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

Position Description
The role will provide senior level medical expertise, inputs to the design, execution and dissemination of clinical evidence, expertise to training and education activities and objective medical oversight to ensure technology and therapy effectiveness and safety throughout the product lifecycle. In addition, this position supports the Acute Care & Monitoring Operating Unit (OU) in advancing our capability to disrupt and lead the market through disease state and therapy expertise, key inputs to strategy and business development activities. The position will work with the Medical Safety Medical Director in the center to support Quality, Regulatory, Research & Development, and Clinical activities. This position also works closely with the Clinical Research & Medical Science (CRMS) leader in the OU, to ensure the development and execution of robust clinical research and medical science strategies, supporting OU priorities. This position reports into the SVP and President and is a member of the Sr. Staff. In addition, this position will work with the other CMOs across MDT in providing leadership on medical and scientific affairs. No direct reports to start but expected to build a small team over time (no specific timeframe; will depend on the impact the CMO makes as first an individual contributor)

Position Responsibilities

Clinical Research & Medical Science

• Provide medical guidance, support and partnership to the OU in the strategic planning and execution of clinical trials.
• Provide strategic guidance on evidence development, evidence dissemination and training and support needs in the field.
• Provide medical expertise for key discussions with the FDA, CMS, and other regulatory and reimbursement bodies. 

Strategic

• Serve as ACM medical representative at major congresses, advisory board meetings, and other key industry panels and events involving key opinion leaders.
• Build and maintain relationships in the medical community to identify current and future business opportunities and emerging medical and health care practices.
• Actively participate in the OU strategic planning processes; provide collaborative medical support to execute business specific goals and objectives; and provide medical input into the development of new business models to advance OU objectives.

Innovation and Business Development

• Consult on theoretical and experimental scientific and technological investigations for advancements or new discoveries.
• Consult and provide design input on new and next generation procedural and product design with R&T/R&D.
• Provide key subject matter expertise in the identification and pursuit of some or all of the following including strategic business opportunities, mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, alliances, joint ventures, and licensing agreements or evaluation/management of investments in company ventures or entrepreneurial opportunities.
• Consults with top management and closely monitors market conditions to ensure new programs, policies and strategic relationships/ partnerships align with overall corporate strategy and takes advantage of market opportunities.
• Partners across the business development team and OU Leadership team globally to develop portfolio strategies to balance internal innovation and business development to serve global business needs.  
• Partner with business development team in providing market, patient population, and physician practice assessments and evaluating external opportunities technically and clinically.

Commercial

• Serve as a medical consultant to marketing, commercial, or research program teams and government regulatory agencies.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to develop key messaging and identify and capitalize on current and future business opportunities
• Serve as the medical consultant on outward communication/media representation and collaborates with Medical Safety Medical Director on communications related to patient safety and/or device malfunction/quality.
• Interface with sales and marketing teams globally to build deeper local market knowledge and connections regarding products and strategies.  Support global product launches, training, and customer support plans.  Collaborate with geography business leaders to create local strategies to advance appropriate use of our therapies.
• Collaborate with Clinical Re