Overview

About Cordis

For more than 60 years, Cordis has been a worldwide leader in in the development and manufacturing of interventional vascular technology, offering higher quality and less invasive experiences for people around the world. With a robust global footprint with operations in more than 60 countries, we empower you to do your best work and unleash your full potential. Do you want to grow your career surrounded by a supportive team of subject matter experts, then join us and let’s improve the wellbeing of millions, together. 

People are the heart of our business. 

We are teammates, not just employees. Empowered to act as owners, our teammates deliver excellence in service of our mission: to delight our customers. Cordis is both a place to fulfill your career aspirations and a bigger purpose. Each teammate contributes to the wellbeing of millions of patients who enjoy healthier and longer lives as a direct result. Diversity and inclusion are foundational to our values and successes. The richness of our experiences and backgrounds enhances the careers of our teammates, the service to our customers, and ultimately the lives of our patients. 

Responsibilities

Summary of the Role:

• Understands healthcare environment in strategic areas for Cordis Corporation & communicates with Marketing and Commercial teams to understand local markets
• Develops corresponding ProfEd Programs (incl: virtual sessions, workshops, proposing agendas, course objectives & target participants, in collaboration with HCP-Faculty)
• Develops standardized course content in collaboration with leading academicians, KOLs etc, and with other Cordis functions (clinical communications, marketing, etc)
• Supports the operational management of the educational grant process

Professional Education Tasks:

• Professional Education program tactical plan development (curriculum, physician engagement, acting as a project manager to ensure flawless execution of workshops).
• Identification and development of existing training centers/ educational infrastructures for the courses in strategic medical areas
• Collaboration with EMEA KOLs to ensure top Faculty and Centers of Excellence (CoEs) selection
• Prepare required information, align didactic materials with the Faculty + participant selection criteria
• Professional Education activities on site support (in cath labs, at training centers, during the conferences)
• Carrying out professional education follow up activities
• Measuring KPIs via feedback collection and continuosly improving based on metrics

Efficient collaboration and synergy:

• Ensures efficient collaboration, clear communication and structured processes with the commercial organization
• Liaises with Marketing team and local leaders to ensure strategic synergies in Professional Education where applicable
• Ensure International-region integration, visibility and efficient use of resources + budget
• Keeps track of cross-border HCP requests for prof-ed engagement, makes suggestions, aligns with local teams, and communicates with HCPs on availability, scope, and contracts.
• Provides support for strategic functions: strategic Professional Education initiatives, Market development projects, Medical Faculty Education

Process Management & Reporting:

• Works within Compliance guidelines to ensure all education activities are compliant
• Is up to date and effectively deploys all processes and channels (educational grants, fee for service, sponsorship agreements and etc.) of Professional Education events organization, logistics & reporting
• Prepares all necessary decks and reports in timely and diligent manner for internal & external meetings

Qualifications

What you will need 

• Bachelors or masters degree or equivalent
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a medical device company (in training, education, marketing, or sales) or at min. 2 years clinician experience in nursing, in the cath lab, medical engineer, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication skills, ideally with previous experience in communicating with HCPs in a professional manner.
• Excellent oral and written communication (experienced in giving presentations, powerpoint, excel, word)
• Ability to travel up to 60% of the time within EMEA and APAC region
• Excellent attention to detail & proactive attitude.

What else we look for 

• Experience in interventional cardiology, interventional radiology, endovascular surgery
• Moderate knowledge and understanding of cardiovascular science
• A strong command of English + additional language a plus (Spanish, German, Chinese, preferred).

Location:Switzerland, Remote

Cordis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all teammates and applicants. At Cordis, our teammates all bring different strengths, experiences, and backgrounds, who share a passion for improving people's lives. Diversity not only includes race and gender identity, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion, and many other parts of one’s identity. All our teammate’s points of view are key to our success, and we believe inclusion is everyone's responsibility. Together, we strive to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

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