Clinical Research Specialist - NV - Irvine, CA OR Fridley, MN (Onsite)
About The Position
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 As one of three comprehensive portfolios at Medtronic, Neuroscience is dedicated to improving the lives of people living with neurological disorders, spine conditions, and chronic pain. Guided by our Mission—to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—we develop technologies and therapies that help people regain function, reduce pain, and return to the activities that matter most. Our Neurovascular Operating Unit develops and delivers advanced, minimally invasive endovascular technologies for the treatment of acute ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, brain aneurysms, and other complex cerebrovascular conditions. Through catheters, stent retrievers, flow diversion, and embolization systems, these solutions enable rapid, image-guided interventions that restore blood flow, secure vessels, and support consistent performance in high-acuity neurovascular procedures. We are currently looking for a Clinical Research Specialist (Clinical Scientist) to join our Neurovascular Clinical Sciences, Strategy, and Communications team. In this exciting role you will be responsible for developing clinical, scientific, and regulatory documents while working in a cross-functional team in accordance with the highest quality standards. This is a dynamic opportunity where, in addition to medical writing activities, you will also be involved in global clinical development activities and clinical strategy for NV products.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline with minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, OR Advanced degree with 0 years of relevant experience
- U.S. work authorization
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in biomedical sciences or other relevant technical disciplines is highly preferred
- Experience with clinical trials, clinical/medical/scientific writing
- Experience with medical devices (especially Neurovascular or other vascular devices).
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate on clinical strategy and author clinical documents including but not limited to clinical study protocols, clinical study reports, clinical evaluation plans/reports, annual progress reports, clinical risk benefit analyses, and clinical marketing materials.
- Develop and maintain strong scientific knowledge of the therapeutic area, disease state, and current competitive landscape, with the ability to co-author key clinical deliverables/sections of regulatory submissions, including regulatory responses.
- Develop a deep understanding of clinical data: how to interpret and effectively communicate/present the data, summarize complex results, and presenting them in a clear, concise, and scientifically accurate manner to a wide-range of audiences.
- Conduct thorough scientific literature reviews and clinical evidence mapping, prepare literature reviews or presentations for external and internal stakeholders, or for regulatory submissions.
- Assist with the execution of publication strategies in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., physician investigators, KOLs).
- Participate in the periodic reviews of recent scientific publications/conference presentations relevant to business, draft article summaries for distribution to key stakeholders.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as marketing, sales, clinical, R&D, HE&R, Quality, Compliance and Regulatory as needed.
- May represent clinical on core teams for new product development and/or product expansions.
- Plan, direct, and drive multiple business critical projects in parallel to completion on time with independence.
- For all documents: author/co-author drafts, coordinate and manage the review process, lead discussions on document revision, revise documents per comments from external and internal reviewers, and ensure timely approvals from all reviewers.
Benefits
- 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
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- 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)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
