Abbott

Professional Education Compliance Lead

Abbott • $86K — $173K *
Austin, TX 78745In-Person
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in business, healthcare, marketing, compliance, legal studies, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of professional experience required.
  • 5-7 years of experience specifically in compliance, legal, medical affairs, marketing, or professional education within medical devices, pharmaceuticals, or life sciences.

Responsibilities

  • Lead compliance for professional education activities, ensuring alignment with medical device laws and industry regulations.
  • Oversee physician engagement, contracting, and payment processes related to education and consulting activities.
  • Manage budgets and ensure timely payments for physician engagements and related activities.
  • Track and document physician payments, ensuring compliance with company guidelines and transparency requirements.
  • Identify and mitigate compliance risks for professional education programs, ensuring audit readiness and supporting investigations as necessary.
  • Address compliance challenges encountered in the field.
  • Manage compliance for U.S. physician engagements outside the U.S., ensuring adherence to local and U.S. regulations.
  • Develop and enhance policies and internal controls for physician engagements and educational programs.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits for employees and their families.
  • Opportunities for career growth with a supportive company culture.
Full Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Opportunity

The Professional Education Compliance Lead is based out of Austin, TX position within the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division.

This is a fully onsite role.

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.

The Professional Education Compliance Lead is responsible for overseeing all compliance aspects of professional education programs involving physician engagement and payment. This role ensures adherence to U.S. and global regulatory requirements and internal policies, and serves as a key partner to the Office of Ethics and Compliance, Legal, Finance, Medical Affairs, and Education teams. This role will also be serving as a lead for professional education programs as needed.

What You'll Work On
  • Lead and oversee all compliance aspects of professional education activities, ensuring adherence to applicable medical device laws, regulations, and industry codes (e.g., Anti-Kickback Statute, Sunshine/Open Payments, AdvaMed Code).
  • Oversee compliant engagement, contracting, and payment of physicians for education, training, and consulting activities, including generation and execution of contracts, FMV determinations, speaker training completion, and payment methodologies.
  • Manage budgets, proof of performance, and timely payments for physician engagements;
  • Oversee tracking, documentation, transparency reporting, and transfers of value for physician payments, including review and approval of all physician invoices, honoraria, and reimbursements in accordance with company and division guidelines.
  • Identify, assess, and mitigate compliance risks related to professional education programs, ensuring all activities are audit-ready; support audits, investigations, and corrective action initiatives as needed.
  • Manage field compliance challenges
  • Manage compliance for all U.S. physician engagements conducted outside the U.S. (OUS), partnering with OUS teams to ensure local compliance, documentation, proof of performance, and alignment with U.S. and local regulatory requirements, including cross-border agreements.
  • Develop, maintain, and enhance policies, SOPs, and internal controls related to physician engagements, payments, and professional education programs
  • Partner cross-functionally with Legal, Finance, Medical Affairs, Education, and external vendors to provide compliance guidance, training, and education and to ensure compliant execution of programs.
  • Participate in broader professional education leadership initiatives, including strategic projects and process improvements.


Required Qualifications
  • Bachelors Degree- BA/BS in business, healthcare, marketing, compliance, legal studies, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
  • Minimum 7 years
  • Minimum 5 - 7 years of experience in compliance, legal, medical affairs, marketing, or professional education within the medical device, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industry


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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life.

The base pay for this position is
$86,700.00 - $173,300.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Marketing Support

DIVISION:
CRM Cardiac Rhythm Management

LOCATION:
United States > Austin : 8701 Bee Caves Rd

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

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Learn more about Abbott
Size
113,000 employees
Market Cap
$189 billion
Industry
Healthcare
Net Income
$4.4 billion
Founded
1944
5 Year Trend
+15.6%
Revenue
$34.6 billion
NASDAQ
ABT
* Ladders Estimates

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