Abbott Posted October 9, 2026

Senior Specialist Medical Affairs

Abbott Park, Illinois, United States FULL_TIME
Notify me about similar jobs

Abbott is the source of truth for this posting and owns the application process. We surface normalized context and market comparison you won't find on the original listing.

About this opportunity

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Job Title

Senior Specialist Medical Affairs

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

Career development with an international company where you can grow the career of which you dream.

Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.

A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

 

The Opportunity  

 

We are seeking a Senior Specialist Medical Affairs supports both the Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) and Electrophysiology (EP) divisions. This is a fully remote position with travel throughout the Northeastern United States and Europe.

Abbott is a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Management and Electrophysiology, pioneering innovative technologies that transform the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and heart disease. From advanced rhythm management therapies to breakthrough solutions for atrial fibrillation, we empower physicians with cutting-edge tools that improve patient outcomes and help people get back to living their lives.

 

What You’ll Work On:

 

Establishes and develops early customer relationships with Fellowship Directors to establish ABBOTT brand identification and ABBOTT product adoption in the United States.

Develops and maintains a data bank to track institutional programs, fellows and directors.

Contributes to the development and maintenance of relevant speakers.

Contributes to core and external fellowship curricula with quality education resources in cardiology, cardiac rhythm management and electrophysiology that further establish credibility and reliability with internal and external customers.

Works with Product Marketing and Sales management to provide advanced continuing education for physicians, fellows and other clinical and economic customers across multiple specialties.

Provides in-depth counsel to customers to understand and advance their understanding and capabilities related to ABBOTT products in multiple business segments.

Identifies program ‘champions’ within the sales organization to implement initiatives and liaise with program directors and fellows.

Mentor and train other team members, as needed, in curriculum design, development and VR Simulation for all applications

Establishes and manages vendor relationships that offer products and services of value to fellows.

Maintains the necessary communication skills and methods that provides for the exchange of strategic opportunity and program information valuable to fellows and ABBOTT field personnel.

Incorporates occupational and career development issues of greatest importance to fellows into ABBOTT initiatives.

Maintains an in-depth knowledge of Company products, therapies, educational market and business objectives in order to develop and implement continuing education programs.

Monitors competitive fellows program activities.

Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.  Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.

 

Required Qualifications:

 

Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Life Sciences or equivalent.

8+ years training experience in the design/manufacture/sales/training of medical devices.

Related product training/teaching experience.

Ability to apply the fundamental concepts and practices to conduct needs assessment and design fellow training programs.

Professional training/education certification or designation, preferred.

Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred.

Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.

Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.

Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.

Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.

Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.

Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.

Ability to travel approximately 40%, including internationally and some weekends throughout the year.

Ability to maintain regular and predictable attendance.

Apply Now

 

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $113,300.00 – $226,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Medical Affairs
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Abbott Park, Illinois, United States
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Medical Affairs role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 361 comparable Senior Medical Affairs roles across 67 biopharma companies.

361Comparable roles tracked
351Currently active
67Companies hiring similar roles
29Countries represented

Salary context

113 of 361 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function and a matching or adjacent seniority level -- not necessarily the same therapeutic area or country.

This roleSubject Not listed on this posting
Lowest disclosed · Principal Strategic Medical Writer · AbbVie $109,500/yr – $208,500/yr
Peer group range $159,000 – $255,000 (median $186,375)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 361 comparable roles

United States208
China47
Germany15
India15
United Kingdom11
Japan9

+ 23 more countries

Seniority mix

361 of 361 peers have a known seniority level

Senior255
Associate Director90
Principal16

Therapeutic area mix

112 of 361 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

Oncology46
Neuroscience17
Dermatology & Aesthetics14
Rare Disease13
Cardiovascular / CVRM7
Immunology5
Respiratory3
Vaccines & Infectious Disease3
Ophthalmology3
Gastroenterology1

Similar opportunities

The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.

60%similar
Bayer Residence Based, United States Senior
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Vertex US Distribution Boston, United States Senior
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc. Remote, United States Senior
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc. Remote, United States Senior
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Boston, United States Senior
Same function Same seniority Same country
60%similar
AstraZeneca Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America Senior
Same function Same seniority Same country

Notify me about similar jobs

Get an email when we spot other openings like this one – same job function, comparable seniority, roles you'd actually want to see.

Or follow a whole field: get every new Medical Affairs job in the United States, and choose locations and companies.

How we calculate "similar"

No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.

Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

60%
Senior Medical Science Liaison, Cardiorenal (West Texas) (Residence Based, Texas, US)
Bayer · Residence Based, United States · Senior
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Senior Medical Science Liaison, Rare Diseases - West
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development and Commercialization, Inc. · Remote, United States · Senior
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Senior Medical Science Liaison - Great Lakes Territory
Teva Pharmaceuticals · Chicago, United States · Senior
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
60%
Senior Medical Science Liaison - Northern California
Teva Pharmaceuticals · San Francisco, California, United States · Senior
Function Therapeutic area Seniority Country
Unmatched or unknown dimensions score exactly the same: 0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.