Expected Travel: Up to 50%

Requisition ID: 14173

Position Summary

The Global Medical Director leads the Medical Strategy and Safety function within Clinical and Medical Affairs (CMA), serving as the medical expert across the organization and a key member of a global, cross-functional team. This role contributes to improving patient outcomes by ensuring the safe and effective integration of Teleflex products, procedures, and educational programs into clinical practice. The Global Medical Director provides medical leadership and expertise regarding product safety, efficacy, clinical evidence, approved indications, precautions, warnings, and emerging products. The role is responsible for delivering proactive and responsive medical guidance to internal and external stakeholders, supporting the responsible use of Teleflex products throughout the product lifecycle, including the assessment of unsolicited off-label inquiries related to FDA-cleared products. As a subject matter expert, the Global Medical Director drives medical strategy, leads complex cross-functional initiatives, and partners across CMA and other functions to address clinical and scientific challenges. The position plays a critical role in generating and communicating scientific evidence, identifying and overcoming barriers to product adoption, and supporting physician engagement activities worldwide. Through peer-to-peer interactions, scientific exchange, and strategic stakeholder collaboration, the Global Medical Director helps advance patient safety, optimize clinical outcomes, and promote the appropriate utilization of Teleflex products.

Principal Responsibilities
• Lead the Medical Safety function, including direct oversight, development, and management of the Medical Safety team, ensuring robust safety surveillance, risk assessment, and medical governance process.
• Partner with Research & Development and cross-functional stakeholders to support product innovation, lifecycle management, and product enhancements. Contribute clinical and medical expertise to product strategy, development plans, and key business initiatives.
• Support business development activities by providing clinical and scientific expertise across urology and related therapeutic areas, evaluating new opportunities, technologies, partnerships, and acquisition targets.
• Represent the company at scientific congresses and professional meetings through presentations, scientific exchange, thought leader engagement, exhibit support, and participation in customer-focused educational programs. Advance scientific communication efforts globally.
• Collaborate with Clinical Operations and Medical Affairs teams to design and execute clinical research programs, including protocol development, endpoint selection, data collection strategies, and study oversight.
• Provide medical and scientific leadership for clinical studies, including investigator and site selection, study conduct, data interpretation, publication planning, and support of regulatory submissions worldwide.
• Serve as a physician-to-physician medical resource for advanced product utilization, clinical application, and complex medical inquiries. Provide medical oversight for product safety assessments and benefit-risk evaluations.
• Develop and strengthen strategic relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), professional societies, and external experts. Foster trusted peer-to-peer collaborations that align with organizational priorities and advance scientific and clinical objectives.
• Address complex clinical, scientific, and health economic questions from healthcare providers, patients, payers, and professional organizations. Lead and support clinical and outcomes research initiatives that demonstrate product value and inform evidence-based decision making.
• Act as a medical and scientific advisor to Commercial, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, and other functional teams. Review promotional and educational materials to ensure clinical accuracy, scientific balance, regulatory compliance, and alignment with evidence-based practice.

Education / Experience Requirements
• MD, DO, or equivalent medical degree required.
• Minimum of 10 years of clinical practice experience, including at least 2 years in a leadership or medical affairs role.
• Demonstrated understanding of healthcare market dynamics, unmet clinical needs, and evidence-based strategies to improve patient outcomes and support business objectives.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical research methodology, study design, biostatistics, regulatory requirements, and Good Clinical Practice (GCP).
• Proven ability to critically evaluate, interpret, and communicate clinical and scientific data to diverse audiences.
• Experience conducting literature reviews, evidence assessments, and scientific data synthesis.
• Strong understanding of statistical principles and their application to clinical research and evidence generation.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and complex projects in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Proven success in developing and maintaining productive relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), investigators, professional societies, and internal stakeholders.

Specialized Skills / Other Requirements
• Customer Experience - Representing Teleflex in a customer facing position is a tremendous responsibility and opportunity. All CMA colleagues are expected to perform with the highest levels of professionalism, service and ethics in order to strengthen the Teleflex brand and relationship with our customers.
• Continuous Improvement - Demonstrates initiative and critical thinking to identify, prioritize process and performance gaps. Develops solutions to deliver improving results. Exemplifies continuous improvement thought processes and focus.
• Culture and Values - Exemplifies Teleflex values and ensures a fair, open and productive climate that is engaging, ethical and legally compliant. Strives to work effectively across boundaries in a complex matrix environment.
Drive scientific communication and medical education initiatives by generating, interpreting, and disseminating clinical evidence, supporting physician engagement, and facilitating the development of medically accurate customer-facing resources.
• Contribute to the development and execution of the Medical Affairs strategy, identifying opportunities to expand clinical evidence, enhance stakeholder engagement, and support organizational objectives through cross-functional collaboration.
• Provide medical leadership and support across Clinical and Medical Affairs and the broader organization, serving as a trusted subject matter expert on clinical, scientific, and safety-related matters.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, integrity, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement, while fostering an inclusive and high-performing work environment.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $280,000-$290,000, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position will also include benefits such as medical, prescription drug, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, participation in 401(k) savings plan, and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO, short- and long-term disability and parental leave, dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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Working Conditions / Physical Demands

TRAVEL REQUIRED: 50 %

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
☒ Office/Professional • Plant/Manufacturing ☒ Remote/Field • Laboratory

At Teleflex, we follow a comprehensive hiring process. We do not accept unsolicited resumes from agency recruiters or 3rd party firms. We do not make unsolicited job offers. We do not ask for money or require equipment purchase up-front.