Principal Medical Education Specialist
MedtronicAbout the role
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
At Medtronic, we lead global healthcare technology and boldly address the most challenging health problems facing humanity, by searching out and finding solutions. Our mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Medical Education Specialist to join our Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Medical Education team.
As a Principal Medical Education Specialist, you will be a key member of a team that trains over a thousand HCPs annually on Medtronic ENT's products. You will work closely with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality training experiences for our ENT customers.
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A Day in the Life
- Contribute to the development and execution of ENT customer training programs, including ENT medical education courses, peer-to-peer education events, and Medtronic led resident and fellows workshops.
- Maintains and builds relationships with HCP consultant faculty, with an emphasis on key Medtronic ENT therapies
- Collaborate with Marketing, Sales Training, and other cross-functional partners to ensure content of trainings is relevant, innovative, compliant, and interactive—whether delivered in-person or virtually.
- Obtain information needed to prepare training programs; prepare training materials; develop course content; determine methodology; and coordinate the development of training aids.
- Continuously revise lesson plans to meet new training requirements and keep technical information up to date.
- Plan, develop, and coordinate in-house education and product training programs for customers.
- Develop all content for presentation materials and execute training for HCP consultants to ensure consistent messaging.
- Drive awareness and enthusiasm for products and the company by incorporating tailored messaging into physician education and engagement programs.
- Analyze physician education needs by performing market segmentation and partnering with the commercial team to develop and execute peer-to-peer education events.
- Align cross-functionally with clinical affairs and product marketing teams to ensure the most relevant clinical information is communicated in educational programs.
- Ensure training programs meet company and customer objectives.
- Develop dashboards and analytical resources to identify trends and recommend improvements to regional leaders.
- Partner with the sales team to promote and execute physician education programs.
- Develop methods to gather physician and sales rep feedback to identify areas of interest and strategize improvements for maximum impact.
- Must be comfortable at times working within bioskills lab environments with cadaveric tissue.
- May utilize trainers with technical expertise and lead hands-on training courses.
- Work independently with direction from manager and functional or technical experts.
- Ability to travel up to 50%.
Must Have: Minimum Requirements
Required Knowledge and Experience: High School Diploma or equivalent with 11+ years of relevant experience in a clinical lab setting, clinical training, field sales/support in medical device, healthcare industry or equivalent experience (OR Associate's Degree with 9+ years’ experience OR Baccalaureate Degree with 7+ years’ experience).
Nice to Have
- Medical Device program management experience, organizational skillset, and ability to meet timelines.
- Experience in supporting or planning faculty led Medical Education events in the medical device industry.
- Background in localized drug delivery or pharmaceutical curriculum a plus
- Medical Device Marketing or Medical Education experience with a focus on ENT therapies including CRS, Head & Neck or Otology
- Ability to work self-directed, independently as well as to collaborate on key issues.
- Experience interactively engaging and effectively working cross-functionally with internal events team members, sales teams, marketing, clinical, research, corporate and leadership levels, and quality.
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