Chief of Staff, Heart Recovery

Strategic Leadership & Advisory

• Serve as a trusted thought partner to the Worldwide President, providing data-driven insights, strategic counsel, and decision support.
• Help shape and refine enterprise-level strategy, ensuring alignment across regions, functions, and business units.
• Anticipate challenges and opportunities, proactively proposing solutions and guiding prioritization.
• Drive organizational engagement by pulling through the Heart Recovery vision, mission, and narrative, grounded in a clear strategy, and mobilizing the broader organization to gain ownership and buy-in.

Cross-Functional Alignment & Program Execution

• Drive high-impact, cross-functional programs that advance the company's mission and operational excellence.
• Orchestrate alignment across R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Commercial, Operations, and Corporate functions.
• Lead or support strategic initiatives related to innovation, partnerships, integration planning, and growth acceleration.
• Support preparation for FDA engagements, advisory committee interactions, and executive-level regulatory readiness reviews.

Executive-Level Business Reviews & Strategic Oversight

• Manage preparation and synthesis for executive-level business reviews, ensuring the Worldwide President has clear, actionable insights to guide strategic and operational decisions.
• Partner with Heart Recovery leaders to maintain visibility into BU strategies, performance trends, competitive dynamics, and progress against key milestones.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, scorecards, and leadership-ready materials that translate complex business updates into clear narratives.
• Identify cross-business themes, risks, and opportunities; recommend actions and follow-through to drive enterprise alignment.

Operating Rhythm & Organizational Effectiveness

• Manage the Office of the President, ensuring clarity of communication, disciplined planning, and effective governance.
• Oversee executive-level cadence including business reviews, strategic planning cycles, leadership presentations, and enterprise reporting.
• Translate complex concepts into clear, concise materials for senior stakeholders.

Change Leadership & Culture Building

• Act as a visible champion of the company's high-performance, patient-centric culture.
• Drive change management strategies to support organizational scale, new capabilities, and evolving processes.
• Promote collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement across all levels.

Stakeholder & Communications Management

• Serve as a conduit between the Worldwide President and internal & external stakeholders, ensuring timely, consistent messaging.
• Support high-stakes executive engagements and represent the Worldwide President when appropriate.
• Identify issues requiring executive attention and ensure effective follow-through.

Critical Experiences

• Led enterprise-level programs with measurable business impact.
• Operated within a highly regulated, innovation-driven sector.
• Supported or worked closely with senior executives in a strategic or operational capacity.
• Guided organizations through scale, transformation, or rapid organizational growth.

Traits & Characteristics

• Mission-Driven: Unwavering commitment to improving patient outcomes.
• Change Agent: Energized by complexity; drives transformation with clarity and purpose.
• Integrator: Brings people together, fostering alignment across functions and geographies.
• Strategic Doer: Equally strong at high-level thinking and hands-on execution.
• Trust Builder: Operates with integrity, confidentiality, and discretion.
• Influential Communicator: Clear, concise, and compelling—able to simplify the complex.
• Resilient & Adaptable: Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in MedTech, healthcare, consulting, strategy, business operations or a related field with a Bachelor's Degree.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives in high-growth or transformation-oriented environments.
• Experience supporting C-suite leaders or operating in a Chief of Staff, strategy, PMO, or senior leadership role (preferred).

Knowledge

• Deep understanding of the MedTech, medical device, or life sciences landscape, with direct exposure to Class III medical devices, their development, commercialization, and lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with FDA regulatory pathways (e.g., 510(k), PMA, IDE) and experience supporting or navigating submission processes, evidence generation strategies, or cross-functional regulatory interactions (preferred).
• Knowledge of strategic planning, portfolio management, and enterprise-level program execution.
• Understanding of clinical, regulatory, and commercial dynamics in global healthcare markets.
• Experience with quality systems, compliance frameworks, and risk management practices commonly required in regulated healthcare sectors.

Skills & Abilities

• Exceptional strategic thinking with the ability to connect high-level vision to operational detail.
• Outstanding communication, storytelling, and executive presence.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to synthesize complex data into actionable insights.
• Ability to influence without authority and build trust across diverse stakeholder groups.
• High degree of organization, prioritization, and project management rigor.
• Comfort with ambiguity; ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Resilience, composure, and sound judgment under pressure.