Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Senior Director, Medical Affairs

Edwards Lifesciences Corp$209K — $296K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree or relevant experience required.
  • Proven experience in people management.
  • Preferred Ph.D., PharmD, MD, or equivalent advanced degree.
  • Experience in Medical Affairs leadership within pharma, biotech, or medical devices.
  • Expertise in cardiovascular disease and therapies.
  • Background in scientific communications and evidence dissemination.
  • Strong understanding of clinical research and biostatistics.

Responsibilities

  • Direct medical affairs activities, ensuring effective scientific communications.
  • Implement strategies for scientific communications and clinical data assessment.
  • Lead team to ensure accurate medical information provision related to tricuspid valve interventions.
  • Oversee scientific review of product claims in the relevant domain.
  • Manage educational grant reviews and their implementation.
  • Refine practices through strategic recommendations and team guidance.
  • Develop talent and succession plans to align with Medical Affairs strategy.
  • Lead strategic planning and project prioritization for business objectives.
  • Analyze data to guide executive leadership decision-making.

Benefits

  • Competitive salaries and performance-based incentives.
  • Wide variety of benefits programs for employees and families.
Full Job Description
The Senior Director, Medical Affairs will be a strong leader with important contribution to the Transcatheter Mitral & Tricuspid (TMTT) business unit to set/directly influence the Medical Affairs strategy and accomplish objectives through leading the work of direct reports and broader team.

You will make an impact by:
  • Direct medical affairs activities (e.g., scientific communications, medical information & scientific support for claims, and educational grants) with overall responsibility of leading the team to effectively deliver clinical evidence to the physician community through relevant and impactful scientific communications aligned with Medical Affairs strategy.
  • Recommend & implement strategies, systems & processes for scientific communications and lead team from assessment of clinical data to develop and deliver communications including publications in peer-reviewed medical/cardiology journals and physician podium presentations, in collaboration with physician leaders in transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions.
  • Recommend & implement strategies, systems & processes for medical information related to transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions and lead team to ensure provision of information that supports appropriate product use and scientific exchange.
  • Recommend & implement strategies and lead team to ensure effective scientific review of product claims related to transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions.
  • Recommend & implement strategies, systems & processes for educational grant reviews and lead team for effective implementation.
  • Refine and effect best practices by recommending and implementing changes to methods through director(s), manager(s) and/or experienced professionals.
  • Develop a robust talent development and succession plan in alignment with Medical Affairs growth strategy.
  • Recommend, communicate and direct strategies. Lead in identifying risk, developing mitigation strategies, alternative solutions, resoling issues, etc. in collaboration with cross functional and/or matrix teams.
  • Plan and direct strategic activities including prioritizing appropriate projects with overall responsibility for meeting business objectives.
  • Analyze, formulate and present recommendations to advise and guide leadership; develop and deliver senior leadership/executive level communication.


What you'll need (Required):
  • Master's Degree or equivalent relevant experience
  • Demonstrated track record in people management


What else we look for (Preferred):
  • Ph.D., PharmD, MD, or equivalent advanced scientific degree.
  • Medical Affairs leadership experience within the pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical device industry.
  • Deep knowledge of cardiovascular disease states and therapies.
  • Experience with scientific communications, publications, medical information, or evidence dissemination.
  • Strong understanding of clinical research, clinical evidence interpretation, and biostatistics.
  • Demonstrated success leading and developing teams.
  • Exceptional scientific writing, editing, communication, and presentation skills.
  • Experience influencing cross-functional and senior stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
  • Strong strategic thinking, project leadership, and problem-solving capabilities.


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 $209,000 - $296,000 (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.

About Edwards Lifesciences Corp

Edwards Lifesciences is an American medical technology company headquartered in Irvine, California, specializing in artificial heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. It developed the SAPIEN transcatheter aortic heart valve made of cow tissue within a balloon-expandable, cobalt-chromium frame, deployed via catheter. The company has manufacturing facilities at the Irvine headquarters, as well as in Draper, Utah; Costa Rica; the Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; and Singapore; and is building a new facility due to be completed in 2021 in Limerick, Ireland.
Learn more about Edwards Lifesciences Corp
Size
15,700 employees
Market Cap
$45.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$823.4 million
Founded
1958
5 Year Trend
+12%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
NASDAQ

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