Clinical Site Lead – Atlanta, GA Territory

Abbott Laboratories • Atlanta, GA

13d • $61,300 - $122,700

About The Position

Abbott is recruiting a Clinical Site Lead for the Atlanta, Georgia, and surrounding territory. The role drives study execution and operational excellence across Abbott Cardiovascular therapies, including Vascular, Cardiac Rhythm Management, EP, Structural Heart, and Heart Failure. The Clinical Site Lead serves as a resource in protocol execution, product and disease-state knowledge, procedure support as needed, procedure outcomes and trend identification, clinical trial enrollment, and application of ICH-GCP and clinical research practices.

The role follows site nomination, qualification, and startup processes; leads training and retraining of site stakeholders; and continuously reviews and influences site recruitment and data collection performance, including enrollment, discrepancy resolution, and compliance. The Clinical Site Lead uses operational metrics to help minimize screen failures and attrition, and monitors compliance with regulatory requirements, Good Clinical Practice, and accuracy standards through site initiation, periodic, and close-out visits. The role may also support study design, site payments, audits, local document review, study-document preparation, and submissions to sites or competent authorities and ethics committees.

With limited direction, the Clinical Site Lead develops and maintains a productive clinical territory, manages site activities throughout the study lifecycle, provides training and procedure coverage, and collaborates with commercial partners. The role requires adapting to changing priorities, maintaining clinical and product expertise, independent problem-solving, decision-making, and strong communication skills. Travel is approximately 50%.

Requirements

• Associate degree.
• At least 1 year of experience.
• Ability to travel approximately 50%.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Independent problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, science, health science, nursing, or a related field, or equivalent or related experience in cardiology or clinical research.
• At least 2 years of progressively more responsible relevant clinical trial experience in the cardiovascular field.
• Competency in catheterization lab and operating room protocols and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and maintain clinical sites capable of meeting study startup goals, participation levels, and data-quality requirements.
• Assess investigators’ interests and qualifications and identify appropriate investigators according to study requirements and applicable regulatory codes.
• Maintain relationships and open communication with investigators, research coordinators, regulatory and legal personnel, and other site stakeholders.
• Provide technical support to customers and field staff and facilitate communication between sites and Abbott clinical staff.
• Nominate and qualify sites, establish study-execution expectations, facilitate startup activities and site initiation visits, and collaborate on regulatory and legal requirements.
• Train facility staff on protocol requirements and technology.
• Develop site-specific patient-enrollment strategies, evaluate site performance, provide timely feedback, and help sites address challenges and achieve study goals.
• Attend study procedures and follow-ups when indicated, or ensure trained personnel attend.
• Develop strategies to prevent protocol deviations, educate sites on compliance tools, provide feedback on compliance indicators, and escalate non-compliant sites according to corporate policy.
• Collect essential documents, identify missing data, obtain data corrections, and review adverse events and protocol deviations.
• Review site data and source documentation for accuracy and completeness; facilitate resolution of data queries and action items.
• Promptly report monitoring-visit findings according to Abbott processes and maintain accurate, detailed records of monitoring visits.
• Train site and Abbott staff for clinical trials and applicable commercial launches, and provide clinical and technical support for trial procedures as needed.
• Collaborate with local sales groups and educate customers on Abbott products when appropriate; meet with key customers and provide technical troubleshooting support.
• Adapt to shifting priorities and competing demands; remain current on clinical developments, Abbott products, competitive positioning, and published scientific and economic evidence.
• Maintain at least one area of expertise and serve as a local clinical and technical resource.
• Use independent problem-solving skills, make decisions, and communicate effectively in writing and orally.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Potential qualification for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, an affordable and convenient path to a bachelor’s degree.
• Health and wellness benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree