Senior Staff Scientist/ Collaboration Manager

Siemens Healthineers is a leading global medical technology company with over 170 years of experience and 18,000 patents. More than 60,000 dedicated colleagues in over 70 countries are driven to shape the future of healthcare. We stand with our customers around the world to support them in delivering high quality care to their patients. An estimated 5 million patients across the globe benefit every day from our innovative technologies and services in the areas of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging, laboratory diagnostics and molecular medicine, as well as digital health and enterprise services. This is what truly matters to us.

Join our team now at Siemens Healthineers as Senior Staff Scientist/Collaboration Manager

This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for the next step in their career. As a Senior Staff Scientist/Collaboration Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Collaborate with leading clinicians and researchers (institutional and non-institutional) on furthering the field of angiographic imaging science by first understanding the clinical needs and then developing solutions to address those needs.

• Work with clinicians, research, technical, and medical staff, on-site, to support research-related interventional cases. Share clinical workflows to a broader audience within Advanced Therapies (AT) to further procedural knowledge.

• Work with AT Innovations, R&D (both in Forchheim, Germany), and on-site service personnel to install, learn detailed operation of, and pre-test prototype hardware and software.

• Work with legal, research, and logistics personnel on (both internally and with academic centers) to develop research agreements that define the required equipment, funding and deliverables for each research project.

• Track budget, milestones, and deliverables throughout the project. Work with project manager in Forchheim and the site Principal Investigator to define the research protocol for each project.

• Where applicable, evaluate technical solutions for patentability and secure protection for ideas.

• Provide written feedback to AT headquarter for each project and support the Principal Investigators in reporting and publishing efforts.

• Write and present reports to senior management regarding project results and new project ideas from the field.

• Communicate regularly with other members of the AT Research Collaborations group, other Imaging Modalities Collaborations group (example: MR, CT) via web meetings, site visits, and workshops in both the US and Germany.

• Present the Company's research topics to potential new collaborators.

• (Co)-authorship of presentations at national and international conferences

• Where applicable, work with the regional NAM organization (including Varian Interventional Solutions and Endo-Vascular Robotics) to develop research priorities for strategic partnerships with institutions.

• Continuously monitor technology landscape and evaluate technologies (tech transfer, start-ups, think tanks etc.) for applicability to angiographic systems

This position may suit you best if you are familiar with what is below, and would like to do develop your career with Healthineers

• Proficient knowledge of protocol development and protocol writing to be compliant to scientific rigor.

• Experience in evaluating external technologies for applicability to Siemens Healthineers portfolio.

• Experience with writing patent applications to secure intellectual property for Siemens Healthineers.

• You have good PC skills (MS Office software like Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook)

• Experience in programming and medical image processing including AI programming skills is a plus

• Since you are interacting with international customers, excellent English skills (ideally as native language, spoken and written) are necessary, German language skills and knowledge of other languages is of advantage

• You have very good presentation skills in the customer environment and you show team orientation, communication skills and customer orientation.

Required skills to have for the success of this role

• PhD or MD (or foreign degree equivalent) in Engineering, Physics, or a related medical field and at least 5 years of experience in the job offered or in an acceptable alternate occupation

• Must have experience with the following skills:

• Working with medical imaging equipment in an environment (either commercial or academic research) that involves frequent interaction with clinicians and other medical staff

• Experience with industry-academia research collaborations.

• Technical understanding of medical imaging, especially 2D and 3D imaging on angiographic systems

• Thorough understanding of clinical workflows in interventional procedures (Cardiology, Interventional and Neuro Radiology, Vascular Surgery). Neuro experience preferred.

• Proficient knowledge in anatomical vasculature as they relate to interventional -ology (brain, liver, heart etc.)

• Proficient knowledge of clinical software and hardware applications available on angiographic systems (Siemens Healthineers, Philips, GE, Canon and United Imaging)

• Proficient knowledge of IQ for image analysis

• Proficient knowledge related to X-ray dose measurements

• Experience with other imaging modalities such as CT (preferred), MR and Ultrasound.

• Experience with grant writing is preferred.

• Ideally based in Buffalo, NY and able to travel to Canada

• Willing to travel up to 25-40%

At Siemens Healthineers, we value those who dedicate their energy and passion to a greater cause. Our people make us unique as an employer in the med-tech industry. What unites and motivates our global team is the inspiration of our common purpose: To innovate for healthcare, building on our remarkable legacy of pioneering ideas that translate into even better healthcare products and services. We recognize that taking ownership of our work allows both us and the company to grow. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment and the space to move beyond your comfort zone to grow both personally and professionally.

If you want to join us in transforming the way healthcare is delivered, visit our career site at https://usa.healthcare.siemens.com/careers.

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As an equal-opportunity employer we are happy to consider applications from individuals with disabilities.

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