Senior Clinical Evidence Specialist - NM - Rice Creek/Fridley, MN (Onsite)

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Nov 2026

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

The Neuromodulation operating unit develops therapies for chronic pain, movement disorders, and nervous system conditions through spinal cord stimulation (SCS), and targeted drug delivery technologies. The Clinical Evidence function generates and disseminates clinical and scientific evidence to support product adoption, regulatory requirements, reimbursement initiatives, and evidence-based decision making across the business.

This position is based onsite in Rice Creek/Fridley, Minnesota, with an expectation of working onsite four days per week. The role requires approximately 10% travel to support cross-functional collaboration, investigator engagement, and evidence-generation activities.

The Senior Clinical Evidence Specialist supports the development, evaluation, and communication of clinical evidence for Neuromodulation therapies. This role partners with physicians and cross-functional stakeholders to advance scientific publications, assess evidence gaps, support evidence strategies, and ensure the accuracy and quality of clinical and scientific communications.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop, author, and submit scientific manuscripts, abstracts, posters, podium presentations, and clinical evidence reports.
• Conduct literature reviews and synthesize scientific data to support evidence generation, publication activities, and business objectives.
• Lead or support medical evidence assessments and evidence gap analyses to inform clinical and evidence strategies.
• Collaborate with physicians, investigators, and healthcare professionals on publication development and scientific communications.
• Partner with Marketing, Medical Affairs, Reimbursement, Regulatory Affairs, Research and Development, and Clinical teams to provide clinical evidence expertise.
• Review clinical and scientific content for accuracy, including marketing and educational materials.
• Support investigator meetings, advisory boards, and external research collaborations.
• Maintain publication and literature databases and support responses to regulatory, audit, or submission-related inquiries.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of experience in clinical research, scientific publications, clinical studies, or program management OR advanced degree with 2+ years of experience in clinical research, scientific publications, clinical studies, or program management.
• Experience authoring or contributing to scientific manuscripts, abstracts, clinical reports, or evidence-based communications.
• Experience conducting literature reviews, evidence assessments, or scientific data analyses.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Experience supporting regulated clinical research activities within the medical device, pharmaceutical, biologic, or healthcare industry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience writing clinical study plans, clinical study reports, clinical evaluation reports, scientific manuscripts, or clinical evidence reports.
• Record of leading scientific publications and serving as an author on peer-reviewed publications.
• Knowledge of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines and Good Publication Practices.
• Knowledge of clinical research study design, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), International Council for Harmonisation (ICH), or global clinical regulations.
• Experience supporting neurology, psychiatry, neuromodulation, pain management, or related therapeutic areas.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

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.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. …