Senior Director – Therapy Development, Mitral & Tricuspid Therapies

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Oversee the U.S. Therapy Development organization that facilitates clinical trial execution, physician engagement, procedural success, and customer support for mitral and tricuspid programs.

• Provide strategic direction for global imaging and technical-support teams tasked with patient evaluation, procedural planning, physician education, and therapy development.

• Serve as a representative of Therapy Development on the Mitral and Tricuspid New Product Development core teams.

• Shape field capability requirements, physician adoption strategies, and plans for commercialization readiness.

• Formulate and implement organizational transformation strategies that transition from a clinical-stage support model to a scalable commercial field organization.

• Collaborate with leaders from Clinical, Research & Development, Regulatory, Quality, Medical Affairs, Marketing, Commercial, and Medical Education.

• Direct strategies for physician engagement, converting clinical, imaging, and procedural insights into product-development priorities, training programs, and customer-support models.

• Manage launch-readiness planning, which includes field organization design, talent strategies, training frameworks, resource planning, and initiatives for customer adoption.

• Lead organizational planning, recommend investments, manage risks, and execute against portfolio priorities.

• Support ongoing clinical programs and future commercialization efforts.

• Travel up to 50% to facilitate physician engagement, clinical site support, team leadership, and cross-functional business activities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with over 15 years of experience in medical devices, clinical research, therapy development, structural heart, or healthcare technology leadership; OR a Master's degree with over 10 years of experience; OR a Doctoral degree with 8 or more years of experience.

• More than 10 years of experience in people leadership, managing managers, senior clinical specialists, engineers, or highly technical field-based teams.

• Experience in supporting clinical-stage products, clinical trials, and new therapy development programs.

• Proven track record in leading cross-functional initiatives within a regulated medical device or healthcare environment.

• Experience in developing commercialization readiness, launch planning, field capability, or go-to-market strategies for innovative therapies or technologies.

• An advanced degree (MS, MBA, PhD, or equivalent) is preferred.

• Preferred experience in Structural Heart, cardiovascular therapies, interventional cardiology, or transcatheter technologies.

• Experience leading Therapy Development, Clinical Affairs, Medical Education, Imaging, Commercial Enablement, or similar organizations is preferred.

• Prior involvement in clinical-stage products and commercialization readiness activities is preferred.

• Participation in New Product Development (NPD) Core Teams or equivalent governance bodies is preferred.

• Experience with new product launches, field-force design, physician training programs, and therapy adoption strategies is preferred.

• Strong executive presence and capabilities in physician engagement is preferred.

• For degrees obtained outside of the United States, a degree meeting 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

• Must possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and throughout the duration of employment unless eligible for sponsorship under the stated policy.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.

• Sales Incentive Plan (SIP).

• Health insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Health Savings Account.

• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.

• Life insurance.

• Long-term disability leave.

• Dependent daycare spending account.

• Tuition assistance/reimbursement.

• Simple Steps global well-being program.

• Incentive plans.

• 401(k) plan with employer contribution and match.

• Short-term disability.

• Paid time off.

• Paid holidays.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement.

• Capital Accumulation Plan for Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums.

• Paid sick time for temporary employees, as required by applicable state law.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.