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Principal Medical Education Specialist

MDU Medtronic USA Inc
Full-time
On-site
USA-FL United States of America
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 17 Oct 2025


At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic, we lead global healthcare technology and boldly address the most challenging health problems facing humanity, by searching out and finding solutions. Our mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Medical Education Specialist to join our Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Medical Education team.

As a Principal Medical Education Specialist, you will be a key member of a team that trains over a thousand HCPs annually on Medtronic ENT's products. You will work closely with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality training experiences for our ENT customers.

Click here to learn more about Medtronic ENT products.

A Day in the Life

  • Contribute to the development and execution of ENT customer training programs, including ENT medical education courses, peer-to-peer education events, and Medtronic led resident and fellows workshops.
  • Maintains and builds relationships with HCP consultant faculty, with an emphasis on key Medtronic ENT therapies
  • Collaborate with Marketing, Sales Training, and other cross-functional partners to ensure content of trainings is relevant, innovative, compliant, and interactive—whether delivered in-person or virtually.
  • Obtain information needed to prepare training programs; prepare training materials; develop course content; determine methodology; and coordinate the development of training aids.
  • Continuously revise lesson plans to meet new training requirements and keep technical information up to date.
  • Plan, develop, and coordinate in-house education and product training programs for customers.
  • Develop all content for presentation materials and execute training for HCP consultants to ensure consistent messaging.
  • Drive awareness and enthusiasm for products and the company by incorporating tailored messaging into physician education and engagement programs.
  • Analyze physician education needs by performing market segmentation and partnering with the commercial team to develop and execute peer-to-peer education events.
  • Align cross-functionally with clinical affairs and product marketing teams to ensure the most relevant clinical information is communicated in educational programs.
  • Ensure training programs meet company and customer objectives.
  • Develop dashboards and analytical resources to identify trends and recommend improvements to regional leaders.
  • Partner with the sales team to promote and execute physician education programs.
  • Develop methods to gather physician and sales rep feedback to identify areas of interest and strategize improvements for maximum impact.
  • Must be comfortable at times working within bioskills lab environments with cadaveric tissue.
  • May utilize trainers with technical expertise and lead hands-on training courses.
  • Work independently with direction from manager and functional or technical experts.
  • Ability to travel up to 50%.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

Required Knowledge and Experience: High School Diploma or equivalent with 11+ years of relevant experience in a clinical lab setting, clinical training, field sales/support in medical device, healthcare industry or equivalent experience (OR Associate's Degree with 9+ years’ experience OR Baccalaureate Degree with 7+ years’ experience).

Nice to Have

  • Medical Device program management experience, organizational skillset, and ability to meet timelines.
  • Experience in supporting or planning faculty led Medical Education events in the medical device industry.
  • Background in localized drug delivery or pharmaceutical curriculum a plus
  • Medical Device Marketing or Medical Education experience with a focus on ENT therapies including CRS, Head & Neck or Otology
  • Ability to work self-directed, independently as well as to collaborate on key issues.
  • Experience interactively engaging and effectively working cross-functionally with internal events team members, sales teams, marketing, clinical, research, corporate and leadership levels, and quality.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$109,600.00 - $164,400.00

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program).

The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you are applying to perform work for Medtronic, Inc. (“Medtronic”) in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which Medtronic reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Medtronic will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.