[Hiring] Medical Science Liaison Advisor @Medtronic

Role Description

The Cardiac Surgery Operating Unit is a highly specialized, multidisciplinary environment dedicated to the surgical treatment of complex heart and great vessel conditions. The unit brings together cardiac surgeons, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, nurses, and technologists who work in close coordination to deliver procedures such as:

• Coronary artery bypass grafting
• Valve repair and replacement
• Advanced structural heart interventions

This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 25% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

In this role as a Medical Science Liaison Advisor - Cardiac Surgery for the Heart Valve Therapy focus area of the Cardiac Surgery Clinical Research & Medical Science organization, you will be responsible for:

• Providing disease state, therapy, and evidence expertise
• Leading strategic medical science and data projects
• Assessing how research and data proposals fit within the context of current research and evidence strategies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 15 years of clinical/clinical research experience/medical affairs
• Or minimum of 13 years of clinical/clinical research experience/medical affairs with an advanced degree
• Experience in cardiac therapies

Requirements

• Maintains a deep understanding of the science behind our products
• Develops research intelligence in our product and evidence space
• Develops, implements, and supports Aortic evidence strategy via literature review, gap analysis and data review for ongoing and planned projects
• Review external proposals (research, collaboration, and data proposals) and drive alignment as needed
• Drives education and outreach for safe and effective use of our products
• Utilizes advanced subject matter expertise to provide medical/scientific input to various functions and organizational units
• Tracks all assigned research projects, monitors progress, and creates a forecast for evidence
• Ensures effective objective value propositions are developed and articulated for Medtronic technologies
• Presents proposals for internal alignment by putting them in the context of ongoing research, literature, and competitive research
• Monitors and synthesizes key conference medical information, journal publications, and PR related to structural heart therapies
• As a therapy and scientific expert, may support cross-functional teams and business
• Create literature reviews or evidence summaries as needed to drive clinical research decisions
• Provide clinical perspective to assist with development of marketing strategy and plans
• Liaison between commercial and scientific teams, including physicians
• Engage and provide feedback to physicians on potential research ideas/questions

Benefits

• Competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
• Health, Dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability leave
• Dependent daycare spending account
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement
• Incentive plans
• 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
• Short-term disability
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)