Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company focused on solutions for managing chronic conditions. The Clinical Strategy Lead will develop clinical evidence strategies for Advanced Wound Care medical devices, design and support clinical studies, analyze evidence, generate publications, and collaborate with cross-functional teams and healthcare stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Act as a clinical strategist for our Advanced Wound Care Medical and Clinical Affairs team, with a special focus on emerging Advanced Wound Care technologies
- Play a lead role in clinical study design, including regulatory approvals, statistical analysis plan, and budget
- Close collaboration with Global Medical Education and Key Opinion Leader Management colleagues and Business Development and Marketing teams through interactions with key opinion leaders, healthcare providers, and regulatory bodies to analyze and identify unmet needs in our field
- Work closely with the clinical operations colleagues to translate business strategies to actionable clinical study protocols and retrospective data generation plans
- Analyze data output from clinical studies and other evidence generation activities and distill these into a cohesive “story” to be presented when needed
- Play a proactive role in putting together publications and evidence communication in close collaboration with the medical writing team
- Act as an educator and role model for colleagues outside of medical affairs
- Support all our general medical affairs activities, including, but not limited to new product development, evidence generation and review, risk management, and other activities as needed
- Act as a subject matter expert in the product line
Skills
- You will bring a breadth of knowledge and experience in medical and clinical affairs
- Must have knowledge in the life sciences, medicine, or nursing
- Experience in a medical device, pharmaceutical, or academic setting is a plus
- Besides your professional attributes, you work independently while being a great team player with the ability to pivot as needs arise
- You thrive in a fast-paced dynamic environment
- You utilize your good communication skills to work in close collaboration with cross-functional teams
- You are pragmatic and operate with a sense of urgency to meet your deadlines
- You enjoy a busy working day and can progress several tasks in parallel, thriving with evolving changes and various tasks
- You have proven analytical and problem-solving skills that will help you develop and maintain competitive and patient-centric clinical projects
- You understand the importance of good documentation practices and see the value in creating solid documentation
- You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Bachelor's degree or higher degree in Medicine, Life Sciences, Allied Health, Pharmacy, or Nursing
- Clinical background (MD, RN, DPM, DNP, or similar) required
- At least 3 years' experience in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry in positions of increasing responsibility
- Strong understanding of clinical research, including literature reviews, protocol development, general study execution, and statistical analysis
- Experience in clinical study design in an industry or academic setting
- Understanding of the medical device industry: product development, pre-clinical, clinical, quality, marketing, and regulatory components
- A proven ability to deliver results according to timelines in a dynamic environment
- Strong computer skills and high level of proficiency of Microsoft Office
- Works both as a team member and independently, engages and supports other members of the team and willingly accepts support when required
- Is able to make decisions and accept accountability
- Willingly embraces change and the need to adapt to new circumstances
- Takes an innovative approach while maintaining compliance
- Effective use of oral and written communication skills to influence, inform or guide others
- Ability to communicate fluently in English
- Up to 20% overnight travel may be required, some of which will be international
- Advanced degree (MD, PhD MSN, DNP) preferred
- Specialty knowledge in wound care preferred
- Experience with regulatory requirements for clinical studies in the US and EU is highly desirable
Benefits
- This role may also be eligible for performance-based incentive compensation, which could include participation in an annual incentive program or a sales incentive plan.
- A retirement savings plan with company match
- Paid vacation
- Paid holidays
- Community service days
- Sick time
- Paid caregiver/parental leave
- Paid medical leave
- Health benefits for individuals, families, and domestic partners, including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
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