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At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. Youll lead with purpose breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected compassionate world.

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Careers That Change Lives:

Reporting to the Director of Medical Science the Medical Science Advisor is responsible for leading clinical evidence development for vascular disease therapies globally within the Peripheral Vascular Health Operating Unit at Medtronic. This role provides subject matter expertise internally and acts as the preferred industry resource to healthcare professionals (HCPs) for clinical science evidence on PVH therapies. Success in the role relies heavily on several factors:

Synthesizing succinct messages from complex data and information;
Applying critical thinking to scientific and clinical research challenges;
Educating and coaching HCPs and Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs);
Influencing cross-functional teams and communicating throughout all levels of the organization;
Establishing trust and credibility within the Peripheral Vascular Health treatment community.

The Medical Science Advisor must be detail-oriented and self-motivated with excellent analytic facilitation and communication skills (both oral and written). This role works collaboratively with nearly all functional teams within the Peripheral Vascular Health Operating Unit including Marketing Clinical Regulatory Research and Development Scientific Communications and Physician Education.

Internally this role is the Venous subject matter expert ensuring product clinical messaging clinical data development and physician education activities are aligned to operating unit priorities. Specifically some key activities of the Medical Science Advisor include physician education content and training scientific and clinical evidence dissemination cross-functionally and evidence development and prioritization. Externally the Medical Science Advisor is the preferred industry clinical science resource for HCPs establishing strong clinical science relationships with KOLs and providing clinical science guidance and coaching to faculty and customers.
We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems make progress and deliver meaningful innovations.

• Be part of a world-class team of individuals dedicated to advancing patient care through transparent and timely clinical evidence generation and dissemination
• Establish develop and foster solid relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and internal business partners and identify future KOLs at strategic academic and community research centers to build relationships early in their career.
• Serve as the key scientific representative of Medtronic Peripheral Vascular Health for health care professionals providing deep and advanced disease state and therapy information.
• Facilitate the work of KOLs in alignment with Medtronic medical communication strategies through publication and podium activities.
• Gather feedback and insights from KOLs and physician advisors to better inform Medtronics research and development teams to overall strategic direction.
• Facilitate initial discussions intake and evaluation of physician-initiated research proposals including ensuring timely communication between requestor and company.
• Understand and effectively communicate current scientific knowledge while maintaining technical expertise within a therapeutic area through attendance of major conferences congresses workshops and training programs.
• Monitor all major meetings for abstract deadlines and work with investigators of Medtronic sponsored research to drive podium presence in support of corporate communication strategies and plans.
• Support field and internal training needs as therapy expert. Review and provide input on therapy related training materials to ensure scientific accuracy of content. Collaborate with marketing to ensure all key product messages and claims are scientifically valid and accurate.
• Maintains a deep understanding of the science behind our products.
• Develops competitive intelligence in our product space.
• Drives education and outreach for safe and effective use of our products.
• Develops implements and oversees integrated evidence-based medical affairs strategic plans for relevant Medtronic organizations.
• Utilizes advanced subject matter expertise to provide medical input to various functions (General Management Global Strategy & Portfolio Management Business Development & Licensing Research & Development & Marketing) and organizational units to facilitate insightful decision-making and enable achievement of business objectives.
• Ensures effective objective value propositions are developed and articulated for Medtronic technologies to stakeholders (patients health care providers payers government agencies health technology assessment organizations public) through appropriate channels.
• Significant travel (50% of time) both by automobile and air.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements- To be considered for this role please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile.

• Bachelors degree is required with a minimum of 4 years of relevant clinical or therapeutic experience OR an advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant clinical or therapeutic experience.

Nice to Have:

• Advanced degree in health sciences (PharmD Ph.D. M.D.) preferred
• Experience in pharma biotech and or/medical devices
• Statistical or clinical trial experience
• Demonstrated success in effective interpersonal and communication skills and ability to build and foster relationships with KOLs.
• Intellectual curiosity and intelligence about the field of science/medicine for which they are responsible.
• Highly motivated to comprehend and communicate large amounts of scientific content in a clear concise fashion.
• Significant direct experience communicating complex scientific information in a manner that meets the needs of a variety of internal stakeholders and external healthcare practitioners.
• Demonstrated ability to work with often demanding or difficult clients.
• Significant experience and success in self-managing priorities and multitasking projects.
• Strong teamwork/Interpersonal skills.
• Advanced presentation and computer skills with expertise in literature identification and evaluation.
• Physician education experience
• Advanced data visualization techniques

About Medtronic

Together we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic we push the limits of what technology therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Lets work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America).

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.

We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Learn more about our benefitshere.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive plan. Learn more about Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)here.

The provided base salary range is used nationally (except in certain CA locations).The rate offered is compliant with federal/local regulations and may vary by experiencecertification/education market conditions location pay is based on numerous factors and may vary depending on job-relatedknowledge skills and experience.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits resources and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$105600.00 - $158400.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience certification/education market conditions and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20 hours per week: Health Dental and vision insuranceHealth Savings AccountHealthcare Flexible Spending AccountLife insurance Long-term disability leaveDependent daycare spending accountTuition assistance/reimbursement andSimple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees:Incentive plans 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and matchShort-term disabilityPaid time offPaid holidaysEmployee Stock Purchase PlanEmployee Assistance ProgramNon-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums) andCapital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time as required under applicable state law and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 passionate people.
We are engineers at heart putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room every one of us experiments creates builds improves and solves. We have the talent diverse perspectives and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business mission and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.