Director Field Clinical & Patient Screening Programs

Abbott

22d • $149,300 - $298,700 • Remote

About The Position

The Director Field Clinical & Patient Screening Programs provides strategic and operational leadership for field-based clinical teams supporting transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) programs. The role ensures safe, effective, and compliant clinical trial support while enabling training, exceptional case conduct, and positive patient outcomes. The position is accountable for staffing, budget, and policy recommendations and partners with Clinical Operations, Clinical Science, Quality, Regulatory, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Training, and Commercial functions. This is a field-based role within Abbott’s Structural Heart division, whose purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through device and management solutions for structural heart disease.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Healthcare, or a related field and at least 7 years of relevant experience, or a bachelor’s degree in one of these fields and at least 9 years of relevant experience.
• Significant experience supporting complex structural heart clinical programs, including direct experience with TMVR technologies, clinical studies, and procedures.
• Demonstrated success building, leading, and scaling high-performing field clinical teams supporting investigational medical device programs, including developing organizational capabilities, governance, and standardized operating processes.
• Strong understanding of structural heart disease, transcatheter valve therapies, advanced cardiac imaging, and anatomical patient screening and selection.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clinical investigators, physician leaders, and research sites, including navigating complex clinical decisions, investigator expectations, and enrollment challenges.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional clinical programs, drive operational excellence, and ensure consistent execution in highly regulated clinical trial environments.
• Strong strategic leadership, communication, and organizational management skills, including the ability to influence senior leadership, develop managers, and lead geographically dispersed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Field Clinical function for TMVR clinical studies, including program development, staffing, training for teams and clinical sites, and budget development and accountability.
• Lead patient screening and selection for TMVR clinical studies, including developing patient-specific analyses based on complex medical imaging review and other materials to support trial enrollment.
• Participate in developing and reviewing clinical research protocols, reports, and statistical analysis plans.
• Serve as a senior point of contact for Clinical Investigators and site research staff.
• Establish and monitor standardized operating models, policies, and performance metrics for Field Clinical and Patient Screening support.
• Ensure compliance with FDA, ISO, MDR, and global regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Clinical Science to provide input and ensure alignment with approved clinical strategies and evidence.
• Provide accurate, timely, and consistent clinical data and program updates to key stakeholders.
• Apply knowledge of disease states and device usage.
• Present study updates to senior leadership, investigators, and other key stakeholders.
• Develop and manage budgets, staffing plans, and operational performance metrics to achieve clinical program objectives.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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