Medical Director, Interventional Urology and Urology Care (REMOTE)

Position Summary

Teleflex Interventional Urology, a leader in non-surgical treatment of benign prostate disease (UroLiftTM), is now innovating and delivering technologies to improve outcomes following radiation for prostate and other pelvic malignancies (the BarrigelTM rectal spacer). 
The Medical Director, Interventional Urology and Urology Care, is an experienced Urologist with advanced expertise in management of prostate cancer. As a senior member of the Teleflex Medical Affairs team within Clinical and Medical Affairs (CMA) across Teleflex, this individual will be assigned to the leadership of the Interventional Urology Business Unit. The Medical Director will collaborate globally and cross-functionally driving the Business Unit’s strategy in medical education, evidence generation and product safety, and ensuring strategies in product development are medically sound. 

Principal Responsibilities

•    Be the leading expert in Urology and prostate cancer at Teleflex; maintain medical currency in all areas where Teleflex participates.
•    Serve as a member of the IUBU Leadership team, driving medically sound decisions and strategy. 
•    Serve as a member of the Teleflex CMA Leadership team, contributing to decisions and strategy for Clinical and Medical Affairs across the enterprise, and serving as a liaison from IUBU to CMALT and the Chief Medical Officer. Execute as required on CMA initiatives and projects. 
•    Serve on the Medical Strategy round table to build consistency of approach in key Medical Strategy domains across the enterprise and contribute to execution of Medical Strategy initiatives and projects.
•    Partner with the Medical Safety Director and work cross-functionally evaluating, analyzing, and formulating recommendations related to the safety of IUBU and UBU products. This work includes responses to safety concerns arising from product use and to supporting the formulation of systematic tools for analysis of safety (RACT, Hazards & Harms analysis tools, etc.)
•    Lead the development and execution of Medical or Scientific Advisory Boards, obtaining key cross-functional and BU Leadership input on prioritization. 
•    Lead the development of an Evidence Generation strategy for the IUBU. 
•    Partner with external Principal Investigators, lead, or co-lead scientific aspects of IUBU-sponsored clinical studies. 
•    Partner with R&D and Marketing within the IUBU to contribute substantively to new product development: (i) participate in front-end ideation (ii) identify, articulate and prioritize unmet needs (iii) formulate relevant evidence generation plans (iv) provide hands-on analysis of design prototypes, (v) attend C2C review and gating calls to address medical context and justification. 
•    Provide medical expertise supporting Corp Dev and IUBU evaluation of M&A targets.
•    Support ongoing medical evaluation of Corp Dev investments relevant to IUBU.
•    Lead or support CMA integration following Corp Dev acquisitions. 
•    Drive and oversee Scientific Communications and Scientific Exchange for IUBU products.
•    Review and provide medical content as required for IUBU Press Releases. 
•    Provide or support responses to on- and off-label inquiries from HCPs regarding IUBU products.
•    Provide support at congresses/conventions. 
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•    Partner with the CMA Director, Clinical Operations – Interventional Urology, to set Customer Education strategy. Help plan and deliver key high-profile customer education events. 
•    Oversee CMA’s Marcom Review; be a resource for Medical Affairs or Clinical Operations colleagues who perform primary reviews. 
•    Participate in evaluation of Medical Education and Research grants. 

EXPECTATIONS:
•    Lead the development and enhancement of relationships and interactions with key opinion leaders and societies. Develop peer-level relationships and cooperation with external experts and other important decision-makers in a consistent way aligned with the overall company strategy and objectives.
•    Culture and Values – Exemplifies Teleflex values and ensures a fair, open, and productive climate that is engaging, ethical, and legally compliant. All CMA colleagues are expected to perform with the highest levels of professionalism, service, and ethics in order to strengthen the Teleflex brand and relationship with our customers. 
•    Contribute to our culture of being collaborative, respectful, transparent, ethical, efficient, high-achieving, and ‘making it fun.’

Education / Experience Requirements

•    Doctor of Medicine (or equivalent)
•    Minimum ten years of experience in health care (patient care, management, or industry)
•    Minimum five years of experience providing specialist urology care. 
•    Board Certification in Urology (preferred).

MEDICAL PRACTICE:
•    Teleflex recognizes the value of active medical or surgical practice for Medical Directors. 
•    Acknowledging the Medical Director position is full-time, and to the extent that practice does not interfere with fulfilling Teleflex duties, the incumbent will be permitted up to five weekdays per calendar month for clinical duties (not to exceed two days on any given work week). 
•    Clinical schedule should be designed to minimize interference with assigned Teleflex duties and should never prevent execution of primary responsibilities within reasonable timeframes.

Specialized Skills / Other Requirements

•    Ability to analyze, interpret, and summarize clinical data critically.
•    Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
•    Ability to network and partner with customers and thought leaders.
•    Must be able to prioritize and work effectively in a constantly changing environment.
•    Must have the ability to gain customer feedback, uncover business opportunities and pair customers’ unmet needs with available internal resources.
•    Responsible for performing all duties in compliance with FDA’s Quality System Regulation (QSR), ISO13485, the Canadian Medical Device Regulations, and all other international regulatory requirements with which NeoTract complies.

TRAVEL REQUIRED: 35-50% (Variable)

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $315,000- $340,000 however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  The total compensation package for this position will also include benefits such as medical, prescription drug, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, participation in 401(k) savings plan, and various paid time off benefits, such as PTO, short- and long-term disability and parental leave, dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
 
If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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