Sr. Scientist

Title: Sr. Scientist

Location: Columbus, OH

Duration: 12 Month, potential to convert into full-time

100% Onsite

Qualifications:

Excellent oral and written skills required

Strong collaborative, project leadership, research, publication/scientific writing skills

Proven ability to work independently, self-starter, collaborator with global teams and colleagues

Ability to work constructively, decisively and collegially with external and internal customers, consumers and key opinion leaders

Minimum of 1-2 years clinical, industry, and/or academic experience that blends science and business preferred

Research in the adult space

Experience working in a clinical setting highly desired

Responsibilities:

Function as a Subject Matter Expert (SME): to 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; product claims development and substantiation

Establish and maintain internal stakeholder relationships (e.g., platform scientists, product development, commercial (marketing and sales, sales training), public affairs, regulatory), and external stakeholders (e.g., key opinion leaders, customers and consumers) innovate and support the nutrition product portfolio and deliver against business strategies.

Innovation and evidence generation: Actively engage in product ideation and innovation to build 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, 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 (e.g., product monographs, training materials, medical justifications, FAQ documents, white papers, scientific backgrounders, as well as manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals.

Cross-functional partnership: Serve SME 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; educational events; understand implications of competitor activities to Abbott Nutrition. features and benefits and how this relates to Abbott Nutrition line of products.

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account (for High Deductible Health Plans)

Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)

Long Term Disability

Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance

MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance

401(k)

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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.