Academic Relations Manager

Alphatec Spine•Carlsbad, CA

About The Position

The Academic Relations Manager develops and executes ATEC's academic engagement strategy across orthopedic and neurosurgical residency and fellowship programs. The role leads fellowship and resident engagement, academic education programs, transition-to-practice initiatives, and surgeon relationship development supporting EOS imaging and ATEC procedural solutions. It ensures future spine surgeons receive exposure to ATEC technologies during training and are connected to appropriate commercial, clinical, and educational resources as they enter practice. The manager owns fellowship and resident relationship management, academic event execution, surgeon tracking, and transition-to-practice activities. The role works with field sales, surgeon education, EOS teams, distributors, marketing, medical education, and commercial partners to coordinate engagement and facilitate a seamless transition into clinical practice.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree required.
Strong project management and event planning abilities.
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
Willingness to travel.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with surgeons, residents, fellows, and academic institutions.
Experience in spine surgery or musculoskeletal healthcare.
Knowledge of fellowship and residency structures.
Familiarity with EOS imaging technology and spine procedural solutions.
Experience supporting surgeon education programs and KOL engagement.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain relationships with orthopedic and neurosurgical residency and fellowship programs nationwide.
Build annual engagement plans for key academic institutions and training centers.
Manage fellowship and resident databases, including training status, graduation timelines, geographic preferences, and future practice destinations.
Coordinate faculty engagement opportunities, educational events, and surgeon networking programs.
Own ATEC's Transition-to-Practice program for graduating fellows and chief residents.
Track graduating surgeon placement and employment opportunities, and coordinate timely handoffs with sales leadership and distributor teams.
Track surgeon engagement from training through the first years of practice, and measure and report transition metrics.
Create educational pathways introducing trainees to EOS imaging workflows and ATEC procedural solutions.
Coordinate lab participation, educational courses, site visits, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
Lead planning and execution of fellowship director meetings, resident education initiatives, fellow courses, young surgeon programs, academic society events, and transition-to-practice meetings.
Collaborate with Marketing, Medical Education, EOS, and Commercial teams to maximize engagement.
Establish processes to connect graduating fellows with regional sales leadership, distributor partners, EOS representatives, clinical specialists, and local surgeon champions.
Develop reporting mechanisms to track relationship status and handoff completion.
Maintain fellowship and transition tracking systems, analyze engagement trends and surgeon conversion opportunities, and provide quarterly updates to commercial leadership.
Identify high-potential academic partnerships and growth opportunities.