Director, Medical Affairs (United States)

Overview When you join the team at Cordis, you become part of an inspiring mission to save lives, impacting millions of people and broadening access to life-saving cardiovascular and endovascular technology. As a global leader for over 60 years, we are dedicated to being the heart of innovation to transform cardiovascular care. At Cordis, we're teammates, not just employees. We embrace an empowered and one-team culture where teammates are inspired to unleash their full potential. With diverse teams on a global scale, we believe 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. If you love a challenge and are ready to have a direct, transformative and positive impact on the lives of millions, then Cordis is just the place for you. We are the people behind the people who keep saving lives. Responsibilities The Director of Medical Affairs will provide strategic and scientific leadership to advance Cordis's mission of transforming cardiovascular and endovascular care. This individual will drive the continued success of our key therapeutic areas through innovative medical strategy, cross-functional collaboration, and evidence-based insight. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong business and clinical acumen, serving as an internal expert on product data, clinical evidence, and disease-state knowledge. The Director will build and maintain trusted relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), monitor evolving clinical and market trends, and translate complex scientific data into meaningful, actionable insights that inform both development and commercialization strategies. This role will lead the development and execution of an integrated Medical Affairs Plan, aligning medical strategy with Cordis's corporate objectives while ensuring the highest standards of scientific integrity, regulatory compliance, and ethical conduct. The Director will collaborate closely with global and regional stakeholders—including Clinical, Regulatory, R D, Commercial, and Business Development teams—to ensure medical alignment across the product life cycle. A proven ability to communicate clinical relevance with clarity, to shape strategy through sound scientific judgment, and to inspire a high-performing team will be essential. Responsible for developing and executing global medical strategies and providing scientific and medical guidance across the organization. Build an infrastructure with medical specialists and MSLs and establish programs, training modules and strategic roadmap to support product launches with scientific data and ensuring compliance with all regulatory and ethical standards. Be a scientific champion to identify opportunities to harmonize processes globally as applicable Lead the development and execution of research initiatives including strategic input into the development of clinical programs and publications. Develop and lead the execution of medical information plans for commercial and investigational stage products In conjunction with the Medical Affairs leadership and key stakeholders, develop and manage Medical Information capabilities, including medical information center management and medical information request management Establish compliant processes and SOPs for the medical team to be able to operate within ethical, regulatory and scientific standards Lead the MSL team , develop an infrastructure for the same to enable successful product launches and continued product adoption Champion to foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders, medical relationships within the medical community and scientific societies Deliver scientific presentations to diverse audiences Interact and present at various industry meetings and create strong engagement based on medical content with key healthcare stakeholders for the company Identify product gaps and develop clinical programs in collaboration with KOLs to address the relevant gaps Develop and oversee the infrastructure for review and monitoring of investigator-initiated studies (IIS) proposals/studies and other research and educational grants Interact closely and compliantly with the commercial team to strengthen the medical knowledge of the commercial team and foster strong compliant business interactions between the MSL Team and Commercial Team Contribute to the development of clinical protocols and publications Qualifications Required Qualifications University degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience required. Advanced/graduate degree preferred for some disciplines. Requires a total minimum of 15+ years of relevant experience.