Director of Medical Affairs, France – Structural Heart

BU – Transcatheter Mitral & Tricuspid Therapies Patients with mitral and tricuspid heart valve disease often have complex conditions with limited treatment options. Our Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies (TMTT) business unit is boldly pursuing an innovative portfolio of technologies to address a patient’s unmet clinical needs. It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. As part of the TMTT Medical Affairs team, you will elevate Edwards' scientific leadership and accelerate impact in transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies through evidence-based exchange, trusted external relationships, and cross-functional partnership across France. This permanent France-based role will lead Medical Affairs for the TMTT portfolio, including PASCAL, EVOQUE, and SAPIEN M3, with focus on evidence generation, scientific communication, KOL engagement, investigator-initiated research, educational grants, advisory boards, and therapy development priorities. The role will report into European Medical Affairs and Scientific Communications and will collaborate closely with the European Marketing, Professional Education, Clinical Affairs, Public Affairs, Market Access, and the French commercial organization.

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How you'll make an impact:

• KOL Engagement & Scientific Network Development
• Build and maintain trusted scientific relationships with French KOLs and emerging experts across the TMTT ecosystem.
• Strengthen and expand the French mitral and tricuspid KOL network, including identification of national and regional experts.
• Support development of next-generation faculty and rising experts in collaboration with Professional Education, Training, and Marketing.
• Medical Affairs Strategy & Cross-Functional Leadership
• Develop and lead the French TMTT Medical Affairs strategy aligned with European priorities.
• Lead Medical Affairs input to French market priorities, including reimbursement readiness, society partnerships, referral pathway improvement, and France-specific scientific engagement plans.
• Ensure alignment across Medical Affairs, Scientific Communications, Marketing, Professional Education, Therapy Development, Clinical Affairs, Public Affairs, Market Access, and Commercial teams.
• Improve collaboration between French physicians and European/Global stakeholders (Medical Affairs, R&D, Clinical Affairs, therapy teams).
• Translate insights and evidence gaps into therapy development and portfolio strategy.
• Evidence Generation & Scientific Programs
• Facilitate evidence generation in France (IIS, registries, observational research) in collaboration with the Grant Team and European Medical Affairs.
• Design and lead advisory boards, expert working groups, and scientific forums on key clinical and strategic topics (e.g., patient selection, diagnostics, therapy decisions, reimbursement readiness).
• Prioritize and drive scientific content (publications, consensus documents, symposia, congress activities, education initiatives).
• Scientific Communication & Insights Translation
• Translate clinical evidence, imaging concepts, procedural insights, and guideline updates into high-quality scientific communication for internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare agendas, briefing materials, and follow-ups for KOL and stakeholder engagements.
• Attend scientific meetings, synthesize insights, and translate outcomes into actionable Medical Affairs plans.
• Agenda development, speaker briefings, and execution of regional and country level congress/event symposia in collaboration with Country Marketing.
• Other incidental duties (member of compassionate case committee, etc.)

What you'll need:

• Master's Degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Demonstrated track record in people management and or in M.D. or Ph.D. relevant experience
• Required Experience working in a cardiology, structural heart disease, heart failure, cardiac imaging, or valvular therapies or medical device industry

Additional Skills:

• Advanced scientific degree (MD, PhD, PharmD, or equivalent) with deep expertise in cardiology, structural heart disease, heart failure, cardiac imaging, or valvular therapies.
• Significant experience in the healthcare industry, ideally within Medical Affairs, Clinical Affairs, Scientific Communications, clinical research, or medical devices.
• Strong scientific foundation, including clinical trial methodology, real-world evidence, and data interpretation.
• Fluent French (primary working language) and English, with the ability to clearly communicate complex scienti