Senior Director, Training and Professional Education, Surgical

Patients are at the heart of everything we do. As part of our Medical Affairs team, you’ll foster internal and external collaboration to generate and disseminate evidence-based clinical practices to help impact patient lives and advance the quality of care.

Your scientific curiosity and passion for patients will help us grow our reach and develop innovative solutions for people fighting cardiovascular disease.

Are you the right candidate for this opportunity Make sure to read the full description below.

Dedicated to innovation, our Surgical business unit is focused on identifying and solving critical, unmet needs in cardiac surgery.

In understanding the challenges of open-heart surgery, we partner with surgical teams to deliver modern technologies intended to enhance patients’ quality of life and expand their potential treatment opportunities.

It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.

How you will make an impact :

• Define, create and execute enterprise-level projects for the effective launch, management and execution of challenging and undefined programs, related trainings and projects intended to maximize product / procedural outcomes with cross-functional teams.
• Create and implement BU Sales Training Strategy and governance model ensuring compliance with all training and regulatory body standards in partnership with stakeholders.
• Ensure operational excellence in managing the work of US Sales Training and professional education areas within Surgical BU including financial budget responsibilities.

Oversee the professional development of the individuals on the team through coaching, educational / development resources, and general leadership.

Develop a robust talent development plan in alignment with functional growth strategies of the department.

• Serve in an advisory role to management to provide direction and guidance to project teams to execute enterprise-level projects, initiatives and / or programs.
• Develop and own tactics (e.g., virtual symposiums, digital content) for large scale / complex / high visibility programs that support the strategy and access new training methodologies as incorporated into product launches as appropriate.
• Partner within medical affairs and Strategy in execution of activities for advisory board meetings.
• Identify and evaluate enterprise-level process improvements and / or course correction / alignment opportunities including evaluations of new systems and / or procedures.
• Maintain awareness and alignment with existing guidelines and regional practices and ensure training content aligns with contemporary standards as a subject matter expert.
• Lead in the strategic development and implementation of various training programs and tools for BU sales team and customer education and training.

Serve as the clinical and BU subject matter expert to develop training in support of sales team’s broad adoption of procedural and clinical best practices.

• Provide leadership for key initiatives in the development, execution and continual improvement of training programs including increase market understanding and educate on new therapies.
• Cultivate strong relationships with HCPs and internal key stakeholders (e.g., sales, marketing, GHER, medical affairs, clinical affairs, field training and executive teams) to prepare field on clinical and economic competitive challenges.

What you will need (Required) :

• Bachelor's Degree
• A minimum of 12 years related experience
• Demonstrated track record in people management
• Ability to travel up to 25%

What else we look for (Preferred) :

• Master's Degree
• Experience working in a regulated industry
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Keep current on relevant therapeutic and medical device sales training areas to maintain current knowledge and gain new ideas relevant to training and education
• Related experience includes sales, marketing, healthcare industry or medical device industry
• Prior experience with instructional design and developing clinical / technical content preferred
• Prior successful experience as a trainer in clinical and / or sales role.

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California, the base pay range for this position is $199,000 to $282,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.

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