Director Medical Affairs Strategic Markets EMEA - Electrophysiology (m/f/d)

Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Medical Affairs

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

• Hamburg, Germany
• Imperia, Italy
• Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

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Job Description:

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About Cardiovascular

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Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

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We are searching for the best talent for Director Medical Affairs Strategic Markets EMEA - Electrophysiology (m/f/d)

Purpose :

The Director Medical Affairs Strategic Markets EMEA - Electrophysiology (m/f/d) will oversee the Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) team supporting the G5 markets (Germany, France, UK, Italy, and Spain. This position is responsible for developing and executing the vision, mission and goals for the Strategic Markets in EMEA, in alignment with the company's business strategy. This position will play a pivotal role in shaping the medical direction of Electrophysiology for the G5 markets, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and driving innovation in medical technology development. It will also hold a dual responsibility as an MSL for the country it is based in. This role will provide medical and scientific leadership expertise in the area of Electrophysiology and the management of patients in related clinical disciplines. The successful candidate will report directly to the Senior Director, Medical Affairs - Electrophysiology and will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop strategy and achieve business objectives.

You will be responsible for:

• Organizational Leadership: Oversight of MSL work in G5 markets for Electrophysiology
• Provide deep procedural insights, gather, assimilate, and translate opportunities to address unmet surgical needs to inform the Franchise innovation agenda
• Assures seamless knowledge transfer from global medical to the G5 markets
• Provides medical input into Target Product Profile
• Risk management and safety oversight across end-to-end processes, including medical input into adverse event reporting, complaints, Health Hazard Evaluations, Field Action Committee and Complaint Review Board.
• Ability to provide independent, medical input to critically evaluate clinical risk, and make evidence-based risk benefit determinations / assessments.
• Lead medical input into critical business decisions regarding potential patient safety issues.
• Analysis and interpretation of signals and trends from multiple inputs including clinical data, literature, complaints, etc.
• Provides strategic direction to members of the medical affairs department.
• Oversee the MSL organization - Responsible for managing operational aspects of their teams (e.g., budget, performance, and compliance), as well as implementing workforce and succession plans to meet business needs
• Directs individual contributors and is accountable for meaningful career development conversations and regular coaching and feedback. Provides leadership and direction to Medical Scientific Liaisons (MSLs) and serves as the liaison for team collaborations and stakeholder engagements

External Engagements: KOLs / Ad Boards / Physicians / Academic Institutions / FDA

• Bring and develop strong relationships with the top academic clinical physician leaders in the field of Electrophysiology and related clinical fields
• Develop and sustain strong relationships with senior leaders at the EMA
• Reviews and approve key regulatory submissions and communications with the EMA and other regulators
• Collaborating with Electrophysiologists (EPs) and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) to identify unmet needs and de