Manager, Medical Affairs

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The Manager, Medical Affairs serves as a clinical, scientific, and operational leader responsible for supporting the development, commercialization, and lifecycle management of medical devices and healthcare solutions. This role combines clinical expertise, Medical Affairs strategy, evidence generation, product support, and operational execution to ensure the organization delivers clinically relevant, evidence-based solutions that improve patient care and healthcare outcomes. The Manager, Medical Affairs provides medical and device subject matter expertise across product development, clinical evaluation, risk management, evidence generation, medical education, and post-marketing activities.

In addition, this role supports key Medical Affairs operations including project management, budget oversight, vendor management, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration. Success in this role requires the ability to translate clinical insights into actionable business and product strategies while effectively managing multiple projects and stakeholders in a highly collaborative environment.

Success in this role requires the ability to translate clinical insights into actionable business and product strategies while effectively managing multiple projects and stakeholders in a highly collaborative environment.

Serve as the clinical and medical device subject matter expert for internal and external stakeholders regarding product development, implementation, training, risk assessment, complaint review, and lifecycle management. Provide accurate, balanced, and timely clinical expertise to cross-functional teams including Clinical Research, R&D, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Manufacturing, Legal, and Commercial organizations. Support development and maintenance of risk assessments, clinical evaluations, quality standards, and design history documentation.

Evaluate clinical evidence, literature, and emerging healthcare trends to inform product development and strategic decision-making. Translate voice-of-customer feedback and real-world clinical experience into actionable product and business recommendations. Identify unmet clinical needs and collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative solutions that improve patient care and healthcare delivery. Support post-marketing surveillance activities, complaint evaluations, and benefit-risk assessments as needed.

Support development and execution of Medical Affairs strategies that align with organizational goals and portfolio priorities. Collaborate with Clinical Research, HEOR/RWE, Clinical Operations, and external partners to support evidence-generation initiatives. Support investigator-initiated studies, research collaborations, registries, publication activities, and scientific congress programs. Contribute to the interpretation and…