Senior Director, Field Clinical and Procedural Excellence
Posted 15hrs ago
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Lead Field Clinical organization at Abbott Structural Heart for clinical trials and training. Drive operational excellence with strong leadership and strategic oversight in cardiology.
Responsibilities:
- Lead Abbott Structural Heart’s Field Clinical organization, including Field Clinical Leads (FCLs) and Specialists
- Drive excellence across clinical trials, physician training, and commercial readiness
- Ensure seamless execution from pre-market clinical studies through post-approval commercialization by integrating Clinical Affairs, Commercial, and Training
- Set strategy, governance, and standards to enable high-quality trial execution, site launches, and consistent procedural outcomes across regions
- Report to the DVP, Clinical Affairs
- Support TAVI and TMTI programs with scope to expand
- Remote role with around 70% travel
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree required (Life Sciences, Nursing, or related field)
- Cath Lab Tech certification strongly preferred
- 10+ years of experience across cath lab practice, cardiology clinical trials (including pre-market devices), and field clinical engineering
- 7+ years of people leadership in field-based clinical teams
- Deep expertise in TAVI, TMTI, or comparable structural/interventional cardiology therapies
- Strong background in cath lab/OR environment with procedural knowledge
- Knowledge of GCP and medical device clinical study requirements (ISO 14155)
- Proven ability to lead through others, scale organizations, and drive cross-functional execution
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to manage competing priorities and respond to change in a dynamic environment
- Willingness to travel around 70%
Benefits:
- Career development with an international company
- Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan
- Excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement
- Freedom 2 Save student debt program
- FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree
- Recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries














