Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Sr Specialist, Clinical Development

Edwards Lifesciences Corp$108K — $153K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in biology or life sciences, and 5 years of experience with Class II and III medical devices or clinical studies
  • Preferred Bachelor’s Degree in engineering
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe
  • Strong communication and organizational skills
  • Full knowledge of US and international medical device regulations, GLP, and GCP

Responsibilities

  • Ensure clinical input in product development for optimal patient care
  • Manage lifecycle of multiple complex product projects
  • Develop and implement pre-clinical test strategies
  • Conduct first-in-man product evaluations and case support
  • Create and review Clinical Investigator Brochures
  • Develop clinical trial strategies and provide scientific rationale for clinical attributes
  • Evaluate and analyze collected data for product evaluations and reports

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries and performance-based incentives
  • Variety of benefits programs to cater to diverse employee needs
  • Travel opportunities (up to 50% nationwide)
  • Full-time onsite position in Irvine, CA
  • Support for employee safety and adherence to pandemic protocols
Full Job Description

How you’ll make an impact:

  • Ensures product development includes all necessary clinical input and aspects for the best interest of patients and utility for treating physicians
  • Ensure successful product lifecycle management for multiple complex projects, including:
  • Develop and implement pre-clinical test strategy and provide guidance to team members on execution strategy
  • Design, prepare and conduct first-in-man product evaluations, including case support for proper product use
  • Create Clinical Investigator Brochure
  • Develop clinical trial strategy
  • Provide scientific rationale for product attributes and pre-clinical test results to regional clinical teams necessary to obtain site and country approvals
  • Provide product expertise for new product introduction training for clinical and site personnel
  • Design, develop, conduct, and assess results of post-market evaluations
  • Develop, review, and update clinical design control documents including providing advice and guidance to product development team on development of technical summaries, clinical risk assessments, design of validation protocols and reports, design and application of FMEAs (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis), for technical and clinical documentation in product development.
  • Ensure medical and scientific factors are considered during cross-functional product development project team meetings.
  • Design, review and/or conduct literature searches and complete literature reviews for design concept, product development, protocol preparation, clinical risk assessments and/or clinical evaluation reports
  • Consult with field trial managers to gather field device performance feedback, as well as to ensure national and country clinical/regulatory requirements compliance.
  • Evaluate collected data documentation and imaging media, draw findings, make recommendations, and provide advice and guidance to complete product evaluations, product complaint review and other required interim or final reports.
  • Other duties as assigned by leadership

What you'll need (Required):

  • Bachelor's Degree in biology or life sciences field, 5 years experience Class II and III medical device technologies and/or clinical studies background Required
  • Bachelor's Degree in engineering Preferred
  • Travel up to 50% nationwide
  • This position is based in Irvine, Ca full time on site.

What else we look for (Preferred):

  • Proven expertise with computer skills – Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint), Outlook, Internet
  • Proven expertise in MS Office Suite, Adobe, and ability to operate general office machinery
  • Experience with pre-clinical testing protocols, hospital environments and sterile techniques
  • Good communication and organizational skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including consultative and relationship management skills
  • Full knowledge of US and international medical device regulations, of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
  • Demonstrated problem-solving and critical thinking skills
  • Thorough, conscientious and results oriented working style
  • Team oriented
  • Ability to work in a dynamic work environment
  • Knowledge of US/international medical device regulations, of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
  • Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control
  • Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $108,000 to $153,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.

About Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Edwards Lifesciences is an American medical technology company headquartered in Irvine, California, specializing in artificial heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. It developed the SAPIEN transcatheter aortic heart valve made of cow tissue within a balloon-expandable, cobalt-chromium frame, deployed via catheter. The company has manufacturing facilities at the Irvine headquarters, as well as in Draper, Utah; Costa Rica; the Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; and Singapore; and is building a new facility due to be completed in 2021 in Limerick, Ireland.
Learn more about Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Size
15,700 employees
Market Cap
$45.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$823.4 million
Founded
1958
5 Year Trend
+12%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
NASDAQ

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