Associate Director, Medical Education ICTx

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Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.                

About the role:

The core objective of this role is to lead a team to deliver relevant medical education to ultimately improve evidence-based clinical practices and patient outcomes in the interventional cardiology space. Medical education will be provided to all healthcare practitioners including fellows, practicing physicians and allied health professionals across a variety of platforms to create accessibility to educational content.

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week.

Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with internal teams to plan and implement high quality physician medical education at scientific congresses or Boston Scientific-sponsored programs (advisory boards, educational programs, symposia, digital physician education).
• Identify ongoing educational and project needs. Create and oversee the implementation of the identified projects and ongoing educational needs in partnership with key stakeholders. Act as a core team lead and provide consultation on various internal and/or field-related projects with cross-functional teams
• Develop new content and delivery of educational initiatives taking into consideration newest clinical and scientific data on the product lines
• Investigate and analyze ongoing training needs and develop training plans and programs that meet the changing needs and priorities of the business while partnering with leadership
• Lead in process improvement projects by driving program effectiveness and ensuring overall stakeholder satisfaction from a content and educational perspective
• Advance scientific and educational objectives with appreciation of commercial landscape.
• Set strategy to partner with key opinion leaders in interventional cardiology on educational objectives.
• Develop and maintain a high level of expertise in data pertaining to all marketed and pipeline products, as well as a solid knowledge base of current data developments in relevant fields of assigned technologies.
• Create, customize, and prepare physicians to present scientific educational content
• Provide excellent cross-functional collaboration across all levels of the organization to present a united front to customer.
• Seek to globalize educational initiatives to execute locally
• Provide direct leadership and professional growth of team members through guidance, coaching and development

Required qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience in medical device industry or 5 years with advanced degree
• Fluency in understanding and interpretation of clinical data
• Ability to travel up to 30%, primarily domestically with limited international travel.

Preferred qualifications:

• Technical or clinical knowledge in the cardiovascular space
• Experience in developing educational programs and KOL management
• Previous track record of building relationship with key opinion leaders in medical field
• Previous experience in medical device education, product marketing, field clinical engineering or commercial, customer facing roles

Requisition ID: 596739

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!

At Boston Scientific, we recognize that nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace helps us be more innovative and it is important in our work of advancing science for life and improving patient health. That is why we stand for inclusion, equality, and opportunity for all. By embracing the richness of our unique backgrounds and perspectives, we create a better, more rewarding place for our employees to work and reflect the patients, customers, and communities we serve. 

Boston Scientific Corporation has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To ensure full implementation of its equal employment policy, the Company will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, gender expression, veteran’s status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

Boston Scientific maintains a prohibited substance free workplace. Pursuant to Va. Code § 2.2-4312 (2000), Boston Scientific is providing notification that the unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance or marijuana is prohibited in the workplace and that violations will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.

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