Clinical Site Lead - Medical Devices - EMEA

JOB DESCRIPTION: Abbott is a global healthcare leader creating breakthrough products and technologies that help people live healthier lives. With a portfolio spanning diagnostics, medical devices, nutrition, and branded generics, we serve people in more than 130 countries. We are seeking a Clinical Site Lead to join our Clinical Operations team in EMEA. In this field-based role, you will serve as the primary point of contact for investigative sites and play a critical role in the successful execution of clinical studies across Abbott therapies and business units. You will partner with investigators, study teams, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure high-quality study conduct, regulatory compliance, and achievement of enrollment and data quality objectives. This position offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of clinical research, contributing to innovative therapies that improve patient outcomes worldwide.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned clinical sites, building strong partnerships with investigators and research teams.
• Lead site activation, enrollment, monitoring, and closeout activities to ensure successful study execution.
• Support sites in achieving enrollment, data quality, and study milestone objectives.
• Conduct monitoring visits and review study data to ensure compliance with protocol, GCP, and regulatory requirements.
• Train and support site personnel on study procedures and requirements.
• Drive issue resolution, support audit readiness, and ensure timely reporting of study-related events.
• Collaborate with Clinical Operations, Study Management, Site Operations, and commercial teams to optimize study performance.
• Provide regular updates on site and study progress while identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring

• Degree in Life Sciences, Nursing, Engineering, Healthcare, or a related field, or equivalent clinical research experience.
• Experience in clinical research, site management, monitoring, or a related healthcare environment.
• Working knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), clinical trial regulations, and quality standards.
• Strong communication, organization, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional and international teams.
• Fluent in English and willing to travel extensively (up to 70%). Additional European languages are a plus.

Why Abbott?

At Abbott, you'll have the opportunity to work on innovative clinical studies that help shape the future of healthcare. You'll collaborate with talented teams across Europe, develop deep expertise in clinical research, and contribute to technologies that improve patients' lives every day.

The base pay for this position is N/A In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Clinical Affairs / Statistics DIVISION: MD Medical Devices LOCATION: France > Issy les Moulineaux : 3 esplanade du Foncet ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 75 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Not Applicable

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next‑generation diagnostics, life‑changing devices, science‑based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well‑being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.

We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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