Principal Physician & Society Liaison (Endoscopy)

Medtronic • Lafayette, CO

4d • $130,400 - $195,600 • Onsite

About The Position

The Endoscopy Operating Unit advances gastrointestinal care by supporting healthcare professionals in diagnosing and treating patients through medical technology, clinical evidence, education, and collaboration with the gastroenterology community.

The Principal Physician & Society Liaison serves as a key connection between Medtronic Endoscopy, influential physicians, and leading gastroenterology professional societies. The role manages strategic relationships and programs involving society partnerships, physician engagement, fellows education, symposia, advisory boards, sponsorships, educational grants, and conferences. It combines hands-on program execution with strategy development, capturing insights from physicians and societies and translating them into recommendations that inform evidence generation, product strategy, engagement planning, and business decisions. The position is onsite in Lafayette, Colorado, with travel based on physician engagements, educational programs, and conference schedules—approximately once per month and up to approximately 30%.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 7 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree plus 5 years of relevant experience.
• For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree satisfying the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Medical Affairs, medical technology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or a comparable physician-facing environment.
• Experience managing relationships with physicians, healthcare professionals, professional societies, thought leaders, or other senior external healthcare stakeholders.
• Experience managing cross-functional programs, projects, or educational initiatives involving multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience capturing external stakeholder insights and translating them into business, medical, product, evidence, or program recommendations.
• Professional medical society engagement experience.
• Gastroenterology or endoscopy experience.
• Experience with key opinion leader engagement, educational grants, sponsorships, advisory boards, symposia, conferences, or physician education programs.
• Advanced degree.

Responsibilities

• Manage strategic relationships, partnerships, and sponsorships with key gastroenterology professional societies, including supporting partnership and sponsorship negotiations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with priority physicians, thought leaders, researchers, educators, influencers, and key customers, coordinating engagement across business leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Translate insights from physician and society engagements into recommendations that inform evidence generation, product strategy, engagement priorities, evidence dissemination, and business decision-making.
• Plan and coordinate company-sponsored symposia, advisory boards, fellows programs, and other physician education and engagement programs with Medical Affairs, medical education, marketing, field, and leadership teams.
• Maintain and leverage key opinion leader (KOL) and physician information to support stakeholder mapping, engagement strategy, relationship management, and evidence dissemination planning.
• Manage educational grants, sponsorships, conferences, and associated budgets, including reviewing and approving educational grants and coordinating Medtronic participation and support.
• Develop and align physician and society programs with medical, market, product, and business strategies, identifying opportunities to move partnerships toward more strategic relationships and outcomes.
• Support special projects and external information requests related to physician, professional society, educational, and Medical Affairs activities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
• Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
• For regular employees working 20 or more 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 or reimbursement; and Simple Steps global well-being program.
• For all regular employees: incentive plans; 401(k) plan with 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal