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A Day in the Life

The Sr. Director of Professional Affairs Clinical Education leads the development and execution of U.S. medical education strategy for the Surgical Operating Unit, partnering closely with internal and external stakeholders to align training with clinical, commercial, and patient outcome goals. This role is responsible for designing and delivering innovative, scalable education programs that enhance procedural proficiency, drive technology adoption, and improve patient care.
A key focus of the role is the integration of digital platforms, data analytics, and personalized learning approaches to tailor training experiences for healthcare professionals (HCPs), ensuring measurable competency development and sustained engagement. The leader advances physician-led education initiatives, fosters strong relationships with clinicians and academic partners, and represents the organization through participation in scientific forums, symposia, and professional meetings.
Through strategic direction and operational oversight, this role ensures that clinical education programs are differentiated, data-driven, and aligned with evolving healthcare needs and organizational priorities.

         

         

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Facilitates customized training and education programs for Medical and Academic Professionals on diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, to increase procedural, technology and product adoption to improve patient outcomes.
• Participates in conventions, forums, symposia educational content and scientific education programming meetings for promoting product and procedural awareness.
• Conducts/ Facilitates physician led education and consulting, supports establishment and maintenance of customer relations with clinicians and organizations.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONAL CAREER STREAM: Management and supervisory professionals with one or more employees who are focused on tactical, operational and some strategic activities within a specified area. Levels within the management career stream typically have six or more direct reports. The majority of time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility, managing performance, developing talent, engagement and inclusion, communicating business and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of direct reports. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of direct and / or indirect reports. A key responsibility of roles in this career stream is managing people. which includes: accountability for mentoring, developing and coaching staff on meeting/exceeding performance expectations and defined objectives, providing leadership to staff ensuring the prioritization of strategic and department level initiatives to include defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Manages multiple departments or division that includes multiple teams led by managers and / or supervisors.
Provides clear strong leadership on future direction.
Establishes organizational policies in a major segment of the company.
Performs work without appreciable direction.

Organizational Impact: Leads the development of the corporate strategy for own major business unit or function.
Accountable for achievement of overall major business unit or function goals .
Management authority to make significant business and strategic decisions.
Decisions impact the financial performance, employees, or public image of the company.
Typically has budget or P&L accountability for one or more functional areas, geographies, divisions, product groups or service groups.

Innovation and Complexity: Champions innovation across the company recommending programs or projects and conceptualizing and developing new approaches.
Problems and issues faced are complex, undefined and impact multiple businesses or functions, where information is typically difficult to obtain and extensive investigation to understand the root cause of problems is required.

Communication and Influence: Identifies, initiates, establishes and