Senior Director, Program Management, MedTech

Trust is key to fostering the positive change required to impact patient lives for the better. Honoring and safeguarding Edwards’ reputation and brand identity, our Public Affairs teams build and maintain valued partnerships across the public arena. In close cooperation with opinion-leaders in government, legislation, and the media, your guidance and counsel will help drive policy, lawmaking, and public support. Together we can improve quality of care and health outcomes for cardiovascular patients around the world.

The Senior Director, Program Management, MedTech will be responsible for developing and deploying the strategy for programs, services, and technologies to be led by the THV GHER team in domestic and international arenas.  The Sr. Director will oversee the team composition, role definition, recruiting, development, and retention of the Programs & Technologies team.  The role will develop operating structures and implement project management principles which facilitate world-class program execution.  The role will partner with regional and functional stakeholders to identify opportunities for domestic and international health economics programs to drive value of the TAVR therapy and Edwards value proposition.  The Sr. Director will build relationships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate execution and ensure program support.

Work Schedule: Given the collaborative and complex nature of this work, this role is in person full time in Irvine, CA.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Develop and deploy the strategy for the programs and technologies to be led by the THV GHER team in domestic and international arenas

• Maintain the full portfolio of GHER-led programs, inclusive of reach, program scope(s), program budgets, and impact scorecarding

• Build and deploy program / project execution structure, tool sets, and guidelines to facilitate world class execution of initiatives by Programs & Technologies team; Identify success metrics for overall portfolio success

• Oversee team composition, role definition, recruiting, development, and retention of the Programs & Technologies team, ensuring the team is sufficiently skilled and prepared to deploy projects and programs

• Partner with regional and functional stakeholders to identify opportunities for domestic and international health economics programs to drive the value of the TAVR therapy and the Edwards value proposition

• Build relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to facilitate execution and ensure support of programs / projects

• Support / lead other or special project work as needed

What you'll need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree in a life science, health economics, health policy, or field related experience and skill levels exceeding the requirements of the Senior Manager or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria Required

• Experience in health economics and/or outcomes research and reimbursement  or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria Required

• Demonstrated track record in people management or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria Required

• Demonstrated success in cross-functional project management

• Experience developing and deploying strategies at team level (at minimum)

• Proven success in project management; participation in cross-functional project teams

• Experience working with external stakeholders and customers (e.g., vendors, payers, hospitals, physicians, etc.), as well as internal cross-functional teams and business units.

• Domestic and / or international travel up to 25%

What else we look for (Preferred):

• MBA or MPH

• Previous experience in MedTech industry; working knowledge of health policy, economics / reimbursement concepts preferred

• Multi-functional experience

•  Strong strategic thinking capability

•  Ability to build and deploy a program management team, from recruitment to development and retention

•  Exceptional leadership capability, including leadership with direct or indirect authority

•  Multidisciplinary skill set, enabling broader perspectives

•  Ability to balance strategic thinking with intricate planning and strong tactical execution

• Expert project management skill

• Expert analytical skill

•  Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite and related tools and systems

•  Excellent documentation and communication skills

•  Aptitude for interpersonal relationship skills including negotiation, and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives

•  Extensive knowledge of own area within the organization while contributing to the development of new concepts, techniques, and sta