Job Title: Senior Specialist,ย Fieldย Clinicalย
Supervisor/Manager Title: Area Sales Director, East
Job Description Summary:ย Forms aย vital bridge between JenaValveโs clinical and scientific research programsย and physicians in the field, through supporting clinical cases, performing field research,ย developing training materials, conducting on-site training, leading workshops, and presentations, and participating in collaborative research projects withย key hospitals and professional societies.
Job Responsibilities:ย
- Represents JenaValve to medical professionals in product advocacy and education, clinical case support, in-service training, and other related services.
- Delivers technical/clinicalย training with physicians on-site in hospitals to encourage best practiceย use of JenaValve devices in the treatment of aortic valve disease.
- Supports JenaValve products currently in development in clinical and marketing contexts.
- Provides workshops and presentations to disseminate TAVR research fundamentals and describing theย design and function of JenaValve devices.ย
- Provides physicians and medical staff with continuous education and technical support related to all aspects of patient outcome, while anticipating and foreseeing obstacles and planning accordingly for smooth execution.
- Advocates with clinicians to uncover other opportunities to expand the use of JenaValve products.
- Interfaces with R&D Engineers to incorporate research developments into training materials.
- Maintains up-to-dateย knowledge of aortic valve disease and treatment.
- Identifies potential productย enhancements and new product ideas by applying an analytical approach toย understanding the clinical needs of interventional cardiologists.
- Gathers feedback and clinicalย information from the field and provides input to R&D productย development group.
- Develops and maintainsย professional, high-quality, physician relationships.
- Plans, prepares, andย executes/supports TAVR-related research activities with key collaborativeย centers in aortic valve disease treatment.
- Co-authors publications andย generates data to support publications.ย
- Participates in and builds a product specialist team, to support cases in North America and other regions.
- Reviews and uses 3D reconstruction programs such as 3mensio or Osiris to transform imaging for screening of potential JenaValve TAVI patients.
- Travel 60-70%.
Required Education and Experience:
- Minimum of 5 years of previous (related) medical device development and/or clinical experience in an acute care environment required.
- Experience working a cross-functional team in a clinical trial setting.ย
- Vascular procedural knowledge required.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, presentation, and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills required.
- Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills required.
- Ability to perform in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment required.
- Associates degree in Nursing or related field required, Bachelorโs degree preferred.
- Experience in conference oralย presentations and authorship of scientific peer-reviewed publications preferred.
- Expertise in MS Office Suite required.
Skills and Abilities Required for This Job:
- Excellent presentation andย verbal communication skills are essential.
- Technically competent, confident, and able to engage peer-to-peer with R&D engineers andย physicians.
- Training skills and experience.
- Customer focused. Able toย develop and maintain trustworthy relationships.
- Creative and solutions oriented.
- Autonomous and accountable.
- Empathic team player (exhibit positive mindset of respect and readiness to help andย support).
- Effective career development skills for direct reports including advocating on their behalf to senior leadership and management.
- Capable of working in a changing work environment.
- Ability to identify and developย new opportunities.
- Excellent listening andย interpersonal skills, ability to communicate across all levels of anย organization.
- Demonstrated ability to manageย multiple initiatives.