Senior Academic Affairs Advisor

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $141.4k - $202k / year

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CooperCompanies

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1978

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🧬 Biotechnology

☁️ SaaS

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-12

Healthcare Insurance • Biotechnology • SaaS

CooperCompanies is a global, consumer-centric medical device company that supports how people want to live at every stage of life. The company is dedicated to improving lives by listening closely to healthcare providers and patients to fulfill the needs of today while focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow through innovation and strategic investment. Their prominent divisions, CooperVision and CooperSurgical, are committed to addressing issues such as myopia in children and supporting families struggling with infertility. CooperCompanies actively engages in sustainable practices and seeks to elevate standards of care with a strong focus on social and environmental impact.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute a comprehensive U.S. academic and provider engagement strategy aligned with CVI’s commercial priorities and portfolio growth objectives • Identify and prioritize target institutions, residency programs, and provider networks based on influence, graduate output, and clinical alignment • Position academic institutions as “Tier 0” strategic accounts within the U.S. commercial ecosystem • Advise internal leadership on academic trends, competitive dynamics, and future prescriber pipeline risks/opportunities • Partner with key stakeholders to expose optometry students to CVI products and technologies (curricula, labs, and clinical training environments) • Ensure CVI products are shared for hands-on training and patient care at student events • Build and maintain relationships with: • - faculty leaders and residency directors • - community-based clinical preceptors and provider networks • Serve as a trusted clinical advisor to key academic and provider stakeholders • Establish and participate in: • - faculty advisory boards • - provider forums • - academic collaborations • Leverage these relationships to influence: • - Understanding of CVI portfolio • - clinical protocols • - broader prescribing behavior across networks • Advance student and resident engagement initiatives, including: • - ambassador programs • - externships and rotations • - experiential training opportunities • Partner with residency programs and clinical sites to integrate CVI into specialty and advanced care pathways • Support development of Centers of Excellence and high-impact training sites • Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Professional Affairs to align academic initiatives with U.S. commercial strategies and territory priorities • Enable structured pathways to convert: • - students and residents → new prescribers → active CVI customers • Support transition strategies that reinforce early-career adoption and sustained portfolio utilization • Serve as a clinical and technical subject matter expert to the U.S. field sales organization • Provide support for: • - complex product and application questions • - advanced fitting and troubleshooting • - clinical objections and competitive positioning • Deliver in-field education, customer consultations, and case support alongside sales teams • Contribute to tools and training that enhance sales team clinical capability and effectiveness • Establish feedback loops from: • - students • - faculty • - residents • - community providers • Translate insights into recommendations for: • - product development • - clinical strategy • - portfolio positioning • Provide perspective on emerging clinical trends and evolving educational needs • Drive CVI’s reputation as the preferred manufacturer across U.S. academic and provider environments • Ensure consistent, high-impact representation of CVI in: • - academic institutions • - clinical training settings • - conferences and professional forums • Represent CVI as a clinical thought leader within optometric education and practice communities

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience in: • - vision care / contact lens industry or related healthcare field • - academic engagement, professional education, or medical affairs • Demonstrated success influencing U.S. optometric schools, residency programs, and provider networks • Deep understanding of: • - U.S. optometric education and residency landscape • - clinical practice patterns and care pathways • Experience providing clinical and technical support to field sales teams and customers • Proven ability to influence without direct authority and operate cross-functionally • Doctor of Optometry (OD) required • Strong clinical credibility and technical expertise in contact lenses and vision care • Strategic thinking with clear linkage to commercial outcomes • Executive presence with academic and provider stakeholders • Ability to translate engagement into measurable business impact • Highly collaborative with strong communication and influencing skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. • We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.