Sr. Scientist Clinical Research – Nutritional Division

Employment Type: Full time

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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 will have access to:

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

The primary location for this position is for our corporate offices in Mexico City, but could also be based in Sao Paolo.

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, Glucerna® and ZonePerfect® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

The Sr. Scientist Clinical Research functions as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing nutrition and clinical science expertise to:

• Translate complex science and research into compelling product claims and scientific messaging.
• Communicate the science and product benefits to both internal and external audiences of varying knowledge levels.
• Remain current in standards of nutrition care and scientific literature.
• Represent Nutrition Science in cross-functional initiatives and programs.
• Support product claims development and substantiation.

What You’ll Do

• Establish and maintain stakeholder relationships: Build and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders (e.g., medical affairs, platform scientists, product development, commercial (marketing and sales, sales training), public affairs, regulatory) and external stakeholders (e.g., key opinion leaders, customers, and consumers).
• Innovation and evidence generation:
  • Actively engage in product ideation and innovation to build the product pipeline.
  • Assess new ingredients and technologies.
  • Develop clinical research strategy that generates new evidence for new claims, messaging, and publications.
  • Engage in clinical research and secondary data analytics.
• Communication skills (oral and written): Prepare and deliver nutrition science-based content and presentations to field sales force, sales training, affiliates, advisory boards, customers, consumers, and external key opinion leaders to support the global business strategy.
• Develop and review AN product and science educational materials: This includes product monographs, training materials, medical justifications, white papers, scientific backgrounders, and manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals.
• Cross-functional partnership: Serve as a subject matter expert and nutrition science lead on cross-functional teams, including new product development teams, process improvement, external programs, and collaborations.
• Competitive surveillance: Maintain up-to-date knowledge of competitors’ products, ingredients, features, and benefits; claims; and educational events. Understand the implications of competitor activities to Abbott Nutrition.
• Represent Abbott Nutrition at key conferences or meetings to engage KOLs and actively participate in AN-sponsored events and activities.

Required Qualifications

• MS and/or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with a minimum of 3-4 years of relevant experience.
• Experience working in a clinical setting is highly desired.
• Minimum of 5-6 years of clinical, industry, and/or academic experience that blends science and business is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong collaborative and project management skills.