Associate Director, Real-World Evidence, Global Data Science & Analytics (GDSA) (on-site)

Abbott • Santa Clara, CA

2d • $148,700 - $297,300 • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott is a global healthcare leader dedicated to helping people live more fully at all stages of life. The company offers a portfolio of life-changing technologies across diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines, serving people in over 160 countries. The Medical Devices division, with significant revenue, is a leader in managing and treating chronic conditions. This role is within the Global Data Science & Analytics (GDSA) team, specifically supporting the Vascular business unit. The Associate Director will oversee activities related to real-world evidence (RWE) generation and data analytics projects. The position involves leading and executing projects that produce impactful RWE and insights on medical device technology, disease states, and healthcare economics, while also supporting digital health and data science initiatives. The role requires working with diverse real-world data, developing innovative analysis and presentation methods, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to define business needs, develop strategies, identify data sources and analytic methods, and execute projects. The Associate Director will lead cross-functional teams and interact with key opinion leaders, physicians, regulators, and payers to support healthcare decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 10 years related work experience.
• Clinical evidence generation experience.

Nice To Haves

• Ph.D. and 10+ years of experience or MS and 15+ years of experience in biomedical engineering, health/biomedical sciences, epidemiology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, public health or related field.
• 10 years working experience with progressive roles in clinical research, biomedical research, health economics and outcomes research, or data science in healthcare.
• Experience leading teams, managing projects, and making effective decisions.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with proven ability to prepare protocols and/or scientific manuscripts.
• Strong knowledge of statistical methods.
• Ability to come up with innovative data analysis and presentation strategies.
• Experience with analytical software tools such as R, SAS, Python, SQL.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Databricks is a plus.
• Knowledge of coronary and peripheral vascular medical devices a plus.
• IDE, risk management, and/or clinical evaluation experience.
• Management experience in other clinical operations and/or regulatory affairs positions.
• Global experience.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing activities within the Global Data Science & Analytics team related to the Vascular business unit.
• Leading and executing data analytics projects that generate impactful real-world evidence and insights related to medical device technology, relevant disease states, and healthcare economics.
• Supporting digital health and data science initiatives.
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to identify business needs, develop strategy, identify appropriate data sources and analytic methods, and execute projects on specified timelines.
• Leading a cross-functional team of clinical researchers, analysts, data scientists, and data engineers in project planning and execution.
• Interacting with key opinion leaders in the healthcare space, including physicians, regulators, and payors.
• Collaborating with counterparts across functional domains to understand business needs and develop strategy, with the ultimate goal of reducing the burden of clinical trials by generating clinical and economic evidence with the use of real-world data.
• Overseeing analyses using varied healthcare data types, including electronic health records, hospital administrative data, and insurance claims data.
• Serving as a subject matter expert for real-world evidence studies across the business.
• Partnering with leaders in clinical affairs, regulatory, medical affairs and marketing for project selection and prioritization.
• Communicating with regulatory agencies and payer organizations on real-world evidence studies.
• Cultivating relationships with key opinion leaders in the healthcare industry.
• Preparing and overseeing preparation of conference presentations and scientific manuscripts.
• Preparing and overseeing preparation of real-world evidence protocols and reports for regulatory agencies.
• Leading digital health and data science initiatives that deliver clinical and business insights.
• Managing timelines and deliverables for a portfolio of projects.
• Serving as a functional manager to scientists and analysts.

Benefits

• 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 student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager