Associate Director, Medical Education

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Job Function:

Medical Affairs Group

Job Sub Function:

Professional Medical Education

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is hiring for an Assoc. Director, Medical Education – Shockwave Medical to join our team. The position is FULLY REMOTE and can sit anywhere in the US.

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/. 

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Ready to join a team that’s pioneering the development and commercialization of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat complex calcified cardiovascular disease. Our Shockwave Medical portfolio aims to establish a new standard of care for medical device treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease through its differentiated and proprietary local delivery of sonic pressure waves for the treatment of calcified plaque.

Position Overview

The Associate Director, Medical Education is a critical, high-visibility customer facing role within Shockwave Medical (SWAV) with the intention of developing and executing medical education and physician relations activities. The position has global responsibility across all lines of therapy and reports to the Director of Professional Education.

The incumbent will lead a growing effort to educate and train health care professional on SWAV therapies. He/She must be skilled at the appropriate coaching of physicians in the development and delivery of scientific communications and peer-to-peer training. This individual is core to physician relationship management at SWAV and will develop and maintain productive relationships with many Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) from disciplines such as interventional cardiology, vascular surgery, interventional radiology, cardiothoracic surgery, and allied healthcare professionals.

Essential Job Functions

· Develop, plan and execute Shockwave Medical-managed HCP programs, including identifying educational needs, and development of programs and formats that meet customer and business needs. This role owns the professional education strategy for a key therapeutic area(s) and will manage a budget and supporting resources involved in executing the strategy.

· Develop and maintain key relationships with Healthcare Professionals in area of therapeutic area of focus.

· Responsible for execution of events, contracting of new speakers, maintenance of compliance standards, preparation of speaker materials, documentation and tracking.

· Develop educational objectives and curricula / agenda for programs, including both CME and Non-CME accredited content.

· Identify and contract of new training sites and physician speakers.

· May oversee execution of symposia, virtual or at-conference, including agenda design, content development, and physician speaker coaching.

· Will facilitate preparation of pr