Job Overview:

The VP of Clinical Education/Audiology will be responsible for developing training strategy and deployment, managing clinical education programs and audiology research, and driving the Widex audiology story and scientific communication. He/She will hire, lead, and direct the clinical education and audiological communication team and ensure consistency in training and optimal effectiveness of the field team. Our Head of Clinical Education/Audiology will contribute to and cooperate with the Global Marketing team in the form of best practice sharing, providing input and feedback, and representing requirements for the US market. He/She will be responsible for developing strategic plans that align with sales goals and promote customer satisfaction for the organization.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Manage the Clinical Education Team and its operations/resources for all regions and channels in the market
Work cross-functionally with other areas of the business to meet overall growth, sales, and profitability objectives.
Set KPIs and objectives for the Clinical Education Team and build processes to ensure highest possible effectiveness and full alignment with the sales team
Define the Widex audiological story for the US and serve as the spokesperson for Widex audiology in major conferences and other forums including online platforms
Liaison to the global audiology team and manage audiology research and scientific marketing in collaboration/coordination with the global Clinical Audiology Research Team.
Develop and manage the activity plan, agenda, and key messages as it relates to customer training events.
Monitor customer, market, and competitor activity from an audiological point of view and provide feedback to US and global functions.
Work closely with the marketing and sales leadership team to establish successful support for internal and external customers in any audiology-related projects.
Develop and manage the on-going university and AuD student programs that results in life-long customers.

Qualifications:

Degree in Audiology. AuD preferred.
A minimum of 10+ years of successful experience in a directly related field required.
Must have strong people management experience and high-energy leadership style
Proven track record as a public speaker, communicator in Audiology
Technical and scientific knowledge of hearing aids and audiology-related topics
Strong team leadership expertise and experienced project manager
Experience managing key customer relationships.
Successful experience hiring and onboarding employees.
Successful experience monitoring and evaluating employee progress against stated expectations, in addition to aligning and changing behavior with performance expectations.
Willingness to travel around 1/3 of time for team coaching and customer-related events