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Our relentless commitment to patients and strong legacy of innovation in healthcare are the foundation of our future. If you're looking for a new chance, a new beginning, a new trajectory, LivaNova is where your talent can truly thrive. Join our talented team members worldwide to become a pioneer of tomorrow-because at LivaNova, we don’t just treat conditions - we aspire to alter the course of lives.\nThe Sr. Clinical Program Manager provides overall clinical project management direction, appropriate prioritization and ensures study objectives are carried out on time and on budget at a global level. This person will be in charge of a clinical operations team leading multiple studies in support and alignment with key business strategies. The Sr. Clinical Program Manager will work closely with study managers, the support team and monitors to ensure high-quality studies are conducted.\nThis role is also a key cross-functional team member providing: input to development programs working closely with the Clinical Science role; study status updates; and answers to questions from groups such as Marketing, Regulatory, R&D, Market Access, Medical Affairs, PMO teams, etc.\nThe Sr. Clinical Program Manager will support the Clinical Operations Director to achieve study goals, oversee program/study level outsourcing and will take proactive corrective actions to address study/program level issues. This role is expected to drive continuous process improvement by identifying operational gaps and implementing optimized clinical operations solutions in alignment with key stakeholders. Leads strategic initiatives aimed at enhancing efficiency, transparency, quality, and compliance across clinical programs and departmental workflows.\nGeneral Responsibilities\nThis is a build-and-scale role requiring decisive leadership and execution discipline.\n\nApplies critical thinking and scientific rigor in the design and review of clinical study protocols, ensuring methodological robustness and strategic alignment.\n\nManage multiple cross-functional clinical project teams in support of clinical portfolio made up of clinical project managers, associate project managers and clinical trial assistants.\n\nEnsure that high quality clinical studies are conducted following the highest ethical, regulatory and GCP standards.\n\nAsses the currently assigned study portfolio within 30 days and identify critical action items and develop/implement appropriate plans to meet company and department needs.\n\nUnderstand the Clinical and Regulatory needs of the program and help ensure the needs are met with the new/existing studies to be conducted. This will be done by interfacing with Clinical Science, the medical community, internal/external stakeholders and the Clinical Operations Director.\n\nProactively identify project/study/program risks and develop mitigation strategies by addressing issues and making necessary adjustments.\n\nSet study activity priorities together with the Operations, Monitoring and Data Management teams.\n\nCollaborates cross-functionally with Regulatory, Medical Affairs, Clinical Operations, and other key teams to ensure consistency and excellence in clinical program execution\n\nEnsure close communication with all global stakeholders.\n\nManaging the delivery of multi-center global clinical studies to meet the needs and required inclusion rate, timelines and budget set for multiple studies.\n\nAble to understand and explain complex issues and present information in a concise manner.\n\nResponsible for communicating program updates and results to various internal and external stakeholders.\n\nAssist in the development and issuance of corporate-wide dashboards for major initiatives.\n\nProvides expert input during STC (Scientific &Technology Committee) meetings, contributing to clinical strategy and supporting decision-making on study-related activities.\n\nOffers clinical insights to Product Development teams, ensuring that clinical considerations are integrated into product strategy, innovation planning, and lifecycle management.\n\nSupports development of long-term clinical strategies, enabling informed prioritization of studies, publications, and evidence-generation needs.\n\nLead the general mentoring, training and assistance on protocol development and project management methodologies through experience and training to improve the skills of project managers. This includes: Providing project management direction, general mentoring, training, and assistance on project management methodologies, tools, and techniques. Be instrumental in the creation of actual business cases that lead to more informed strategic decisions.\n\nTrain and mentor staff in clinical practice, project management principles, methodologies, and procedures.\n\nSkills and Experience\nMinimum 8 years clinical project/program management experience in a medical device environment with demonstrated consistent professional advancement.\n\nStrong project management skills.\n\nAbility to convert strategic plans to prioritized product, development and/or operational business objectives\n\nStrong communication skills (written, verbal, interpersonal). A writing sample will be required from top candidates.\n\nAbility to troubleshoot and make appropriate decisions under pressure as well as handle multiple meetings at one time.\n\nExceptional organizational skills.\n\nHigh aptitude for MS Office computer applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).\n\nExperience working in a fast-paced, complex, dynamic, multi-cultural business environment.\n\nAbility to build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external contacts.\n\nAbility to work both independently and in a group environment.\n\nAbility to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.\n\nFluent in English. An additional European language is an asset.\n\nEducation\nBachelor’s degree in scientific field or equivalent working experience.\n\nTravel Requirements\nThis position requires regular business travel of 35% or more of the time.\n\nPay Transparency\nA reasonable estimate of the annual base salary for this position is $160,000 - 190,000 plus discretionary annual bonus. Pay ranges may vary by location and are awarded based on experience.\n\nEmployee benefits include:\nHealth benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision\n\nPersonal and Vacation Time\n\nRetirement & Savings Plan (401K)\n\nEmployee Stock Purchase Plan\n\nTraining & Education Assistance\n\nBonus Referral Program\n\nService Awards\n\nEmployee Recognition Program\n\nFlexible Work Schedules\n\nValuing different backgrounds:\nLivaNova values equality and diversity. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent and free from unlawful discrimination. Our selection process is driven by the key demands/requirements for the role rather than bias or discrimination on the basis of a candidate’s sex, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, non-job-related disability/handicap or medical condition, family status, sexual orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, race or any other legally protected classification.\nNotice to third party agencies:\nPlease note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Services Agreement, we will not consider, or agree to, payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event that a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, we explicitly reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.\nBeware of Job Scams:\nPlease beware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons posing as LivaNova recruiters or employees. The scammers may attempt to solicit confidential, personal information, such as a social security number, or your financial information. LivaNova will never ask for fees prior/during/after the application process, nor will we ask for banking details or personal financial information in return for the assurance of employment. If you are concerned that an offer of employment might be a scam or that the recruiter is not legitimate, please verify by searching for “See Open Jobs” on https://www.livanova.com/en-us/careers, and check that all recruitment emails come from an @livanova.com email address.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8540,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["401k plan","Education assistance","Flexible schedule","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cardiovascular Devices","Neurotech & Neuromodulation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-27T07:16:37Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 13 · green card filings: 1","filings_12m":13,"filings_prev_12m":12,"green_card_filings_12m":1,"median_offered_wage_usd":138214,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-15T11:24:14+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":55,"reasons":["conf:17","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-28T05:59:10Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":190000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/livanova-senior-manager-clinical-operations-programs","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/livanova-senior-manager-clinical-operations-programs.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-28T23:22:47Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":31946,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-29T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1949485},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1949485"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Flivanova-senior-manager-clinical-operations-programs"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Flivanova-senior-manager-clinical-operations-programs"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Flivanova-senior-manager-clinical-operations-programs"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/livanova-senior-manager-clinical-operations-programs\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Flivanova-senior-manager-clinical-operations-programs"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3319782}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"livanova.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3319782},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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