Principal Medical Science Writer -Cardiac Ablation Solutions

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 24 Feb 2025

 

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

The Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) business is one of the fastest growing businesses and helps patients all over the globe requiring mapping and ablation for cardiac arrhythmias. The Cardiac Ablation Solutions Operating Unit focuses on Arrythmia disease management (including Atrial Fibrillation).

Join a diverse team of innovators who bring their worldview, their unique backgrounds, and their individual life experiences to work every day. It’s no accident — we work hard to cultivate a workforce that reflects our patients and partners. We believe it’s the only way to drive healthcare forward and remain a global leader in medical technology and solutions. To learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at Medtronic Click Here

Careers that Change Lives 

The Publications & Evidence Team, a part of the CAS Medical Science Team, is responsible for global evidence dissemination from Medtronic-sponsored clinical trials and registry data. The team supports the development of manuscripts, abstracts, and podium presentations. Medical writers in this role work closely with Principal Investigators and internal team members from the clinical study team, statistics, physician relations, and clinical leadership. The ideal candidate for this position is experienced in writing and editing manuscripts at a medical device company (preferred) or other industry, with knowledge in atrial fibrillation, cardiology, and medical devices. Additionally, relevant medical writing certification (AMWA, CMPP, etc.) and familiarity with pertinent writing guidelines (ICMJE, AMA, GPP, etc.) is strongly desired.

The Principal Medical Writer is responsible for the preparation of documents that support the presentation and publication needs of assigned therapeutic areas and/or products in the Cardiac Ablation Solutions operating unit.

This is a remote position, and candidates can be located anywhere in the United States.

Ability to travel up to 25%.

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Maintain a deep understanding of the science behind our products

• Evaluate and analyze clinical data

• Author key scientific abstracts, manuscripts, poster presentations, oral presentations, and late-breaking trial presentations and lead from inception to submission in compliance with SOPs and external ICMJE, GPP3, and scientific conference guidelines

• Create and manage the project schedule for each deliverable through final delivery (e.g. peer-review publication, scientific conference presentation)

• Interact with external physicians/HCPs to create content.

• Work with clinical study team(s) on data timelines to create long-term forecasting for data availability and develop publication/evidence strategy

• Collect input on strategic alignment, drive commitment decisions, communicate progress and decisions to investigators, authors, and stakeholders

• Attend key scientific congresses and drive execution of business-related publications activities prior to, on-site, and post congresses; including management of speaker preparation and scientific session coverage and report-out.

• Develop competitive intelligence in our product space

• Maintain database of internally created publications and develop summaries and overviews of key findings for stakeholders (internal and external)

• Review and summarize scientific literature and maintain database/output of peer-reviewed literature

• Builds relationships and demonstrates the clinical outcome and benefits of company products to thought leaders, medical groups, government agencies, key opinion leaders and health systems, consumer-ready medical products by communicating product-related information to investigators and institutions.

• Provides perspective to field activities associated with growing existing products and bringing new products to market.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements 

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of 7 years of clinical/medical/scientific writing experience

OR

• Advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years clinical/medical/scientific writing experience

Nice to Have

• PhD, MD, or PharmD degree

• Working knowledge of cardiovascular device therapies

• Experience writing publications within a medical device company or related industry

• Excellent writing skills (CMPP, BELS, AMWA, MWC certification a plus)

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

• Experience conducting literature searches and literature reviews

• Clinical trial experience

• Strong team player and the ability to adapt to competing priorities

• Experience working with physicians/key opinion leaders in an industry or clinical setting

• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills

About Medtronic

Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life.  We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be. 

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future. 

Physical Job Requirements 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America).

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation
 

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$124,800.00 - $187,200.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

In addition to Base Salary, this position is eligible for a Sales Incentive Plan (SIP), which provides the opportunity to earn significant incentive compensation for achieving or exceeding your goals. Learn more about total rewards here.

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: 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, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

 

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: 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), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

 

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns.  Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

 

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

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