Senior Manager of Corporate Strategy

Innovation starts from the heart. Edwards Lifesciences is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. With millions of patients served in over 100 countries, each team makes a meaningful contribution by improving patient outcomes and discovering lasting solutions for unmet patient needs. Our Director, Corporate Strategy position is a unique career opportunity that could be your next step towards an exciting future.

Drive Edwards’ strategic advantage by transforming external signals—competitors, markets, technologies, policy—into timely, decision‑ready insights that inform enterprise strategy, portfolio bets, and ELT discussions.

How you'll make an impact:

• Run targeted primary and broad secondary competitive intelligence for the corporate strategy team

• Stand up and iterate CI dashboards (e.g., Power BI/Tableau) and automated pipelines for news, trials, and KOL/patent data

• Build and run an enterprise “early‑signal” system spanning competitors, pipeline moves, clinical data, regulatory milestones, pricing/reimbursement, M&A/partnerships, and adjacent tech. Stand up alerting, tagging, and impact triage so the right leaders see the right signal at the right time. (Newsletter + real‑time alerts model)

• Maintain living competitive landscapes and scorecards; refresh pre‑ELT/Board cycles and major portfolio gates

• Lead congress/earnings‑season coverage with fast, BLUF readouts and implications for Edwards

• Create crisp, executive‑ready narratives (PowerPoint + live briefings) that translate complex dynamics into clear options and recommendations; tailor for ELT, BUs, regions, and functional partners

• Collaborate across functions, regions, and BUs on Enterprise risks and opportunities

• Other incidental duties

What you'll need (Required):
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent in a scientific, technical, or quantitative field with 10 years of related work experience, or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Master's Degree or equivalent plus 8 years of related work experience required and 5 years experience direct experience in strategy, management consulting, business development, or marketing and sales

• Ability to synthesize complex information into a high-level strategic message, and to interpret internal/external business factors into recommendations and solutions

• Demonstrated experience working with a range of professionals to help navigate through complex situations

• Proficiency in PowerPoint/Excel; comfort with data tools (Power BI/Tableau; GenAI/Agentic AI models a plus)

• Proven expertise in clinical and financial comprehension, and live presentations, with high attention to detail and output

• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills

• Recognized as an expert in own area with specialized depth and breadth of expertise within area of work in the organization

• Expert understanding and interpretation of complicated market dynamics with the ability to identify and quantify market potential, and build business case with both business and financial analysis skills

• Expert understanding of related aspects of processes and/or systems

• Ability to listen to stakeholders, discover unmet needs, develop strong rapport with audience, and be customer-focused

• Strict attention to detail

• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment

• Ability to represent leadership on projects on sections of projects within a specific area interfacing with project managers and cross-functional teams

• Ability to consult in project setting

• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control
   

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California, the base pay range for this position is $142,000 to $201,000 (highly experienced). The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).  Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.   

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.