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
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Peripheral Vascular Health therapies are a vital part of Medtronic's vascular portfolio, addressing conditions such as Peripheral and Carotid Disease, End Stage Renal Disease, Peripheral Embolization, and Superficial and Deep Venous Disease. Medtronic leads in the Superficial Venous and Drug Coated Balloon markets, providing lifesaving and life-enhancing therapies to millions of patients worldwide. The company values a diverse and inclusive workforce, actively seeking employees who are patient-focused, passionate, and bring diverse perspectives to drive innovation.
In this role, you are expected to lead the development and execution of clinical studies, as well as oversee clinical strategies to evaluate product safety, performance, and effectiveness post-market release. You will manage complex clinical studies/projects, ensuring milestones are met while complying with regulatory standards and Medtronic internal requirements. Additionally, you are responsible for project management, site management activities as needed, and providing strategic oversight and direction to personnel supporting your trials. This role requires independent work and managing trials of high complexity, which may also be global in scope. You will report directly to the Senior Clinical Research Manager and will primarily work from the office, with occasional travel required—up to 15%.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Design and Oversight of Clinical Studies: Oversees, designs, plans, and develops clinical evaluation research studies, including protocol and patient record form preparation
Execution of Clinical Trials: Manages operational aspects of registered and non-registered clinical trials, ensuring compliance with SOPs, GCP, and country regulations, and may handle clinical trial budgets
Results Interpretation and Reporting: Oversees and interprets clinical investigation results for product applications and prepares status reports on projects and budgets
Team Leadership: Provides direction to cross-functional teams (e.g., site managers, monitoring, safety, statistics) and serves as a liaison between study teams, leadership, and program management
Local and Regional Collaboration: Represents Medtronic within the region/country, builds relationships with local customers and authorities, and drives evidence dissemination and awareness
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Works closely with medical affairs, regulatory, marketing, and other teams to refine trial designs and communicate updates
Project Management: Develops and improves project management processes, tools, and best practices to address issues and meet productivity, quality, and client satisfaction goals
Required Knowledge and Experience:
Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years or Master’s/PhD with 5+ years of clinical research experience in developing and executing clinical studies
Degree in engineering, life sciences, or related medical/scientific field with experience in Medtronic or medical device industry, clinical strategies, study design, and therapies like Peripheral, Venous, or Carotid
Experience in global study teams, regulatory compliance (GCP, ISO, FDA, MDR, etc.), and understanding of biostatistics and trial design
Proficient in project management techniques/tools (MS Project, PMP certification, Green Belt certification) with expertise in both theoretical and practical aspects
Skilled in MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), R\&D experience, and good clinical practice guidelines
Strong communication skills, fluent in English (written and spoken), with proven ability to build networks and collaborate effectively
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
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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.
Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: Belgium: 82,400.00 EUR - 123,600.00 EUR \|
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
About Medtronic
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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 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.