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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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
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 you dream of.
- 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
The Professional Education & Physician Relations Manager is a Remote position within the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division.
The Professional Education & Physician Relations Manager is a Remote position within the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division.
The team is primarily based in Austin, TX, and the role will require frequent travel. While Austin is the preferred location, Remote arrangements may be considered.
As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.
The Professional Education & Physician Relations Manager leads the US strategy, development, and execution of physician education and engagement initiatives that directly support and advance business objectives. This role oversees the design and delivery of all professional education programs, including training programs, physician and employee preceptorships and proctorships and other relevant education and speaker programs. The Manager is responsible for cultivating, strengthening, and optimizing relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and physician faculty to support education, training, and broader CRM organization strategies. In addition, this role ensures all healthcare professional (HCP) interactions — including consulting agreements, payments, and engagement processes — meet all applicable regulatory, legal, and industry compliance standards.
The position requires strong cross-functional collaboration with US and Global Sales, Marketing, Events, Clinical, R&D, Medical Affairs, Legal, and Compliance teams to deliver impactful, compliant, and high-quality education across the organization.
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON
Professional Education Leadership
- Lead the strategy, development, and execution of physician focused training and education programs across all formats, including live, virtual, local, regional, and national settings.
- Oversee content design, clinical accuracy, and alignment with commercial and therapy specific priorities.
- Evaluate program effectiveness, incorporate stakeholder and participant feedback, and drive continuous improvement.
- Maintain strong knowledge of relevant therapies, products, clinical practice trends, and market dynamics.
Physician Relations & KOL Strategy
- Build, manage, and expand a high performing network of KOLs to support US and global education programs, preceptorships, proctorships, advisory engagements and other relevant education and speaker programs.
- Strengthen relationships with clinicians across specialties — including Fellows, Electrophysiologists, Cardiologists, Advanced Practice Providers, and hospital leadership — to advance education and engagement goals.
- Identify and develop faculty capable of supporting publications, podium presentations, and scientific communications, ensuring alignment with upstream teams for future product introductions.
- Oversee faculty onboarding, qualification processes, speaker development, and ongoing faculty performance standards.
Compliance Oversight
- Ensure all HCP engagements comply with company policies, Fair Market Value guidelines, contracting processes, documentation requirements, payment workflows, transparency regulations, and global OEC/AdvaMed standards.
- Maintain audit readiness and work closely with Legal, Compliance, Medical Affairs, and Finance to confirm alignment with internal controls and regulatory expectations.
Preceptorship & Proctorship Management
- Lead physician-led employee preceptorship programs designed to enhance clinical understanding and product expertise across internal teams.
- Lead physician preceptorships and proctorship programs.
- Oversee preceptor selection, qualification, scheduling, compliance documentation, and program evaluation.
- Partner with internal education, commercial, clinical, and marketing teams to define learning objectives, competency requirements, and participant criteria.
Cross Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Internal Education, Global Marketing, Sales, R&D, Clinical, and Medical Affairs to support product launches, training initiatives, clinical insights, and faculty alignment.
- Collaborate with the Events team to ensure seamless execution of all professional education programs.
- Ensure consistent messaging, quality standards, and strategic utilization of physician faculty across all programs.
- Communicate program outcomes, risks, insights, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
- Drive operational improvements and contribute to scalable, best practice processes that enhance efficiency and impact.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors Degree
- MBA preferred
- 8 years of experience in MedTech professional education, clinical training, or physician relations.
- Position requires a high degree of integrated systems knowledge and a good understanding of our business perspective.
- Strong ability and capacity to keep up with evolving regulations and legislation impacting our business.
- Effectively communicate ideas to meet business objectives with education programs or advisors linked to commercial support.
- Must be willing to attend key conferences for periodic training in this rapidly evolving arena of medical education involving health professionals.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, marketing, education, or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading or managing teams.
- Minimum of 5 years’ direct experience engaging with KOLs or physician faculty, with demonstrated relationship building capability.
- Familiarity with global HCP compliance practices and cross border engagement considerations.
- Strong insight into key cardiovascular KOLs and clinical influencers.
- Experience leading operational improvements or scaling education systems.
- Ability to lead a team while also operating effectively as an individual contributor in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience designing and delivering training and education programs within the medical device industry.
- Ability to simplify and present complex clinical or technical topics effectively.
- Experience presenting to or negotiating with customers, hospitals, physicians, and professional organizations.
- Demonstrated success working in cross functional, field based, and matrixed environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a proven ability to collaborate effectively.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to resolve issues and meet deadlines.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to travel up to 75%, domestically and internationally.
COMPENSATION
- The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
INTRODUCTION
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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
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 you dream of.
- 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
The Professional Education & Physician Relations Manager is a Remote position within the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division.
The Professional Education & Physician Relations Manager is a Remote position within the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division.
The team is primarily based in Austin, TX, and the role will require frequent travel. While Austin is the preferred location, Remote arrangements may be considered.
As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.
The Professional Education & Physician Relations Manager leads the US strategy, development, and execution of physician education and engagement initiatives that directly support and advance business objectives. This role oversees the design and delivery of all professional education programs, including training programs, physician and employee preceptorships and proctorships and other relevant education and speaker programs. The Manager is responsible for cultivating, strengthening, and optimizing relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and physician faculty to support education, training, and broader CRM organization strategies. In addition, this role ensures all healthcare professional (HCP) interactions — including consulting agreements, payments, and engagement processes — meet all applicable regulatory, legal, and industry compliance standards.
The position requires strong cross-functional collaboration with US and Global Sales, Marketing, Events, Clinical, R&D, Medical Affairs, Legal, and Compliance teams to deliver impactful, compliant, and high-quality education across the organization.
WHAT YOU'LL WORK ON
Professional Education Leadership
- Lead the strategy, development, and execution of physician focused training and education programs across all formats, including live, virtual, local, regional, and national settings.
- Oversee content design, clinical accuracy, and alignment with commercial and therapy specific priorities.
- Evaluate program effectiveness, incorporate stakeholder and participant feedback, and drive continuous improvement.
- Maintain strong knowledge of relevant therapies, products, clinical practice trends, and market dynamics.
Physician Relations & KOL Strategy
- Build, manage, and expand a high performing network of KOLs to support US and global education programs, preceptorships, proctorships, advisory engagements and other relevant education and speaker programs.
- Strengthen relationships with clinicians across specialties — including Fellows, Electrophysiologists, Cardiologists, Advanced Practice Providers, and hospital leadership — to advance education and engagement goals.
- Identify and develop faculty capable of supporting publications, podium presentations, and scientific communications, ensuring alignment with upstream teams for future product introductions.
- Oversee faculty onboarding, qualification processes, speaker development, and ongoing faculty performance standards.
Compliance Oversight
- Ensure all HCP engagements comply with company policies, Fair Market Value guidelines, contracting processes, documentation requirements, payment workflows, transparency regulations, and global OEC/AdvaMed standards.
- Maintain audit readiness and work closely with Legal, Compliance, Medical Affairs, and Finance to confirm alignment with internal controls and regulatory expectations.
Preceptorship & Proctorship Management
- Lead physician-led employee preceptorship programs designed to enhance clinical understanding and product expertise across internal teams.
- Lead physician preceptorships and proctorship programs.
- Oversee preceptor selection, qualification, scheduling, compliance documentation, and program evaluation.
- Partner with internal education, commercial, clinical, and marketing teams to define learning objectives, competency requirements, and participant criteria.
Cross Functional Collaboration
- Partner with Internal Education, Global Marketing, Sales, R&D, Clinical, and Medical Affairs to support product launches, training initiatives, clinical insights, and faculty alignment.
- Collaborate with the Events team to ensure seamless execution of all professional education programs.
- Ensure consistent messaging, quality standards, and strategic utilization of physician faculty across all programs.
- Communicate program outcomes, risks, insights, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
- Drive operational improvements and contribute to scalable, best practice processes that enhance efficiency and impact.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors Degree
- MBA preferred
- 8 years of experience in MedTech professional education, clinical training, or physician relations.
- Position requires a high degree of integrated systems knowledge and a good understanding of our business perspective.
- Strong ability and capacity to keep up with evolving regulations and legislation impacting our business.
- Effectively communicate ideas to meet business objectives with education programs or advisors linked to commercial support.
- Must be willing to attend key conferences for periodic training in this rapidly evolving arena of medical education involving health professionals.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, life sciences, marketing, education, or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience leading or managing teams.
- Minimum of 5 years’ direct experience engaging with KOLs or physician faculty, with demonstrated relationship building capability.
- Familiarity with global HCP compliance practices and cross border engagement considerations.
- Strong insight into key cardiovascular KOLs and clinical influencers.
- Experience leading operational improvements or scaling education systems.
- Ability to lead a team while also operating effectively as an individual contributor in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience designing and delivering training and education programs within the medical device industry.
- Ability to simplify and present complex clinical or technical topics effectively.
- Experience presenting to or negotiating with customers, hospitals, physicians, and professional organizations.
- Demonstrated success working in cross functional, field based, and matrixed environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a proven ability to collaborate effectively.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to resolve issues and meet deadlines.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to travel up to 75%, domestically and internationally.
COMPENSATION
- The base pay for this position is $99,300.00 – $198,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:
Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Physician Relations
Verify your degree supports specialty occupation
Physician Relations roles must qualify as a specialty occupation under USCIS standards. Pull the O*NET profile for your target job code and confirm the listed education requirement is a specific bachelor's degree field, not a general business or management degree.
Target health systems with LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Physician Relations openings by employers who have filed H-1B Labor Condition Applications in this role category, so you're applying only where active sponsorship infrastructure already exists.
Document liaison and partnership outcomes concretely
H-1B petitions for Physician Relations require evidence the role demands specialized knowledge. Build a portfolio of measurable outcomes, physician engagement metrics, or program results your employer can reference in the I-129 specialty occupation support letter.
Clarify LCA wage level before accepting an offer
Before signing, ask which DOL prevailing wage level the employer intends to certify. A Level I filing on a senior Physician Relations role can trigger a Request for Evidence from USCIS, so confirming wage alignment early prevents downstream petition problems.
Ask about cap-exempt employer status upfront
Hospitals affiliated with nonprofit research institutions or qualifying universities may be cap-exempt, letting you start immediately rather than waiting for the October 1 H-1B cap season. Confirm this with HR before the offer stage, not after.
Align your start date with premium processing timelines
If you're transitioning from OPT or another status, request that the employer file with USCIS premium processing. Standard H-1B adjudication can run several months, and Physician Relations roles often have defined program launch or physician contract cycles that won't wait.
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Find Physician Relations JobsPhysician Relations H-1B Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Physician Relations role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
It can, but the qualification depends on how the employer defines the position. USCIS requires that the role normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field directly related to the duties. Physician Relations jobs framed around healthcare strategy, clinical program management, or managed care partnerships are stronger candidates than generalist liaison roles where any business degree would suffice.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Physician Relations roles?
Large integrated health systems, academic medical centers, and regional hospital networks are the most active sponsors. These organizations file Labor Condition Applications at scale and have in-house immigration counsel. Migrate Mate surfaces Physician Relations openings filtered by employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history, so you can focus your search on companies already set up to sponsor.
What should I expect during the H-1B filing process for this role?
Your employer files a Labor Condition Application with DOL first, which certifies the offered wage meets the prevailing wage for the role and location. Once certified, they file Form I-129 with USCIS. For Physician Relations, the petition package typically includes a detailed job duty description and evidence of the specialty occupation nexus, such as a degree requirement in the job posting itself.
Can a Physician Relations employer sponsor me if they're a nonprofit hospital?
Yes, and nonprofit hospitals affiliated with qualifying research institutions or universities may be cap-exempt, which is a significant advantage. Cap-exempt employers can file your H-1B petition at any point in the year, not just during the April lottery window, and your employment can begin as soon as USCIS approves. Confirm the hospital's cap-exempt status directly with HR or their immigration counsel during the offer process.
How does the H-1B prevailing wage requirement affect Physician Relations compensation?
DOL requires employers to pay the prevailing wage for the specific occupation and work location, which they certify through the LCA. You can look up the applicable wage tiers for your role using the OFLC Wage Search before entering negotiations. Employers who file at a lower wage level than the actual seniority of the role risk a USCIS Request for Evidence, so understanding your wage level classification protects both you and your petition.
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