Physician Program Director

Role Overview

• The Physician Program Director (PPD) focuses on establishing formal Impella programs through sustainable relationships with account stakeholders and key opinion leaders (KOLs) within the field of hemodynamic support.
• The PPD is responsible for developing and managing strategic relationships with key opinion leaders, thought leaders, and subject matter experts to support the organization’s scientific, medical and commercial goals.
• This role ensures effective engagement, collaboration, and communication between the company and its network of experts to enhance brand credibility, education, and innovation.
• The PPD represents all aspects of Abiomed and acts as a field liaison to connect hospitals to internal resources such as the medical office, research, marketing, and executive teams.
• The PPD will be responsible for collaborating with hospitals and hospital administrators to identify areas for program efficiencies through best practice implementation, protocol development, and workflow improvement, ensuring long-term program sustainability.
• The PPD will work to identify program gaps and align internal resources as appropriate to support the hospitals' goals.
• The PPD will collaborate with systems of care and Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) to support the implementation of best practices across the hospitals within the system.

Requirements

• BA/BS required
• MBS or MBA preferred
• 4 or more successful years of sales experience within Abiomed OR >7 years of related industry sales experience and proven success
• Prior KOL management experience or existing relationships in geographic area
• Prior experience working collaboratively with C-Suite hospital administrators
• Prior experience partnering with leaders of IDNs or systems of care
• Must be able to travel overnight extensively (70% depending on geography)
• Strong understanding of US health care policy and payment systems, including hospital and physician reimbursement.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, experienced developing relationships at all organizational levels to influence business objectives.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with intricate planning and strong tactical execution.
• Demonstrates responsiveness and a sense of urgency
• Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to project manage effectively and drive initiatives to completion
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including strong presentation skills.
• Mastery of cardiac anatomy and clinical data.
• Proficient in computer skills, with strong expertise in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for data analysis, documentation, and presentations.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, life insurance
• short
• and long-term disability
• business accident insurance
• group legal insurance
• pension plan
• 401(k)
• vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
• sick time
• 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – 56 hours per calendar year
• holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – 13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time
• up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member
• Caregiver Leave – 10 days
• Volunteer Leave – 4 days
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours