Senior Medical Education Manager

Smith+Nephew

Senior Medical Education Manager responsible for leading and implementing medical education programs in Australia and New Zealand. Focus on surgical education and managing a team of medical educators.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeSydney • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Conduct an annual needs assessment for ANZ programmes to ensure customers receive education tailored to their clinical learning needs
Develop an aligned and integrated MedEd Strategic Plan annually
Lead the Surgical Site Complication (SSC) prevention strategy across ANZ and Japan, ensuring alignment with regional commercial priorities and surgical best practice
Build and maintain a regional KEL (Key Education Leader) network across surgical specialties, with a particular focus on Orthopaedics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Identify, develop, and manage HCPs to serve as faculty and consultants, with faculty assignments based on experience and recognised surgical expertise
Own regional ROE reporting, including CRM-based programme tracking, delegate engagement metrics, and post-programme evaluation
Ensure logistics related to programmes are managed to a high standard
Leverage resources and expertise to develop MedEd agendas and content, including leading evidence-based medical education programme and curriculum development.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in healthcare, medical education, business or related field
Post grad qualification in medical Education or equivalent demonstrated expertise through 10 years of progressive medical education programme design and delivery within a medical device, pharma or clinical setting
Previous experience working in a surgical environment, specifically in Orthopaedics or Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Proven people management experience — able to lead, develop, and hold accountable direct or dotted-line reports.
Demonstrated experience designing and delivering medical education programmes to HCP audiences, with a strong surgical education focus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off
Paid Holidays
Flex Holidays
Paid Community Service Day
Flexible Hybrid Work Model (For most professional roles)
Hands-On, Team-Customized Training
Mentorship

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Hard Skills & Tools

medical education programme designcurriculum developmentevidence-based medical educationprogramme trackingdelegate engagement metricspost-programme evaluationsurgical best practiceneeds assessmentHCP managementfaculty development

Soft Skills

people managementleadershipdevelopmentaccountabilitycommunicationcollaborationnetwork buildinglogistics managementstrategic planningstakeholder engagement

Certifications

Bachelor’s DegreePost grad qualification in medical education