Associate Director, Medical Affairs

Description

RxSight® is an ophthalmic medical technology corporation headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California that has commercialized the world’s first and only adjustable intraocular lens (IOL) that is customized after cataract surgery. The company’s mission is to revolutionize the premium cataract surgery experience by allowing surgeons to partner with their patients to achieve optimized results for every unique eye.

OVERVIEW:

The Associate Director of medical affairs will be responsible for providing clinical support to multiple internal and external customers, including clinical trainers, MD and OD customers, R&D, and marketing. This individual will be a subject matter expert in company technologies, provide responses to clinical information requests from internal and external customers and develop clinical messages with cross-functional teams to support marketing plans. On-site support may occur from time to time to provide LAL education to prospective or current users, to collect/analyze data as part of a clinical outcomes program, or to provide clinical support/recommendations for identified clinics.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide fair and balanced clinical, scientific, and educational information to Ophthalmologists, Optometrists and other eyecare professionals, including in response to unsolicited off-label inquiries about the use of the technology.
• Support LAL education opportunities for prospective or current users including the use of clinical data as collected/analyzed within RxSight’s clinical outcomes program.
• Provide clinical support to identified LAL clinics. 
• Attend and support company activities at national and regional meetings.
• Maintain clinical, scientific and technical expertise in all current and future products
• Ability to travel up to 25% travel as required.

Requirements

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, and interpersonal relationship skills
• Ability to understand, integrate and effectively communicate scientific/clinical and commercial value of company products and technology
• Previous industry experience working with Clinical/R&D/Marketing teams in a highly regulated, commercial medical device business.
• Demonstrated planning, organizational and project management abilities
• Proven ability to develop relationships with clinicians and other Healthcare Professionals
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills as well as scientific acumen
• A high degree of personal initiative and a high professional standard for all interactions.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• None

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, and TRAINING:

• Clinical degree (MD or OD)
• 5 + years of related experience working in cataract surgery devices required. 
• Training to be completed per the training plan for this position as maintained in the document control system
• The training requirements on TRN-10007 Insider Trading Policy, TRN-10008 Global Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Policy and TRN-10009 Code of Business Conducts and Ethics must be diligently completed within 30 days from the hiring date and on an annual basis

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• MD or OD

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)