Director, Clinical Affairs

About the role

Saluda Medical is a commercial‑stage medical device company focused on developing treatments for chronic neurological conditions using its novel closed‑loop neuromodulation platform. The company’s proprietary technology senses and measures neural responses to stimulation and automatically adjusts therapy based on real‑time neurophysiological feedback. Saluda Medical’s first product, the Evoke® System, is designed to deliver known, consistent, and personalized spinal cord stimulation therapy by objectively measuring neural responses and maintaining therapy within a prescribed therapeutic window. Saluda Medical is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In this exciting role as a Director, Clinical Affairs, you will be at the center of Saluda’s clinical study program. Your insights will contribute to formulating the clinical research and evidence generation strategy, and you will be responsible for the planning, implementation, managing, and reporting of the applicable clinical studies and associated regulatory activities in accordance with that strategy. To achieve this you will collaborate with a cross-functional team, including Research and Development, Marketing, Clinical Operations, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Quality and Operations, enabling global market access and adoption of a new class III implantable electrical stimulation therapy worldwide. While driving program execution to meet customer needs and financial goals of the business, you will create and uphold a high-performance culture centered on customer focus, creative and determined problem solving, transparency and partnership.

What You'll Do

• Development, maintenance, and optimization of the clinical quality system, clinical regulatory requirements, and data integrity/quality
• Establish detailed program plans, drive program execution toward established objectives, assess risk and implement strategies to ensure successful delivery of the clinical objectives
• Contribute to the overall strategic direction for development and implementation of clinical affairs objectives and processes
• Direct and collaborate with internal and external staff to assure successful conduct of assigned clinical programs consistent with company objectives and applicable regulations and policies
• Development of protocols, statistical analysis plans, reports and other clinical study documentation
• Support and contribute to manuscripts, abstracts, data presentations, and health economic value initiatives
• Promote and embody culture and behavior expectations of a high-performance culture
• Drives leadership of issue identification and resolution

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years direct clinical and regulatory experience in medical devices including some experience with Active Implantable Medical Devices
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in science/biomedical/health related field; Masters or PhD preferred
• Demonstrated success in developing clinical evidence strategies, and designing and conducting clinical trials in support of medical device and/or pharmaceuticals
• Experience in synthesizing complex clinical data into understandable written format
• Experience with neurostimulation industry preferred
• Experience working with FDA and/or other regulatory and governmental agencies desired

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to think creatively, dynamically, and foster a culture of commitment to thoughtful science to help patients in need
• Knowledge of ICH/GCP and FDA medical device regulations
• Knowledge of electronic data capture systems and web-based clinical trial management tools
• Knowledge of research design, data analysis and biostatistics
• Self-motivated and independent work style with the ability to initiate and follow through on assignments
• Self-assured, knowledgeable professional capable of developing good interpersonal relationships with medical professionals
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• High degree of personal integrity

Additional Expectations

• Ability to work effectively across time zones and cultures
• Ability to travel domestically (10% of time) and internationally

Our Core Values

• People – Our first responsibility is to the patients we serve.
• Integrity – Do the right thing
• Pioneering – Lead Boldly, Change Lives, Disrupt the Status-Quo
• Performance – Win together – Deliver with Excellence.