Jobs and Careers
CY

Senior Director, Clinical Development and Medical Affairs

Cynosure
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Jul 2026

About the role

Cynosure is well positioned competitively to lead and transform the medical aesthetics industry. We are guided by our belief that this is a purpose-driven business, which improves patient’s lives and improves practitioner’s livelihoods.

• We are passionate about driving a healthy and growing medical aesthetics industry with leading-edge marketing which inspires consumers to engage in medical aesthetics.
• We are the leader in science-based technology which elevates the standard of care for consumers.
• We are relentlessly focused on being the undisputed innovation leader, addressing the growing demand for consumer treatments across all demographics.
• We are committed to building and strengthening our unmatched global footprint, with direct employees on five continents and in 15 countries and growing, and distributor partners serving over 130 countries.
• We put our people first and believe personal development drives business development.
• We love our customers and strive give them the leading-edge technology, service, marketing support and clinical education to improve their patient’s outcomes and to improve their livelihoods.

At Cynosure, we look for people who make an impact and encourage everyone to lead, create, and add value. In turn, we invest in our team to grow people’s careers and build upon our high-performance and culture-oriented organization. We work together as one team, winning together.
As we grow our global team, there is no better time to join us. As a market leader in medical aesthetics, Cynosure has over 25 years developing, manufacturing, and marketing products for dermatologists, plastic surgeons, medical spas, and healthcare practitioners. With the aesthetic industry’s most comprehensive product portfolio, our offerings span several categories including skin revitalization, body contouring, hair removal, and women’s health.
Our mission is to set Cynosure customers up for success shaping future leaders of the aesthetics industry and helping everyone who uses our technologies discover their version of beautiful.
Learn more about us by following our LinkedIn and Instagram sites and please visit us at www.Cynosure.com.


Job Summary
The Sr. Director, Global Clinical Development & Medical Affairs is responsible for leading Cynosure Lutronic's global clinical organization and driving the company's clinical evidence strategy across the entire product lifecycle. This executive oversees all aspects of clinical development, medical affairs, investigator engagement, publications, clinical education, and evidence generation—from early feasibility studies through post-market research—to ensure the company's innovations are supported by robust clinical evidence and translated into physician adoption and commercial success.

As the company's senior clinical leader, this individual partners closely with R&D, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Commercial, and Executive Leadership to shape product strategy, guide evidence generation, build global clinical partnerships, and strengthen Cynosure Lutronic's position as the trusted scientific leader in energy-based devices.

The ideal candidate combines deep scientific expertise with exceptional organizational leadership, building and developing a world-class global clinical organization that delivers operational excellence while advancing innovation, physician confidence, and patient outcomes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The incumbent may be asked to perform other function-related activities in addition to the below-mentioned responsibilities as reasonably required by business needs.

Global Clinical Leadership
• Develop and execute the Company's global Clinical Development and Medical Affairs strategy in support of innovation, regulatory, and commercial objectives.
• Lead and continuously evolve a high-performing global clinical organization, fostering a culture of scientific excellence, collaboration, innovation, and operational rigor.
• Establish global clinical governance, operating standards, quality systems, and best practices across all clinical activities.
• Develop organizational capabilities, succession planning, and talent development within the Clinical Development organization.

Clinical Development & Evidence Generation
• Own the Company's global clinical evidence roadmap across the entire product lifecycle.
• Oversee the planning and execution of early feasibility, pilot, pivotal, post-market, and real-world evidence studies.
• Ensure clinical investments are aligned with portfolio priorities, business strategy, and unmet clinical needs.
• Guide clinical study design, protocol development, endpoint selection, statistical planning, and evidence-generation strategy.

Medical Affairs & Scientific Leadership
• Prov

Apply for this role

Generate a tailored application kit with a matched cover letter, interview prep, and CV highlights — in under 60 seconds.

Apply Now →Generate Application Kit

Free account required — sign up in 30s

Company

Cynosure

View company profile →