Director, Therapy Education TMTT (Remote US)

Patients are at the heart of everything we do. As part of our Medical Affairs team, you’ll foster internal and external collaboration to generate and disseminate evidence-based clinical practices to help impact patient lives and advance the quality of care.

Patients with mitral and tricuspid heart valve disease often have complex conditions with limited treatment options. Our Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies (TMTT) business unit is boldly pursuing an innovative portfolio of technologies to address a patient’s unmet clinical needs. It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.

How you will make an impact:

• Act as both leader and educator (coach & player) by balancing leadership responsibilities with active participation in program delivery
• Provide strategic leadership in planning, prioritizing, and executing therapy education programs for multiple therapies
• Develop and deliver engaging content covering clinical data, disease states, treatment options, patient selection, management and recovery to provide evidence-based education while collaborating with HCPs to improve patient workflows
• Develop, track and communicate metrics to measure program effectiveness, drive continuous improvement and support data-driven leadership decisions
• Collaborate with functional team, colleagues and external stakeholders to align on strategy, content and best practices
• Recruit, develop, and evaluate a clinical SME team to ensure functional strategies, planning, and priorities are implemented successfully

What you will need (Required):

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent based on Edwards criteria
• Ability to travel up to 70%

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistance in structural heart
• Experience as a Clinical Specialist, Therapy Development Specialist, Valve Clinic Coordinator, Clinical Education and/or equivalent within the interventional cardiology industry
• Extensive understanding of related aspects of therapy education
• Demonstrated ability to manage a team while providing direction, inspiring, creating an inclusive environment and coaching team with continuous feedback
• Proven ability to develop and maintain peer, cross functional and cross business relationships to maximize best practice sharing, optimize processes, ensure team effectiveness and influence change.
• Proven successful project management leadership skills that drive continuous feedback cycle and evolution while maintaining strict attention to detail
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills including high discretion/judgment in decision making
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation, relationship management and negotiation skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Ability to develop, integrate and communicate key metrics for deliverables to inform and guide decision making
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
• Ability to work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment while demonstrating a sense of urgency
• Conduct business and technical briefings for senior management
• Regularly interacts with executives and/or KOLs; interactions frequently involve special skills, such as negotiating with customers or management or attempting to influence senior level leaders regarding matters of significance

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.
The base pay range for this position is $170,00 - $241,000 (highly experienced).
The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., geographic location, qualifications, education, prior experience).   Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.    

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.