Principal Training & Education Specialist CAS TURMECA Region

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

As a Principal Training & Education Specialist for the CAS TURMECA Region, you will execute an effective strategy for Health Care Professionals (HCP) and Internal Training & Education (T&E) within the Cardiac Ablation Solutions (CAS) Operational Unit (OU). The role focuses on promoting the Medtronic (MDT) brand and therapies, with particular emphasis on AFFERA™ and PulseSelect™ innovative technologies for cardiac tachyarrhythmia treatment. Key responsibilities include ensuring the safe and effective use of Medtronic CAS technologies thrugh external education, delivering internal education programs for CAS Technical Consultants, and providing expert-level technical support to new centers during AFFERA™ and PulseSelect™ launches, including expert’ level mapping support of cases in the Cath Lab and new mappers certification. This important role reports to the Cath Lab Technologies T&E Leader and requires willingness to travel up to 40% of the time (approximately 30% within the cluster and 10% internationally).Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Plan, deliver, and continuously improve regional Training & Education programs across the TURMECA region, with a focus on AFFERA™ and PulseSelect™, aligned with Corporate and CAS OU strategies

• Conduct hands-on AFFERA™ simulator trainings at the Medtronic Innovation Center (MIC) in Istanbul and ensure technical readiness of assigned simulators

• Provide expert clinical and technical support on the AFFERA™ Mapping and Ablation System, acting as a regional super-mapper and supporting certification of new mappers

• Lead training needs assessments and contribute to the development, review, and update of CAS T&E curricula and training materials, including support for new product launches

• Support the opening of new AFFERA™ centers with technical and T&E expertise (case support limited to ≤20% of working time)

• Build strong partnerships with CAS OUs, commercial and marketing teams, regional faculty, and T&E teams across TURMECA and ACEE regions

• Ensure accurate training records, timely reporting of market, competitive, and customer insights, and compliance with all internal, regulatory, and quality requirements

Minimal Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Medical Engineering, or related scientific field (Master’s degree or MD are strongly preferred)

• Native Turkish or C1 level; fluent English (written and spoken, minimum B1)

• Minimum 3 years of clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (EP) experience, including at least 2 years of independent EP mapping support

• Medical device industry experience (e.g., Technical Consultant or Sales Representative) preferred

• Strong knowledge of Cardiac EP at AHP level (IBHRE or relevant cardiology/arrhythmology certifications are a plus)

• Experience in training, education, or project management, including audience presentations; familiarity with e-learning, curriculum development, instructional design, or simulation-based training is an advantage

• Excellent communication, organizational, and planning skills, with the ability to work effectively in multicultural and multinational teams

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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