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The lead, Scientific Strategy & Communications serves as the scientific strategist within Global Medical Affairs, responsible for transforming scientific evidence into strategic initiatives that advance clinical practice, product adoption, and business objectives.  This individual combines deep scientific expertise with strong business acumen to identify evidence gaps, shape scientific narratives, influence cross-functional strategy, and independently drive high-impact initiatives across the product lifecycle.  The role extends beyond scientific communications and requires an entrepreneurial mindset, exceptional project leadership, and the ability to anticipate organizational needs before they arise. The successful candidate is expected to lead through expertise, champion a culture of innovation, challenge conventional thinking, and independently translate complex science into actionable strategies that influence Medical Affairs, Clinical Affairs, Marketing, Regulatory, and Commercial organizations.

Scientific Strategy & Evidence Leadership

• Serve as a strategic scientific leader within Global Medical Affairs, driving initiatives that strengthen the scientific foundation, evidence strategy, and competitive positioning of the Cordis portfolio.
• Translate complex clinical and scientific evidence into meaningful insights that inform Medical Affairs strategy, business decisions, product adoption, and lifecycle management.
• Identify scientific, clinical, and evidence gaps and proactively recommend strategies to address unmet physician, patient, and business needs.
• Develop and maintain deep expertise in disease states, therapeutic areas, clinical guidelines, and emerging scientific literature relevant to the Cordis portfolio.

Scientific Communications & Publication Strategy

• Own the end-to-end scientific communication strategy, including publication planning, congress strategy, abstracts, manuscripts, podium presentations, white papers, case reports, and scientific evidence dissemination.
• Lead the development, review, and scientific integrity of medical content for internal and external audiences, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and compliance.
• Continuously monitor scientific literature, clinical guidelines, conference proceedings, and competitive evidence, translating emerging data into actionable recommendations for Medical Affairs and cross-functional partners.
• Develop scientific narratives that clearly articulate the clinical value and differentiation of Cordis technologies.

Cross-Functional partnerships

• Serve as a trusted scientific partner to cross-functional teams, providing strategic scientific input across Clinical Affairs, Regulatory, Marketing, Commercial, Market Access, and R&D.
• Partner with Marketing and Medical Education to assist in synthesizing scientific evidence into practical  ensuring scientific accuracy, clinical relevance, and compliance.
• Support launch readiness by developing scientific platforms, evidence summaries, objection handling resources, competitive intelligence, and field scientific materials.
• Provide scientific leadership for publication committees, and evidence generation initiatives.

Strategic Project Leadership

• Independently lead multiple complex, cross-functional scientific initiatives from concept through execution with minimal supervision.
• Develop project strategies, timelines, governance structures, stakeholder alignment, and execution plans while proactively identifying risks and mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrate ownership and accountability for delivering high-quality outcomes on time and with measurable business impact.
• Anticipate organizational needs and proactively develop solutions rather than waiting for direction.

Scientific Intelligence & Business Partnership

• Develop a deep understanding of the competitive landscape, physician treatment paradigms, and evolving clinical evidence to inform strategic decision-making.
• Translate scientific evidence into practical, evidence-based messaging that supports physician education, field scientific exchange, and business objectives while maintaining scientific integrity.
• Demonstrate strong business acumen by understanding how scientific evidence influences physician behavior, customer adoption, market dynamics, and organizational priorities.
• Provide strategic scientific input into investigator-sponsored research proposals and ensure alignment with Medical Affairs and business priorities.

External Scientific Engagement

• Build and maintain collaborative scientific relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), investigators, academic institutions, and professional societies.
• Represent Medical Affairs at scientific congresses, investigator meetings, advisory boards, and external scientific forums.
• Gather external insights to identify emerging scientific trends, unmet clinical needs, and future evidence-generation opportunities.

Compliance & Operational Excellence

• Ensure all Medical Affairs activities adhere to applicable regulatory requirements, ICMJE publication standards, Good Publication Practice (GPP), AdvaMed Code, FDA regulations, and internal compliance policies.
• Contribute to the continuous development and improvement of Medical Affairs processes, scientific communication standards, and operational excellence.
• Maintain the highest standards of scientific rigor, ethics, patient focus, and data integrity across all activities.

Required Qualifications

Requires a minimum 8+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; or equivalent education and experience; Or 6+ years and a Master's degree;Or a PhD with 3+ years experience; or equivalent experience.Where required, the role must hold an appropriate degree in the industry (eg. Legal)

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Strategic thinker with strong scientific and business acumen.
• Self-driven with a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and initiative.
• Ability to translate complex scientific evidence into practical clinical and business insights.
• Scientifically rigorous with sound judgment and a solutions-oriented mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment and able to multitask
• Strong project leadership and organizational skills.
• Effective communicator and relationship builder who can influence across functions without direct authority.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, identifying opportunities, and driving initiatives independently.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Cordis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all teammates and applicants. At Cordis, our teammates all bring different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one's identity. All our teammate's points of view are key to our success, and we believe inclusion is everyone's responsibility. Together, we strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.