Director, Medical Affairs (United States)

Overview

When you join the team at Cordis, you become part of an inspiring mission to save lives, impacting millions of people and broadening access to life-saving cardiovascular and endovascular technology. As a global leader for over 60 years, we are dedicated to being the heart of innovation to transform cardiovascular care.

At Cordis, we're teammates, not just employees. We embrace an empowered and one-team culture where teammates are inspired to unleash their full potential. With diverse teams on a global scale, we believe the richness of our experiences and backgrounds enhances the careers of our teammates, the service to our customers, and ultimately, the lives of our patients.

If you love a challenge and are ready to have a direct, transformative and positive impact on the lives of millions, then Cordis is just the place for you.


We are the people behind the people who keep saving lives.

Responsibilities

The Director of Medical Affairs will provide strategic and scientific leadership to advance Cordis's mission of transforming cardiovascular and endovascular care. This individual will drive the continued success of our key therapeutic areas through innovative medical strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and evidence-based insight.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong business and clinical acumen, serving as an internal expert on product data, clinical evidence, and disease-state knowledge. The Director will build and maintain trusted relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), monitor evolving clinical and market trends, and translate complex scientific data into meaningful, actionable insights that inform both development and commercialization strategies.

This role will lead the development and execution of an integrated Medical Affairs Plan, aligning medical strategy with Cordis's corporate objectives while ensuring the highest standards of scientific integrity, regulatory compliance, and ethical conduct. The Director will collaborate closely with global and regional stakeholders-including Clinical, Regulatory, R&D, Commercial, and Business Development teams-to ensure medical alignment across the product life cycle.

A proven ability to communicate clinical relevance with clarity, to shape strategy through sound scientific judgment, and to inspire a high-performing team will be essential.

1. Responsible for developing and executing global medical strategies and providing scientific and medical guidance across the organization.
2. Build an infrastructure with medical specialists and MSLs and establish programs, training modules and strategic roadmap to support product launches with scientific data and ensuring compliance with all regulatory and ethical standards.
3. Be a scientific champion to identify opportunities to harmonize processes globally as applicable
4. Lead the development and execution of research initiatives including strategic input into the development of clinical programs and publications.
5. Develop and lead the execution of medical information plans for commercial and investigational stage products
6. In conjunction with the Medical Affairs leadership and key stakeholders, develop and manage Medical Information capabilities, including medical information center management and medical information request management
7. Establish compliant processes and SOPs for the medical team to be able to operate within ethical, regulatory and scientific standards
8. Lead the MSL team , develop an infrastructure for the same to enable successful product launches and continued product adoption
9. Champion to foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders, medical relationships within the medical community and scientific societies
10. Deliver scientific presentations to diverse audiences
11. Interact and present at various industry meetings and create strong engagement based on medical content with key healthcare stakeholders for the company
12. Identify product gaps and develop clinical programs in collaboration with KOLs to address the relevant gaps
13. Develop and oversee the infrastructure for review and monitoring of investigator-initiated studies (IIS) proposals/studies and other research and educational grants
14. Interact closely and compliantly with the commercial team to strengthen the medical knowledge of the commercial team and foster strong compliant business interactions between the MSL Team and Commercial Team
15. Contribute to the development of clinical protocols and publications

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

University degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience required. Advanced/graduate degree preferred for some disciplines. Requires a total minimum of 15+ years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum of 8 years of experience in medical affairs or clinical development

A strong track record of success working in Medical Affairs, with at least 5 years of industry experience, preferably within a medical affairs group

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to foster deep business relationships with stakeholders
• Capable of clear and concise provision of live teaching of complex scientific concepts to both medical and non-medical personnel
• Clinical and working knowledge of peripheral arterial and Coronary Arterial disease required
• Strong knowledge of drug-eluting technologies, vascular biology, and clinical trial methodology(preferred)
• Ability to quickly learn about disease states and therapeutic options to guide business development and pipeline development opportunities
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills and strategic thinking
• Capability to work in a smaller and flatter organizational structure, requiring diverse responsibilities with high visibility and access to Sr. Management
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment
• Awareness of clinical guidelines (e.g., ACC/AHA, ESC, TASC)
• Poficiency in analyzing and discussing statistical concepts such as Kaplan-Meier survival curves, Hazard ratios and confidence intervals
• Proficiency with tools like PubMed, Embase, Medline (for literature reviews); Reference management tools (e.g., EndNote, Mendeley); CRM platforms (e.g., Veeva, Salesforce Health Cloud); MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel for data analysis and presentations)
• Proven ability to develop relationships with physicians and other Healthcare Professionals
• Experience publishing and giving scientific presentations to a medical or scientific audience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrates ability to develop trust and integrity with peers, and others within the US and Worldwide Medical Affairs and Commercial organizations.

Travel required upto 40% for national meetings, field work with MSLs and other key meetings

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Cordis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all teammates and applicants. At Cordis, our teammates all bring different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one's identity. All our teammate's points of view are key to our success, and we believe inclusion is everyone's responsibility. Together, we strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.