We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 25 Aug 2025

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.

A Day in the Life

The Structural Heart and Aortic (SH&A) integrated operating unit offers minimally-invasive approaches to restore proper structure and function of the heart and the aorta. We focus on the transcatheter replacement or repair of the four heart valvesaortic pulmonic mitral tricuspidand the placement of stent grafts to treat aneurysms and dissections of the bodys largest artery the aorta.

At Medtronic we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 25% of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

In this role as aMedical Science Liaison Advisor - Aorticfor the Medical Science group within Structural Heart & Aortic Clinical Research & Medical Science organization you will be responsible for providing disease state therapy and evidence expertise and leading strategic medical science and data projects. The scope of work may include literature review development and maintenance of key evidence landscape and summaries supporting cross functional teams in accurate scientific content this role you may assess how research and data proposals fit within the context of current research and evidence strategies.

Ability to travel up to 25% domestic and internationally

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Maintains a deep understanding of the science behind our products.
• Develops research intelligence in our product and evidence space.
• Develops implements and supports Aortic evidence strategy via literature review gap analysis and data review for ongoing and planned projects.
• Review external proposals (research collaboration and data proposals) and drive alignment as needed.
• Drives education and outreach for safe and effective use of our products.
• Utilizes advanced subject matter expertise to provide medical / scientific input to various functions and organizational units to facilitate insightful decision-making regarding research and data strategies.
• Tracks all assigned research projects monitors progress and creates a forecast for evidence.
• 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.
• Presents proposals for internal alignment by putting them in the context of on-going research literature and competitive research.
• Monitors and synthesizes key conference medical information journal publications and PR related to structural heart therapies.
• As a therapy and scientific expert may support cross-functional teams and business.
• Create literature reviews or evidence summaries as needed to drive clinical research decisions.
• Provide clinical perspective to assist with development of marketing strategy and plans.
• Liaison between commercial and scientific teams including physicians.
• Engage and provide feedback to physicians on potential research ideas / questions.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements):

To be considered for this role the minimum requirements must be evident on your resume.

• MD degree with a minimum of 13 years of clinical/clinical research experience/medical affairs
• Licensed MD
• Experience in cardiac therapies

Nice to Have (Preferred Qualifications):

• PhD MD Doctoral degree with preference towards healthcare medical or scientific profession (e.g. nursing medicine epidemiology pharmacology biological science or other related medical/scientific field).
• Clinical Research experience at Medtronic or within a medical device industry.
• 10 years of experience in healthcare medical or related scientific research profession.
• Advanced ability to understand and apply practical medical/scientific and product knowledge in a competent and consistent manner for Medical Affairs activities
• Advanced ability to research interpret and synthesize published medical/scientific literature and other scientific/technical data sources to meet information needs of intended audience
• Advanced knowledge of clinical trial design and evidence hierarchy
• Advanced ability to make competent risk-based and timely scientific decisions based on an insightful analysis of critical information; ability to balance analysis with decisiveness
• Proven ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing and effectively influence diverse stakeholders (team members functional partners senior leadership and HCPs)
• Solid critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy; ability to work independently; accountable for outcomes
• Proven ability to develop trusted relationship and collaborate with co-workers and functional partners in a matrixed organization
• Proficient computer skills with experience in Microsoft Office Word PowerPoint and Excel.

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):$237600.00 - $356400.00

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

This position is eligible for an annual long-term incentive plan.

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

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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.

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