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Senior Therapy Development Specialist
Abbott Laboratories · 🇺🇸 5 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Abbott Laboratories paid sponsored hires in similar roles5 certified filings for “SENIOR SPECIALIST QUALITY ASSURANCE” (Industrial Engineers) in IL: $105k–$142k, median $112k. Most were filed at wage level III (40%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Abbott Laboratories
The US Department of Labor certified 73 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 28 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: Senior Therapy Development Specialist – Southeast Region Working at Abbott (Orlando, FL, Charlotte, NC, Nashville, TN or Atlanta, GA) 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 This is a remote position that is part of our Structural Heart team. Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease. The Senior Therapy Development Specialist is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with key physicians and site-specific stakeholders to achieve clinical trial enrollment objectives for the Northeast Region. This individual will be streamlining the patient screening process at participating sites, conducting referral and educational activities to support therapy development. This position will work closely within the clinical study team including the medical director, program and project management, and other clinical study personnel as well as the commercial team. This position will also have significant interaction with investigators, research coordinators, physician assistants, and nurses. This position will be required to execute their job responsibilities within the corporate policies and standard operating procedures. What You’ll Work On • Define strategies to drive enrollment at clinical trial sites within assigned territory to meet enrolment targets. • Establish regular touch points with site investigators and research teams to elevate trial visibility, reinforce trial enrollment, streamline patient screening activities, support site teams with tools and best practices to qualify trial candidates, identify and address barriers to enrollment and coordinate with cross-functional team to ensure clinical site productivity. • Implement escalation plans for clinical trial sites as appropriate. • Develop relationships with key stakeholders including cardiologist and surgeons, identify and utilize key customer networks to bridge gaps across clinics. • Gather data on patient pipeline, track enrollment progress and identify trends in customer, research staff, and other clinical trial stakeholder needs. • Facilitate clinical trial awareness activities to support site investigators including organizing referral meetings with general cardiologists and primary care physicians to generate education and awareness for the trial. Utilize analytical tools to assist with referral activit