Senior Clinical Research Specialist - Structural Heart (Finance)
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 13 May 2025
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
We are excited to have a Cardiac Echo Sonographer with experience in Structural Heart join our team as a Senior Clinical Research Specialist! Are you passionate, self-motivated and looking for a new challenge? Join Medtronic Structural Heart and Aortic team that works with Mitral and Tricuspid team creating superior therapies for patients with Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease.
Careers That Change Lives
In this exciting role as a Cardiac Echo Sonographer (Senior Clinical Research Specialist), you will play a critical role in enhancing the quality, safety, and efficacy of clinical research. Your responsibilities will include providing expert echocardiography and imaging input to various teams, coordinating subject matter expert (SME) activities with the core echocardiography and CT lab, and executing clinical research education activities related to echocardiography.
Key duties will involve performing detailed analyses of imaging data, participating in the development of trial and research definitions specific to echocardiography, and reviewing trial protocols, case report forms (CRFs), and other relevant documents to ensure their appropriateness for echocardiography-related research. Your expertise will be essential in driving forward the clinical and research objectives of the organization.
The Cardiac Echo Sonographer will also assist with study management duties for assigned clinical programs to evaluate performance, safety, and efficacy of products and to satisfy applicable regulatory standards and Medtronic internal requirements for clinical studies. You will work with the Clinical Management to satisfy applicable regulatory standards and Medtronic internal requirements for clinical studies.
The Structural Heart and Aortic integrated operating unit offer minimally invasive approaches to restore proper structure and function of the heart and the aorta. We focus on the transcatheter replacement or repair of the four heart valves-aortic, pulmonic, mitral, tricuspid-and the placement of stent grafts to treat aneurysms and dissections of the body's largest artery, the aorta. This role will be within the mitral and tricuspid clinical group.
Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It's no accident - we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it's the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions. To learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at Medtronic Click Here .
Primary location is Mounds View, MN; will consider remote position within the United States. Travel up to 20%.
A Day in the Life
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Provide echocardiography and imaging input to quality, safety, clinical research and research and development
- Develop and support educational materials to train sites on data quality and completeness
- Reviewing echo core lab reads during screening committee calls
- Perform pre-screening analysis
- Coordinate and work with echo and CT core labs supporting trials
- Execute clinical research education activities related to echocardiography
- Perform detailed analysis of imaging
- Participate in development of trial and research definitions related to echocardiography
- Review trial protocols, CRFs and other documents for echocardiography related appropriateness
- Review patient data to ensure study protocol inclusion/exclusion criteria is met and patient is appropriate candidate for therapy
- Oversees, designs, plans and develops clinical evaluation research studies
- May be responsible for clinical supply operations, site and vendor selection
- Builds and maintains optimal relationships and effective collaborations with various internal and external parties (i.e., clinical site physicians, nurses, echocardiographers, sonographers, etc.)
- Assists with overall successful conduct of assigned clinical studies consistent with applicable regulations, guidelines, and policies
- Provides support and training for clinical study teams, physicians, and cross-functional partners to assure data integrity and protocol compliance. Assists in preparation of study materials and/or training and tracks and maintains study documentation.
- Performs data review, reviews data discrepancies, generates reports
- May interface with representatives from key functional groups including Product Development, Therapy Development, Manufacturing, Sales & Marketing, Distribution, and Regulatory Affairs
- Assists clinical management with other duties as requested
Must Have (Minimum Requirements):
To be considered for this role, the minimum requirements must be evident on your resume.
- Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 4 years of clinical research experience
OR
- Advanced degree with 2 years of clinical research experience
Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):
- Advanced Cardiac Sonographer Credentials strongly preferred
- Experience in CT and other multimodality imaging
- Experience in assisting echo in structural heart procedures
- Competent in advanced echo imaging modalities (3D, MPR, strain) in various pathologies
- Experience in training and education
- Degree in life sciences, or related medical/scientific field.
- Experience conducting/working on clinical studies and managing clinical trial data review
- Clinical Research experience at Medtronic or within a medical device industry in structural heart area
- Strong knowledge of clinical research methodologies, including study design, implementation, and reporting.
- Experience in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and/or regulatory compliance guidelines for clinical trials.
About Medtronic
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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 above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
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).
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
Learn more about our benefits at benefits.medtronic.com.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
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.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$105,600.00 - $158,400.00
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance , Health Savings Account , Healthcare Flexible Spending Account , Life insurance, Long-term disability leave , Dependent daycare spending account , Tuition assistance/reimbursement , and Simple Steps (global well-being program).
The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match , Short-term disability , Paid time off , Paid holidays , Employee Stock Purchase Plan , Employee Assistance Program , Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) , and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).
Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
Further details are available at the link below:
Medtronic benefits and compensation plans
About Medtronic
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Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here .
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