, and deliver successful patient outcomes.
We're committed to applying clinical and economic evidence and integrated technologies to our unmatched portfolio of therapies to develop healthcare solutions that increase patient access, improve the efficiency of procedures and deliver successful patient outcomes.
We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader — that’s why we make it a point to seek out, attract and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients. To learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at Medtronic Click Here
Location: Rice Creek, MN
Ability to travel up to 20%.
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Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Develop and execute clinical program strategy
- Drive clinical program strategies for new technology, regulatory and reimbursement approvals for Brain Therapies portfolio by designing and executing clinical studies
- Responsible for clinical research projects being on-time and within budget.
- Direct day-to-day activities for multiple work-streams with clear project plans, resourcing, status reporting and issue resolution
- Oversee clinical advisory boards to guide clinical strategy
- Review of physician-initiated research proposals to assess alignment with strategy
- Collaborate across functions including Clinical, Quality, Reimbursement & Health Economics Outcomes Research, Medical Safety and Medical Affairs, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs to ensure program execution to achieve business goals within regulatory requirements.
- Represent Clinical function on product development core teams
- Drive publication planning and evidence dissemination
- Responsible for Brain Therapies publication planning and evidence dissemination strategy in collaboration with healthcare economics, global portfolio, and marketing functions
- Prepare manuscripts and presentations on clinical studies and/or scientific reports
- Partner with KOLs and review literature to identify unmet needs and define evidence gaps.
- Develop clinical messaging and presentation materials for external audiences at conferences
- Review and develop regulatory documents to ensure alignment with MDR strategy like Clinical Evidence Plan (CEP), PMCF plan, PMCF report, Clinical Evaluation Report (CER)
To be considered for this role, the minimum requirements must be evident on your resume.
• Bachelor’s degree required with 7 years of clinical research/strategy/program/project management experience or advanced degree with 5 years of clinical research/strategy/program/project management experience
Nice to Have
• Advanced degree in science or professional degree (DVM, Ph.D., PharmD, M.D.).
• Demonstrated strong competency for strategy development, study design and analysis, including experience developing presentation materials, publications, and evidence dissemination tools.
• Ability to analyze complex issues and significantly improve existing analytic methods.
• Experience developing and maintaining project plans for multiple projects and provide weekly and/or monthly status reporting to upper management.
• Proficiency in clinical research study processes and study design; Good Clinical Practices and regulatory standards
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)
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