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Abbott

Associate Medical Director, Medical Affairs

Abbott

. Provide medical and scientific support for new product development from concept through commercialization .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $129,300 - $258,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Provide medical and scientific support for new product development from concept through commercialization
  • Provide medical support to the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, including representation at medical conferences, sales meetings, and physician/hospital interactions
  • Develop medical assessment documents, scientific reviews, medical opinions, and clinical evidence summaries
  • Serve as a clinical subject matter expert on laboratory medicine, diagnostic testing practices, healthcare workflows, and customer needs
  • Ensure clinical and medical requirements are incorporated into product design and design-control activities
  • Evaluate clinical risks and provide recommendations for safe and effective product development
  • Participate in medical oversight for product performance, post-market surveillance, and patient safety
  • Review product complaints, Medical Device Reports (MDRs), adverse-event trends, and other post-market data
  • Conduct or support Health Hazard Evaluations (HHEs), medical risk assessments, and benefit-risk analyses
  • Partner with Quality and Regulatory Affairs to investigate product performance issues and determine corrective actions
  • Strengthen medical risk-management and product-safety monitoring processes
  • Provide medical input into clinical study design, protocol development, and clinical risk mitigation
  • Review clinical data and product performance information for regulatory submissions and post-market activities
  • Support interactions with the FDA and international health authorities
  • Support compliance with global regulations, quality standards, and medical-device reporting requirements
  • Recommend enhancements to product monitoring, safety assessments, and risk-evaluation methodologies
  • Assess the clinical significance and patient, provider, and laboratory impact of product-performance findings
  • Present medical assessments, risk evaluations, and scientific recommendations to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
  • Represent Medical Affairs at scientific meetings, customer interactions, physician engagements, industry conferences, and internal business meetings

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree with some advanced degree in Clinical Laboratory Science
  • Advanced degree may offset required years of experience
  • Equivalent combination of education and work experience; Doctorate Degree (±19 years)
  • Advanced degree; MD preferred
  • Minimum 5 years of clinical laboratory experience
  • Minimum 10 years of related work experience
  • Experience in laboratory settings in a healthcare environment is ideal
  • Clinical experience as NP, MD, or DO
  • Ability to evaluate clinical and product performance data
  • Knowledge of post-market surveillance, medical device reporting (MDR), clinical research, and regulatory requirements
  • Understanding of product development, risk management, and regulatory requirements within the healthcare or diagnostic industry
  • Ability to work across scientific, technical, and business functions
  • Ability to communicate complex medical and scientific information to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Work with human blood or other potentially infectious materials
  • Work with infectious organisms or known infectious materials
  • Work with or near radiation sources and/or radioactive material

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Career development with an international company
  • Free medical coverage eligibility through the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
  • Excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Freedom 2 Save student debt program
  • FreeU education benefit for an affordable path to a bachelor’s degree
  • Travel at 10% of the time