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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

In this exciting role as a Clinical Research Specialist, your day centers on preparing sites for data collection, ensuring data quality, and building strong relationships with research coordinators. You support clinical trials by maintaining regulatory compliance and assisting with various study tasks under the guidance of a Clinical Study Manager. Success in this role relies on attention to detail, effective communication, and problem-solving, all while prioritizing participant safety and smooth study progress.

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.

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary.

This position will be based in Mounds View, MN.

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

• Reviews and approves required documents for study start, assures continued validity of such documents, takes actions for updates and/or replacements, and monitors site activation
• Performs site initiation activities, resolution and follow-up of site issues, and study closure activities.
• Provides support and training for clinical study sites to assure data integrity and protocol compliance. Prepares study materials and/or training and tracks and maintains study documentation. Prepares clinical case summaries. Sets up and maintains accurate clinical study files.
• Coordinates activities of associates (assigned clinical staff) and investigators to ensure compliance with CIP and overall clinical objectives
• Perform site file reviews
• 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.
• Participates in overall clinical management plan, protocol and case report form development.
• Performs data review, reviews data discrepancies, ensures data queries are being resolved, works closely with monitors to ensure monitoring action items are resolved, and generates reports.
• Reports on progress and results of clinical investigations
• 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.
• 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 and a minimum of 2 years of clinical research experience
• Or advanced degree with 0 years of clinical research experience

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):

• 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, preferably in cardiovascular area
• CCRA certification (Certified Clinical Research Association) or SOCRA.
• Strong knowledge of clinical monitoring functions and clinical research methodologies, including study design, implementation, and reporting.
• Experience with Clinical Operations and interfacing with CRO teams.
• Experience in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and/or regulatory compliance guidelines for clinical trials.
• Excellent project management and organization skills.

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):$83,200.00 - $124,800.00

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).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

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.