Job Description
Provides leadership to the Neurovascular Clinical Technology Specialist Team. Provides technical, clinical and educational support for Terumo Neuro Products with focus on new technologies. Job duties might include:
- Supervise and mentor the Neurovascular Clinical Technology Specialist Team: Recruit, Hire and Train new staff; provide career development, job performance feedback and leadership; support budgeting, manage resource allocation and strategic planning.
- Collaborate with Marketing and NA Sales to develop, and provide optimal technical/clinical support for product evaluations, physician new-users, challenging cases, clinical in-services and other physician training and educational support programs on all Terumo Neuro products.
- Conduct and support account CME programs for product/clinical education on the initial-use, and support the Global Market Development Team to integrate “best practices” and ensure consistency on optimal clinical techniques for product evaluations, launches, new-user training and completion of controlled clinical trials and case series.
- Lead with researching and analyzing competitive products and their potential impact on Terumo Neuro business; provide recommendations and support for development of product positioning, education materials, and product development programs.
- Manage team support for associates from key functional groups including, but not limited to: Marketing, Sales, Clinical Research, R&D, and Regulatory Affairs, to help drive success for new product development and other Terumo Neuro programs.
- Support new product development: including physician preference testing, pre-clinical testing, evaluation of new products and new product technical case support, analyzing and reporting on clinical performance issues and support post market surveillance as needed.
- Partners with Global Market Development Team Members to integrate “best practices” and ensure consistency on optimal clinical techniques for product evaluations, launches, new-user training and completion of clinical studies.
- If based remotely, travel to Aliso Viejo to meet with Marketing peers and other departments at corporate headquarters, approximately twice a year for at least two full days and provide support for Physician Visits at the MVI Global Innovation Center or at Key Accounts Globally as needed.
- Coordinate and assist Global Market Development support at local, regional and other global scientific meetings, training or marketing programs as assigned.
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- Minimum of three (3) years of experience in the Angio-Suite (or equivalent) interventional neuroradiology procedures or neuro endovascular therapies as a technologist.
- Minimum of one (1) year neurovascular industry experience.
- Knowledge of complete vascular anatomy (cardiovascular system) and physiology with an extensive focus on knowledge of neuro anatomy and physiology.
- Willingness to travel up-to 70% (local, regional, national and some global).
- Understanding of project management, clinical study projects, trials and personnel management.
- Capability and flexibility to travel to hospitals and participates in training/marketing events worldwide.
- Capable of effectively interfacing/communicating with sales staff, cross-functional MicroVention teams and worldwide distributor organizations.
- Excellent computer and iPad skills with working knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and maintaining customer databases.
- Extremely reliable and dependable.
Desired Qualifications
- Registered Radiologic Technologist (R.T.) CV, VI, Registered Nurse (R.N.) or Endovascular, Cardiac background with a minimum of three (3) years of experience in the Angio-Suite (or equivalent) interventional procedures, with experience in neuro endovascular therapies as a technologist or nurse preferred.
- Neurovascular/Peripheral catheterization knowledge, techniques and skills.
- Ability to recognize normal and abnormal disease processes as it relates to clinical cases and the use of MicroVention products.
- Ability to effectively articulate MicroVention product use, concepts, outcomes and clinical device protocols and study design.
- Ability to effectively interface with physicians, staff and hospital administration.
- Ability to effectively interface with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Engineering, and Clinical Research staff.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and consistently meet deadlines.
- Provides attention to detail and has the ability to work both as a team and autonomously.
Physical
- Extended periods of computer use.
- Extended periods of sitting, standing, or speaking.
- Occasional moderate lifting, up to 50 lbs.
- May be required within the position to be in an environment that can include radiation exposure (such as in Cathlabs).
- Travel – local, regional, and global (required 60-70%).
