Sr. Manager, Emerging Surgeon Development

About Carlsmed

Our mission is to improve outcomes and decrease the cost of healthcare for spine surgery. The Carlsmed aprevo® personalized surgery platform is designed to improve the standard of care for spine surgery one patient at a time.

Position Description

 

The Sr. Manager, Emerging Surgeon Development, will report directly to the Sr. Director, Medical Education and play a central role in the co-development and execution of Carlsmed’s Emerging Surgeon Development strategy. This individual will be responsible for building and strengthening long-term partnerships with academic training programs, faculty, and institutional leaders while designing and implementing educational initiatives that introduce Carlsmed technologies during residency and fellowship training. Through these efforts, the role will support senior residents and fellows as they transition into independent clinical practice, with the goal of driving early familiarity, building clinical confidence, and enabling a seamless transition to the Commercial organization as surgeons enter practice. The ideal candidate will be located in San Diego, CA, or on the East Coast of the United States between Washington, DC, and Boston, MA.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

Primary:

Develop and manage a comprehensive Emerging Surgeon Development program spanning residents, fellows, and early-career surgeons.

Academic Engagement

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with academic residency and fellowship programs, key educational stakeholders, and program faculty.
• Develop and execute educational offerings aligned with academic calendars, training milestones, and fellowship timelines.
• Coordinate and support educational initiatives and engagement activities, including:
• Resident and fellow-focused educational courses and training programs.
• Academic center engagements, including personalized spine dinners, journal clubs, grand rounds, and alumni events.
• Educational programming and engagement activities at spine society and industry conferences.

 

Transition to Practice

• Develop structured engagement programs and pathways to support fellows as they transition from training into independent clinical practice.
• Identify and help address early-career barriers to adoption, including access, educational gaps, institutional readiness, and workflow integration.
• Deliver targeted educational and clinical support throughout the first 12–18 months of practice to reinforce confidence, procedural consistency, and technology adoption.
• Facilitate peer-to-peer mentorship opportunities by connecting early-career surgeons with experienced Carlsmed technology users and faculty partners.

Metrics

• Develop and track key performance metrics to evaluate program effectiveness, surgeon engagement, and adoption outcomes.
• Leverage data insights and participant feedback to continuously optimize program structure, content, and delivery.

Secondary:

• Support the execution of broader Medical Education initiatives and strategic educational engagements.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree; advanced degree in a related field preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in Medical Education, Clinical Education, Sales Training, surgeon engagement, or medical device sales, preferably within spine, orthopedics, and neurosurgery.
• Demonstrated success building and managing strategic relationships with academic medical centers, residency and fellowship programs, faculty and key opinion leaders, and early-career surgeons.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Academic training environments, including residency and fellowship structures, institutional dynamics, and surgeon career development pathways.
  • Medical device adoption and commercialization processes, particularly for novel technologies, enabling technology, and patient-specific solutions.
  • Clinical, operational, and commercial considerations associated with integrating new technologies into surgeon workflows and hospital systems.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional educational initiatives and develop scalable programs that support surgeon training, engagement, and early technology adoption.

Skills  

 

• Proven ability to design, implement, and scale surgeon education and engagement programs across multiple learner au