Sr. Clinical Affairs Manager-Coronary/Structural Heart

As a global provider of medical technologies, Teleflex is driven by our purpose to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. Through our vision to become the most trusted partner in healthcare, we offer a diverse portfolio with solutions in the therapy areas of anesthesia, emergency medicine, interventional cardiology and radiology, surgical, vascular access, and urology. We believe that the potential of great people, purpose-driven innovation, and world-class products can shape the future direction of healthcare.

Position Summary

The Sr. Clinical Affairs Manager provides clinical expertise, insight and support to clinical end-users, clinical sales specialist, sales team, Regulatory, Engineering, marketing and other corporate departments on safe and effective use of the Interventional product portfolio with primary emphasis on the Coronary/Structural Heart franchise.

The incumbent will support the appropriate clinical application of the Coronary/Structural Heart franchise via didactic, web-based, and teleconference education, and understanding of these products and best practices. Clinical support will be provided to physicians, nurses, techs, etc. to include support for live cases/proctorships in the therapeutic areas related to focus products.

• Customer Experience – Representing Teleflex in a customer facing position is a tremendous responsibility and opportunity. All CMA colleagues are expected to perform with the highest levels of professionalism, service and ethics in order to strengthen the Teleflex brand and relationship with our customers.
• Continuous Improvement - Demonstrates initiative and critical thinking to identify, prioritize process and performance gaps. Develops solutions to deliver improving results.
• Culture and Values – Exemplifies Teleflex values and ensures a fair, open and productive climate that is engaging, ethical and legally compliant.
• Identify and support BU field efforts for the Coronary/Structural Heart franchise through clinical and educational customer needs assessment, product and procedural training, live case coverage and assist with customer follow up for ongoing clinical support as needed.
• Maintain and develop expertise on the Coronary/Structural Heart Interventional product portfolio related to specific clinical specialty area and expertise.
• Support Coronary/Structural Heart educational programs with aligned educational goals and needs of the Interventional Business Unit.
• Primary responsibility to North America. Assist with international projects as assigned.
• Provide direction and guidance on objectives for Medical Advisory Boards and/or focus groups while managing logistics including KOL partnerships and post program feedback.
• Manage utilization of HCPs in accordance with Teleflex IPPs.
• Coordinate efforts between cross functional partners including Medical Affairs, Global Research & Scientific Services, marketing, and R&D.
• Coordinate, participate and manage educational, scientific, activities at identified local, regional, and national tradeshows/exhibitions.
• Participate as a clinical expert on project teams, committees and in meetings with various corporate departments to provide guidance as to the clinical perspectives for the Coronary/Structural franchise.
• Manage all business-associated administrative tasks and responsibilities to support job related activities; to include strict adherence to the Teleflex Medical T&E policies and procedures, timely filing of required and/or requested reports, and documentation of activities via approved documents and forms.
• Keep current with relevant medical literature, clinical initiatives/guidelines, relevant societal and international committees, and industry trends and communicate with other appropriate departments.

• Bachelors’ degree required. Master’s degree preferred.
• Extensive procedural experience within Interventional Cardiology and/or Structural Heart.
• Possess minimum five years’ clinical exposure in the medical field in the Cardiology environment.
• Minimum of five years in Medical Device industry supporting Clinical and Medical Affairs, strongly preferred.
• Clinical proficiency in area of clinical training and experience with Coronary required and at least one of the other Teleflex Interventional franchises preferred.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot medical device applications during invasive procedural settings are necessary. Strong leadership are required with an aptitude for motivating clinicians and providing clinical support to all Teleflex employees.
• Effective time-management and organizational skills.
• High attention to detail and the ability to adapt to shifting priorities.
• Established track record of building and maintaining relationships with internal and external customers.
• Pro-active and results oriented.
• Strong research, logic and reasoning ability.

TRAVEL REQUIRED: 50% (including Domestic, International and overnight travel)