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Senior Clinical Development Scientist

Philips
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/5/2026
Job Title

Senior Clinical Development Scientist

Job Description

Senior Clinical Development Scientist, IGTD Coronary

In this role, you have the opportunity to work with a cutting edge product line - IGT Devices is part of the Philips Image Guided Therapy (IGT) business group. As the Senior Clinical Development Scientist, you will be responsible for developing and delivering evidence generation/dissemination strategies for multiple and/or complex projects; including, but not limited to, study design, scientific validity, data integrity, strategic guidance and reporting.

Your Role

  • Provide strategic input for all clinical aspects of the end-to-end coronary clinical development portfolio—from initial concept through post-market products—including study design, product development, and validation testing.
  • Collaborate closely with both internal teams (such as project owners, regulatory, clinical study managers, statisticians, and business leaders) and external stakeholders (including clinical consultants, Key Opinion Leaders, and subject matter experts) to ensure clinical safety and performance objectives are met.
  • Work professionally with investigators, animal test laboratories, regulatory authorities, societies, and associations to support research initiatives and regulatory compliance.
  • Support claims, reimbursement, health economic outcomes, and market access strategies in partnership with internal teams, and take an active or leading role in the publication and dissemination of study results through scientific writing and collaboration with physicians and medical researchers.
  • Lead or support scientific discussions with regulatory agencies and notified bodies to advance clinical and regulatory strategies, including facilitating clinical investigations, reviewing clinical evidence for marketing authorization and line extensions, and supporting sponsor regulatory inspections.

You're The Right Fit If

  • You’ve acquired 10 years of experience in a similar role in the medical device industry; and experience in representing the clinical function in cross-functional product development teams. Strong writing experience to product quality clinical documents, including final reports.
  • Your skills include demonstrated working knowledge of GCP, ICH guidelines, FDA regulations (21 CFR 812) and EU (ISO 14155) regulations; deep understanding of product development and associated design controls within the operational framework of a Quality Management System for medical devices; extensive clinical research knowledge and cross-functional understanding of clinical trial methodology and operational experience is a must. Strong data analysis capabilities and experience with relevant software strongly preferred (SAS/SPSS is a plus).
  • You have a master’s degree or higher in Biomedical Science, Engineering, or Health related field, with extensive experience in doing research for industry.
  • You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
  • You’re an excellent communicator (written and verbal) with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with a variety of teams and stakeholders; self-directed with a strong work ethic, with an ability to work in a goal-oriented environment. You have strong analytical thinking skills, ability to present statistical methods and results to a variety of audiences.

How We Work Together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office-based role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

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Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in CA, CT, MA, NJ, NY, DC, is $144,900 to $231,840.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to San Diego, CA.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.

Salary : $144,900 - $231,840

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