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The Medical Educational Manager supports the strategic and tactical execution of the Professional Training and Education programs for the Sports Medicine and ENT in Latin America. Demonstrates a strong understanding of the Orthopaedic and ENT education landscape, has an ability to think critically, and excellent judgment. Outstanding organizational and communication skills and the ability to manage projects through the entire project life cycle. Proactively and independently seek solutions to issues and make recommendations for improvement. The Medical Educational Manager is responsible for: identify need for Medical Education and utilization of existing and/or new resources for HCP programs. Plans and collaborate in the execution of educational initiatives. Prepare and manage budget to align with business needs. Lead measurement of training effectiveness and adoption.

What will you be doing?

Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the orthopaedic and ENT education landscape: trends, customer priorities, and competition

Complete annual needs assessment to identify need for Medical Education and utilization of existing and/or new resources for HCP programs. Prepares and manages budgets accordingly

Drives innovation in learning delivery based on adult education principles and best practices and research

Provide clinical and educational leadership for focus product/market area

Plan industry educational meetings and events, on-site customer meetings and labs and other strategic meetings

Cultivates relationships with key customers and commercial stakeholders

Work closely with HCP faculty and internal stakeholders, to implement high-quality, educational events that drive learning in key focus areas of the franchise

Establishes program attendee profile and learning objectives to communicate these with the Sales Organization and reinforces criteria during enrollment to lead to an effective program

Supports grants process for societies and fellowship events and collaborates with franchise marketing and regional sales to identify faculty for symposia & labs

Assess external changes in the evidence and marketplace to successfully identify clinical practice gaps and opportunities for improvement to be met by new Medical Education programs, put forward appropriate recommendations that will help drive customer excellence

Develop, maintain, and leverage relationships with nationally and internationally recognized key opinion leaders (KOL’s), HCP Societies and other knowledge experts within the medical healthcare communities to keep abreast of current and future trends and to identify future KOL’s/faculty  Embraces Smith & Nephew Business ethics, adheres to stated corporate compliance policies. Represents Smith & Nephew appropriately at all times and holds direct reports to the same standards.

Exhibits professionalism with Senior Leadership, marketing peers, direct reports, and all other internal and external customers

Communicates effectively and professionally regarding portfolio performance and recommendations of business strategies with Senior Leadership Team, cross functionally and cross franchise.

 What will you need to be successful?

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Education, Marketing, Communication or business-related field.

Project Management is a plus

Language: Spanish/Portuguese native or advance proficiency level.

Fluent in English

Proficient knowledge of Microsoft O365, particularly on Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams

Experience:

3-5+ years experience in marketing, communications, medical education and or training strongly preferred.

Experience in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry preferred.

Skills:

Strong leadership, motivation and team building skills

Self-starter with demonstrated success working independently and on high performance teams.

Excellent organizational, verbal and communication skills with a team-oriented philosophy.

Ability to work one-on-one with HCPs while also being able to coordinate efforts across the organization.

Ability to see both tactical details as well as systematic issues and opportunities for improvement.

Demonstrated ability to operate within compliance and regulatory guidelines.

Willingness to be a hands-on contributor.

Demonstrated ability to work effectively with all levels of an organization.

Demonstrated ability to meet multiple deadlines and manage heavy workload.

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