AF Therapy Development Manager - Chicago

What Impact You Will Make
 

The AF TDM will increase surgical ablation penetration to treat Atrial Fibrillation in the concomitant surgical setting via therapy development, awareness and education of the guidelines for and benefits of surgical ablation at all levels of a hospital system, Interventional Cardiology and related spaces.  This includes individual clinical staff education and follow up as well as presenting to large groups in a formal setting (e.g. administrative staff meetings, grand rounds, etc).

• Educate acute/outpatient/referring HCPs as a referral network and implement account-specific programs to improve patient access to care.
• Develop relationships with administrative hospital personnel to gain knowledge on unique hospital business dynamics and to identify key decision makers and deliver therapy awareness activities, product demonstrations, educational programs, procedural observation, trade show participation and problem resolution.
• Partner with the Cardiac Surgery, Professional Education, and Marketing teams to identify creative sources of information that can help inform and implement our strategic business plans.
• Develop and lead target account development plans and evaluate business conditions requiring teamwork and strategic planning with internal teams.
• Determine where our therapies can assist in providing a comprehensive healthcare solution and assist in developing an Atrial Fibrillation Program to create key champions for both clinical and administrative buy in.
• Improve communication between the referring physician community and surgeons for patients with AF, both informally as well as implementing formal communication, e.g. influencing EMR inputs at the point of referral or other account-specific communication tools.
• Implement screening protocols to identify patients with AF at the point of referral and sharing of best practices and algorithms with other accounts.
• Create and execute referring and outreach pathways within health systems to convert awareness to adoption inclusive of surgical concomitant ablation and left atrial appendage management.
• Delivering patient education materials and programs in collaboration with medical staff at target accounts in acute and outpatient settings
• Additional duties as assigned

What You Bring
 

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, nursing, or a related field
• Minimum of seven to ten (7-10) years successful sales/marketing/clinical or related experience
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority, such as sales or account staff responsible for implementing education and screening programs
• Builds and nurtures relationships internally and with external customers
• Strategic thinking to understand patient continuum of care and referral pathways to identify and solve for barriers of patient access to care
• Strong moderator/presenter, and comfortable in front of senior hospital administration
• Hands-on and able to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills. The candidate must enjoy and excel at personal relationship-building
• Ability to travel up to 50% depending on territory

What We Offer in Return
 

• Competitive Salary plus bonus
• Car allowance, gas and cell phone reimbursement, expense account
• Health care (medical, dental, vision, health savings account) and wellness programs (onsite fitness center or gym discounts)
• 401K retirement savings plan plus match
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO): We encourage your community and philanthropic involvement
• Extended Parental Leave
• Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• And more!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national or ethnic origin, age, protected veteran status, status as an individual with disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law(s).

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