Abbott is looking for Sr Medical Writer in Lake Forest, IL. This local job opportunity with ID 3687657803 is live since 2026-05-21 20:51:44.

Sr. Medical Writer

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 your 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The Sr. Medical Writer works in Lake Forest IL in our Transfusion Medicine division, in Core Diagnostics. Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

What You'll Work On

• Specialist professional individual contributor with comprehensive knowledge in the area of Medical Writing.
• Ability to execute highly complex or specialized projects.
• Adapts precedent and may make significant departures from traditional approaches to develop solutions.
• Considered as highly experienced and knowledgeable resource within the organization in editing, rewriting, or otherwise preparing for publication manuscripts on clinical studies and scientific reports including special summaries from raw data for submission to the FDA or for in-company use, monographs, comprehensive reviews, scientific exhibits, and other projects requiring skill in medical communication.
• Compiles, analyzes, and summarizes additional data from other sources as needed.
• Prepares sales education materials and manuals for sales, product brochures and literature for new products, and revises existing literature.
• Writes and maintains files on informative journal abstracts According to current or estimated future needs.
• Composes medical papers from outlines provided by doctors for presentations.
• May prepare responses regarding company products, drugs, or diseases and refers in-depth technical inquiries to medical personnel.
• Requires knowledge of product areas and current developments.

Required Qualifications

• Associates Degree
• Minimum 7 years of experience in similar role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 5 years or more of experience in similar role.
• Requires knowledge of product areas and current developments.
• Current or former experience in Abbott is a plus.

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.