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At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.

About the Role

MniMed is seeking an experienced Sr. Principal Field Clinical Research Specialist to support and lead clinical research initiatives, ensuring high-quality clinical data and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. This role will collaborate cross-functionally with clinical, medical, and research teams to support study execution, site management, and overall clinical trial success. The position is fully remote and open to candidates anywhere in the United States, with travel required as needed to support clinical study activities. We’re looking for a seasoned clinical research professional with strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

A key member of the team to lead the technical aspects of New Venture programs. In this exciting role as a Field Clinical Research Specialist, you will have responsibility for providing technical diabetes leadership to the Centers of Excellence and cross-functional New Venture programs.

DIABETES

Transforming diabetes care together, for greater freedom and better health. Our strategy is to become a holistic diabetes management company focused on making a real difference in outcomes and cost. We want to transform healthcare toward value-based models by driving both product and business model innovation with the goal of elevating patient experience, improving clinical outcomes and lowering the total cost of care for our customers.

We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations. Visit to see an overview of the product portfolio.

NEW VENTURES

New Ventures is focused on developing new diabetes systems, products and solutions in an inorganic, accelerator environment. Our team is unique in that we can adapt to a variety of business, patient and marketplace needs that span the entire spectrum of our product portfolio today and in the future. Our mission drives the need to be a highly skilled, flexible, extremely efficient, versatile and agile in medical device product development for the benefit of our patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in need of intensive insulin therapy.

FIELD CLINICAL RESEARCH SPECIALIST

In this exciting role as a Field Clinical Research Specialist, you will be responsible for overseeing and executing clinical programs for a powerful, developing therapy to treat a small but critical cohort of patients on a humanitarian basis. Leveraging a broad and diverse clinical experience and skillset, you will provide clinical and technical leadership to key centers, HCPs and patients on a national and international level.

The Clinical Specialist will support research and development in evaluating concepts for new therapy and product development and the modification of existing devices; serving as a clinical resource between engineering, leadership, clinical research, and the medical community. Among these responsibilities, the highest priority is given to the support of patients. We will strive to empower people with diabetes to live life on their terms by delivering a pump that truly matters and providing support in ways that is needed. We are committed to meeting people with diabetes in their journey, always with an aim to make their life easier. Our focus is to provide a better life, better health, greater freedom and extend their lives of people living with diabetes.

A Day in the Life

• Technically lead field activities such as selecting sites, performing activation duties such as certification of clinical centers both nationally and internationally, providing training, helping to enroll participants, providing technical support and ensuring quality data acquisition.
• Identify and support new clinics that may want to establish capability based on existing clinical models
• Identify and educate new patients, physicians on new therapy development
• Troubleshoot clinical and technical issues related to therapy and product
• Provide clinical input for user needs, product development, and user validation by providing feedback on patient voice for current and next generation product.
• Train and mentor clinical staff and product development team
• Oversees and interpret results of clinical investigations in preparation for new drug device or consumer application.
• Build and maintain optimal relationships and effective collaborations with various internal and external parties.
• Oversee and resolve 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.
• Support clinical logistics with key centers, HCPs and patients for clinical research activities on a national and international level
• Support IRB submissions for next generation product
• Support the geographical expansion of centers

REQUIREMENTS

To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

Required Education and years of experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required and minimum of 7 years of clinical research experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5years clinical research experience

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Desired qualifications

• Degree in engineering, life sciences, or related medical/scientific field.
• Clinical Research (Lead) experience at Medtronic or within a medical device industry.
• Experience working on a Global study team
• Experience in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and/or regulatory compliance guidelines for clinical trials.
• Experience in managing multiple clinical research sites with proven results in study execution
• Experience in managing clinical trial data review.
• Ability to incorporate and adhere to good clinical practices and regulatory standards.
• Ability to identify and implement solutions in addressing study issues.
• Basic understanding of biostatistics and trial design.
• Proficient knowledge of medical terminology.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications: Excel, PowerPoint and Word, Project (or similar scheduling software), project management techniques and tools; and web-based applications.
• Excellent project management and organization skills.

The physical demands described within the Day in the Life 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.

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

MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package

At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$136,000.00 - $230,000.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Short Term Incentive (STI).

At MiniMed, we are committed to supporting the well-being and financial security of our employees. Regular employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for a robust benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as access to a Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, life insurance, long-term disability leave, and a dependent daycare spending account. In addition, all regular employees enjoy incentive plans, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term disability coverage, paid time off and holidays, participation in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and access to our Employee Assistance Program. Eligible employees may also benefit from our Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan, subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements. Please note that “regular employees” refers to those who are not temporary staff, such as interns, and some benefits may not apply to employees in Puerto Rico.

For further details about our comprehensive benefits, we encourage you to visit the link below.

MiniMed Benefits Overview

About MiniMed

MiniMed is a full-stack insulin delivery company dedicated to supporting people living with diabetes through every step of their journey — when and how they need it. For more than 40 years, we’ve been committed to redefining what’s possible: intelligent dosing systems designed for real life, predictive insights that stay a step ahead, and always on support when it’s needed most. At the heart of everything we do is a simple Mission: to make every day a better day for people with diabetes.

Learn more about our business, and our mission here.

It is the policy of MiniMed 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, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, MiniMed will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you are applying to perform work for MiniMed in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which MiniMed reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. MiniMed will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.