Global Research Director, Patient Care Solutions

Job Description Summary

The Global Research Director Patient Care Solutions (PCS) is responsible for defining and executing the global research and evidence strategy across the PCS portfolio including patient monitoring anesthesia delivery maternal/fetal and infant care cardiology solutions and digital technologies. This leadership role reports directly to the Chief Medical Officer for PCS.

The Director serves as the strategic leader for evidence generation aligning research investments with business priorities product development regulatory requirements market adoption health economics and long-term growth objectives. This role partners closely with Medical Affairs Clinical Development Product Management Engineering Regulatory Affairs Finance Marketing and external research collaborators to deliver clinical economic and scientific evidence that supports innovation product development priorities and business impact.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

Global Research and Evidence Strategy

• Define and execute a multi-year global research and evidence-generation strategy aligned with PCS clinical product regulatory and commercial priorities.
• Identify evidence gaps and determine clinical technical economic and real-world data requirements needed to support product development validation regulatory submissions market access and marketing claims.
• Advise PCS leadership on research priorities investment decisions portfolio governance and long-range evidence planning.
• Incorporate emerging clinical trends customer insights competitive intelligence and evolving standards of care into research strategy and product planning.
• Establish metrics and governance processes to ensure research investments deliver measurable clinical and business value.

Research Portfolio Leadership

• Lead a global portfolio of clinical real-world evidence digital health outcomes research and health economic studies including company sponsored and investigator-initiated research.
• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of approximately 10 global professionals fostering scientific excellence accountability collaboration innovation and talent development.
• Manage the design and oversight of research programs using appropriate methodologies including prospective retrospective pragmatic adaptive database and multi-site study designs to address strategic business clinical regulatory and economic evidence needs.
• Evaluate study concepts protocols endpoints and research methodologies to ensure scientific rigor and strategic relevance.
• Drive dissemination of research findings through peer-reviewed publications scientific congresses and evidence-based communications.

Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)

• Partner with the PCS HEOR leader Medical Affairs Clinical Development Product Management Marketing Finance and regional teams to identify economic evidence needs.
• Develop the PCS global HEOR research program strategy aligned with portfolio priorities clinical evidence plans customer needs and market-access requirements.
• Generate evidence on total cost of care workflow efficiency resource utilization operational performance patient and clinician outcomes and economic value.

External Research Partnerships

• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with academic medical centers healthcare systems investigators research networks professional societies and key opinion leaders.
• Identify and develop collaborative research programs aligned with PCS strategic priorities.
• Lead senior level research engagements scientific steering committees and partnership governance activities.
• Represent PCS and GE HealthCare within the scientific community and research ecosystem.

Financial and Portfolio Management

• Develop and manage the global PCS research budget and multi-year investment plan.
• Establish portfolio prioritization processes balancing strategic value scientific merit business impact cost and risk.
• Identify opportunities for external funding grants and collaborative research investments.
• Communicate portfolio performance risks and investment recommendations to executive leadership.

Cross-Functional and Organizational Leadership

• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations ethical standards quality requirements and company policies governing research activities.
• Lead the research organization as a key partner to Product Management Engineering Regulatory Affairs Quality Clinical Development Marketing and Medical Affairs.
• Ensure research plans are integrated into product roadmaps regulatory strategies clinical evidence plans and commercialization efforts.
• Lead develop and mentor a high-performing global research organization.
• Foster a culture of scientific excellence accountability collaboration innovation and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or an advanced degree in medicine nursing public health epidemiology health economics engineering biomedical science or a related clinical or scientific field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience with clinical research methodologies real-world evidence health economics outcomes research company and/or investigator- studies.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in clinical research medical affairs evidence generation health economics research collaborations or related functions within healthcare medical technology life sciences or academia.
• Minimum of 5 years of managerial experience in the MedTech pharma or biotech industry leading global research portfolios budgets and multidisciplinary team members.
• Demonstrated proficiency in global research regulations quality systems and human-subject research requirements.
• Track record of successful strategic partnerships with healthcare systems academic institutions and scientific leaders.
• Proficiency in statistical analytics power analysis and predictive enrollment modeling to inform data-driven decision-making

Desired Characteristics

• MD PhD MPH DrPH or related masters degree.
• Experience within patient monitoring anesthesia maternal/fetal and infant health cardiology digital health AI-enabled medical technologies and/or informatics.
• Experience integrating clinical economic and market evidence into product strategy and business planning.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities with a proven ability to influence key decisions build consensus and drive business results.
• Established network of academic clinical and scientific partners.
• Experience representing research leadership to global regulatory authorities including for FDA and MDR CE mark initiatives.
• Track record of publications scientific presentations and leadership in professional organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to connect research strategy with product innovation customer needs and business growth.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus and drive ownership always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything youd expect from an organization with global strength and scale and youll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care collaboration and support.

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We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job opening. For U.S. based positions only the pay range for this position is $164000.00-$246000.00 Annual. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills qualifications experience and addition this position may also be eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). GE HealthCare offers a competitive benefits package including not but limited to medical dental vision paid time off a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities life disability and accident insurance and tuition reimbursement.

GE HealthCare offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer

GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

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