Senior Manager, Emerging Surgeon Development

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Design and oversee a comprehensive Emerging Surgeon Development program that caters to residents, fellows, and early-career surgeons.

• Establish and nurture strategic partnerships with academic residency and fellowship programs, key educational stakeholders, and program faculty.

• Create and implement educational offerings that align with academic schedules, training milestones, and fellowship timelines.

• Organize and support educational initiatives and engagement activities, such as: Resident and fellow-focused educational courses and training programs.

• Engage with academic centers through personalized spine dinners, journal clubs, grand rounds, and alumni events.

• Provide educational programming and engagement activities at spine society and industry conferences.

• Develop structured engagement pathways to assist fellows as they transition from training to independent clinical practice.

• Identify and address early-career barriers to adoption, including access issues, educational gaps, institutional readiness, and workflow integration.

• Deliver targeted educational and clinical support during the first 12–18 months of practice to enhance confidence, procedural consistency, and technology adoption.

• Facilitate peer-to-peer mentorship opportunities by linking early-career surgeons with experienced Carlsmed technology users and faculty partners.

• Create and monitor key performance metrics to assess program effectiveness, surgeon engagement, and adoption outcomes.

• Utilize data insights and participant feedback to continuously improve program structure, content, and delivery.

• Assist in the execution of broader Medical Education initiatives and strategic educational engagements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; an advanced degree in a related field is preferred.

• Over 8 years of experience in Medical Education, Clinical Education, Sales Training, surgeon engagement, or medical device sales, preferably in spine, orthopedics, and neurosurgery.

• Proven track record of building and managing strategic relationships with academic medical centers, residency and fellowship programs, faculty, key opinion leaders, and early-career surgeons.

• Strong comprehension of academic training environments, including residency and fellowship structures, institutional dynamics, and surgeon career development pathways.

• Familiarity with medical device adoption and commercialization processes, especially for novel technologies, enabling technology, and patient-specific solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional educational initiatives and develop scalable programs that support surgeon training, engagement, and early technology adoption.

• Proven capability to design, implement, and scale surgeon education and engagement programs across various learner audiences and career stages, including residents, fellows, and early-career surgeons.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills, including the ability to utilize metrics, feedback, and adoption data to enhance program effectiveness and promote continuous improvement.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, CRM platforms, learning management systems, and program management tools.

• Willingness and ability to travel extensively (up to 70%), including evenings and weekends, to support educational programs, academic partnerships, conferences, and industry engagements.

🏝️ Benefits

• Coverage for 100% of monthly healthcare, dental, and vision insurance premiums.

• 401(k) plan with employer matching.

• Unlimited PTO.