Job Description Summary

As Vice President & General Manager, Academics – USCAN, you will shape and accelerate GE HealthCare’s academic strategy across the United States and Canada. You will serve as a trusted partner to leading academic medical centers and research institutions, positioning GE HealthCare as a thought leader and collaborator in driving healthcare innovation.

This is a high-impact role for a strategic, visionary leader with deep understanding of academic health systems, research ecosystems, and clinical-commercial partnerships.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities
• Lead the Academic Strategy: Define and execute GE HealthCare’s academic strategy for USCAN, aligning with global and regional business priorities.
• Position GE HealthCare as a Thought Leader: Build and strengthen relationships with key academic institutions, hospitals, and scientific societies to advance evidence generation, translational research, and innovation adoption.
• Accelerate Growth Across Academic Accounts: Elevate commercial excellence through account segmentation, targeted value propositions, and measurable growth strategies.
• Foster Strategic Partnerships: Cultivate early adopters and key opinion leaders (KOLs); establish reference sites that showcase GE HealthCare’s impact in clinical and research settings across care areas
• Deliver a Differentiated Customer Experience: Ensure a seamless, value-driven engagement model that aligns GE HealthCare’s capabilities with academic and clinical needs.
• Champion Collaboration: Partner across product, commercial, marketing, and research teams to mobilize resources, share insights, and deliver integrated customer solutions.
• Ensure Compliance & Integrity: Maintain adherence to Research-Commercial policies, Quality, Regulatory, and integrity standards in all engagements.
• Drive Performance: Own revenue, margin, and orders targets for the academic segment; manage business plans that deliver sustained growth and customer success.

Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree (PhD, MBA, JD, MS, MPH, MPP, or equivalent) strongly preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive leadership experience in complex, research-intensive organizations (academic health systems, or healthcare industry).
• Proven track record of strategic leadership, including developing and executing commercially successful, multi-modality healthcare solutions and collaborations.
• Demonstrated excellence in communication, executive engagement, and cross-functional leadership.

• High credibility within the academic community and ability to demonstrate existing KOL relationships.

• Strong analytical, strategic, and critical thinking capabilities.
• Willingness and ability to travel 50%+.

Desired Characteristics
• Creative, forward-thinking leader who challenges the status quo and inspires innovation.
• Exceptional relationship-builder with strong influencing and networking skills.
• Inclusive, humble, and people-first leadership style that builds trust and drives collaboration.
• Experienced in navigating complex, matrixed environments.
• Deep understanding of the healthcare landscape, including academic operations, research funding, and digital transformation.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, Microsoft Office Suite, and data visualization tools.
 

We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. For U.S. based positions only, the pay range for this position is $240,000.00-$360,000.00 Annual. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience and location. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). GE HealthCare offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

Additional Information

GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer