Technical Consultant

for the CoreValve business unit, a separate entity within our CardioVascular Sales Department (Job # 37690)

OUR CHALLENGE
CoreValve; the developer of a transcatheter, transfemoral aortic valve replacement product, has recently been added to Medtronic’s cardiovascular product portfolio. This non-surgical alternative offers a large number of high surgical risk patients an opportunity to have their aortic valves replaced using a catheter inserted through an artery in the groin. This procedure does not need surgeons to perform a sternotomy. To further expand and penetrate the market in Europe for this cutting edge technology we are adding a Therapy Development Specialist to our (sales) team, preferably living in the mid-Northern part of the Netherlands.

OUR OFFER
As a Therapy Development Specialist you will provide clinical, technical and educational expertise to our customers. You are the therapy expert and serve as a liaison for the sales organization during the introduction and development of this therapy to the market. You will also develop and execute effective training and educational programs. Within this role you establish and maintain strong customer relationships. You pro-actively communicate developments in techniques, competitive activities, and customer responses back to the Business Unit, enabling us to constantly improve our therapies and education programs. As part of the Benelux Sales team you play a key role in the support of CoreValve procedures in the Benelux region. When needed, you will also support other European countries. You will be primarily based out or Dutch office. Within this position you will work closely together with proctors (experienced interventional cardiologists and/or cardiac surgeons) during their first phase of training, for approximately 15 cases. After this period sites will be certified but usually continue to need support for another 10-15 cases.

YOUR PROFILE
- Relevant Bachelor / Master degree
- 5 years experience in a clinical setting
- Strong Cath Lab experience (2-5 years; Interventional Cardiology or Radiology)
- Experience in training others
- Fluency in English and preferably other European languages

We are looking for a hands-on individual with a commercial mindset. To be successful in this role very strong interpersonal and communication skills are required. You prefer to work independently and are willing to travel about 80% of your time. Knowledge of structural heart disease management is a preference.

YOUR CAREER
Medtronic offers you a professional, dynamic and high quality global working environment, where personal development is pro-actively stimulated and personal initiatives are encouraged. Your Medtronic Development Plan will challenge you to focus on developing your personal skills and career within our global organization. We offer excellent compensation & benefits, in which also relocation and cross border costs are covered if applicable.

BE THE DIFFERENCE
Are you looking for a challenge as well as a career? What bigger challenge can there be than making real, tangible improvements in peoples’ lives and health? Everyone at Medtronic is committed to doing just that. That’s why we have created a company that nurtures talent, encourages individuality and supports innovation. When the best people are allowed to deliver their best, we all benefit – the individual, the company and, most importantly, patients everywhere.

YOUR ANSWER
Is this the position you were waiting for? Then apply directly online via the website: www.medtronic.com(Job # 36406). Contact Mijke Bonsel for more information: +31 43 356 6608.