Senior Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs - Acute Care

Senior Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs - Acute Care

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Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. Harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are employed in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices worldwide. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year.

• Steer collaborative efforts between business leaders and research team to define clinical research priorities for product development, regulatory submissions, and marketing, based on intended clinical applications, business, and regulatory strategy
• Identify, coach, and develop a team of professionals (field associate director of MSLs and a global associate director)
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across matrix organizations, sharing information, active collective goal achievement, open risk / reward / resource discussions, and developing talent within and outside of the Med Sci function
• Establish and cultivate strategic academic partners suited for future research and innovation; identify key opinion leaders and build a strategy for KOL management for respective medical team members and communicate and translate clinical/scientific insights and research concepts from KOLs into actionable guidance for product development teams
• Strategically support the development and execution of pre‑launch product initiatives, commercialization, and life cycle management of all Acute Care‑related products through education, innovation, evidence generation and research, inclusive of advisory board, symposia, continuing medical educations / PACE education
• Prepare and deliver training on new industry campaigns and clinical evidence, and work with the marketing team on providing clinical input in campaigns, insights articles, and other outreach

• Doctorate level requirement (M.D., Ph.D., Pharm.
  
  D., DNP) with a minimum of 20 years of medical & clinical affairs experience
• Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills with the ability to communicate clinical and business issues to audiences of diverse backgrounds
• Strong leadership skills, able to create a dynamic environment that fosters transparency, collaboration, and innovative thinking
• Strong problem‑solving and negotiation skills; ability to influence and make recommendations at multiple levels of the company
• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience to establish strategic goals and to prioritize, plan, delegate and evaluate deliverables – with a continuous improvement mindset
• Has extensive clinical experience and a knowledge base beyond the disease area that extends to complementary areas
• Experience in clinical research roles in academia, healthcare, life sciences, or a medical technology business

• Ability to travel a minimum of 20‑25% of the time (domestic and international)

• 10+ years of product and domain knowledge of healthcare technologies and market trends
• 8+ years’ experience working in the medical technology, medical device, or pharmaceutical industry…