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

As an Echocardiography and Imaging Specialist, you will play a critical role in enhancing the quality, safety, and efficacy of clinical research and development projects. Your responsibilities will include providing expert echocardiography and imaging input to various teams, coordinating subject matter expert (SME) activities with the core echocardiography and CT lab, and executing clinical research education activities related to echocardiography.

Key duties will involve performing detailed analyses of imaging data, participating in the development of trial and research definitions specific to echocardiography, and reviewing trial protocols, case report forms (CRFs), and other relevant documents to ensure their appropriateness for echocardiography-related research. Your expertise will be essential in driving forward the clinical and research objectives of the organization.

We are excited to have an Echo Sonographer with experience in structural heart join our team as a Senior Clinical Research Specialist! Are you passionate, self-motivated and looking for a new challenge? Join Medtronic Structural Heart and Aortic team that works with mitral and tricuspid team creating superior therapies for patients with mitral and tricuspid valve disease.

Careers That Change Lives

In this exciting role as a Senior Clinical Research Specialist, you will play a critical role in enhancing the quality, safety, and efficacy of clinical research. Your responsibilities will include providing expert echocardiography and imaging input to various teams, coordinating subject matter expert (SME) activities with the core echocardiography and CT lab, and executing clinical research education activities related to echocardiography.

Key duties will involve performing detailed analyses of imaging data, participating in the development of trial and research definitions specific to echocardiography, and reviewing trial protocols, case report forms (CRFs), and other relevant documents to ensure their appropriateness for echocardiography-related research. Your expertise will be essential in driving forward the clinical and research objectives of the organization.

The Sr. Clinical Research Specialist also assist with study management duties for assigned clinical programs to evaluate performance, safety, and efficacy of products and to satisfy applicable regulatory standards and Medtronic internal requirements for clinical studies. You will work with the Clinical Management to satisfy applicable regulatory standards and Medtronic internal requirements for clinical studies.

The Structural Heart and Aortic integrated operating unit offer minimally invasive approaches to restore proper structure and function of the heart and the aorta. We focus on the transcatheter replacement or repair of the four heart valves—aortic, pulmonic, mitral, tricuspid—and the placement of stent grafts to treat aneurysms and dissections of the body’s largest artery, the aorta. This role will be within the mitral and tricuspid clinical group.

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 (https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/about/careers/diversity-inclusion.html) .

Primary location is Mounds View, MN; will consider remote position within the United States. Travel up to 20%.

A Day in the Life

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

• Provide echocardiography and imaging input to quality, safety, clinical research and research and development

• Develop and support educational materials to train sites on data quality and completeness

• Reviewing echo core lab reads during screening committee calls

• Perform pre-screening analysis

• Coordinate and work with echo and CT core labs supporting trials

• Execute clinical research education activities related to echocardiography

• Perform detailed analysis of imaging

• Participate in development of trial and research definitions related to echocardiography

• Review trial protocols, CRFs and other documents for echocardiography related appropriateness

• Review patient data to ensure study protocol inclusion/exclusion criteria is met and patient is appropriate candidate for therapy

• Oversees, designs, plans and develops clinical evaluation research studies

• May be responsible for clinical supply operations, site and vendor selection

• Builds and maintains optimal relationships and effective collaborations with various internal and external parties (i.e., clinical site physicians, nurses, echocardiographers, sonographers, etc.)

• Assists with overall successful conduct of assigned clinical studies consistent with applicable regulations, guidelines, and policies

• Provides support and training for clinical study teams, physicians, and cross-functional partners to assure data integrity and protocol compliance. Assists in preparation of study materials and/or training and tracks and maintains study documentation.

• Performs data review, reviews data discrepancies, generates reports

• May interface with representatives from key functional groups including Product Development, Therapy Development, Manufacturing, Sales & Marketing, Distribution, and Regulatory Affairs

• Assists clinical management with other duties as requested

Must Have (Minimum Requirements):

To be considered for this role, the minimum requirements must be evident on your resume.

• Bachelor's degree

• Minimum of 4 years of clinical research experience OR

• Advanced degree with 2 years of clinical research experience

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):

• Advanced Cardiac Sonographer Credentials strongly preferred

• Experience in CT and other multimodality imaging

• Experience in assisting echo in structural heart procedures

• Competent in advanced echo imaging modalities (3D, MPR, strain) in various pathologies

• Experience in training and education

• Degree in life sciences, or related medical/scientific field.

• Experience conducting/working on clinical studies and managing clinical trial data review

• Clinical Research experience at Medtronic or within a medical device industry in structural heart area

• Strong knowledge of clinical research methodologies, including study design, implementation, and reporting.

• Experience in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and/or regulatory compliance guidelines for clinical trials.

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

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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).

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.

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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):$105,600.00 - $158,400.00

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).

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans (https://www3.benefitsolver.com/benefits/BenefitSolverView?page_name=signon&co_num=30601&co_affid=medtronic)

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 (http://www.medtronic.com) .

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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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.

We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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