Senior Clinical Research Specialist

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

Relieving pain, restoring health, and prolonging life. It is driven by this mission that Medtronic continues to benefit millions of patients with its innovative therapies. Today you have the opportunity to join one of the largest medical device companies in the world and participate in this daily challenge. By joining our teams, you will be at the heart of our values!

As a Sr. CRS, you are responsible for establishing, managing and meeting the milestones of one or multiple (global) clinical studies from study design to study closure. The clinical data that are collected will support product approvals as well as scientific presentations and publications, in close cooperation with leading physicians in the field.

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

• Oversees, designs, plans and develops clinical evaluation research studies.
• Prepares and authors protocols and patient record forms.
• Conducts registered and non-registered clinical studies of products that have been determined to satisfy a medical need and/or offer a commercial potential.
• Oversees and interprets results of clinical investigations in preparation for new drug device or consumer application.
• Oversees and resolves operational aspects of clinical trials in conjunction with project teams and in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOP), good clinical practice (GCP) and specific country regulations, and may prepare clinical trial budgets.
• May be responsible for clinical supply operations, site and vendor selection.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Higher scientific degree in clinical research, engineering, or biology.
• Bachelor’s degree required and a minimum of 4 years of clinical research experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of clinical research experience.
• Fluent English, spoken and written.
• Good interpersonal skills, comfortable working in a team.
• Clear and effective written and oral communication.
• Attention to detail, rigor.
• Proactivity, ability to work in a rapidly changing environment.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards (GCP, ISO (International Organization for Standardization), European directive, etc.).
• Experience or knowledge of healthcare, knowledge of medical terminology.
• Problem solving skills.
• Ability to identify priorities and manage deadline requirements on several projects in parallel.
• Agility with IT tools and applications (Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards (GCP, ISO, European directive, etc.), experience or knowledge of healthcare, and knowledge of medical terminology are important. Problem solving skills, the ability to identify priorities and manage deadlines on several projects in parallel, and agility with IT tools and applications (Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) are also required.

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.

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.

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

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 95,000+ 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.

What We Do

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

How We Are Different

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.