Senior Clinical Affairs Specialist

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Date: Nov 21, 2025

Location: USA Home Office, --, US, NA

Company: Dentsply Sirona, Inc

 

Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

 

Bringing out the best in people

 

As advanced as dentistry is today, we are dedicated to making it even better. Our people have a passion for innovation and are committed to applying it to improve dental care. We live and breathe high performance, working as one global team, bringing out the best in each other for the benefit of dental patients, and the professionals who serve them. If you want to grow and develop as a part of a team that is shaping an industry, then we’re looking for the best to join us.

 

Working at Dentsply Sirona you are able to:

 

Develop faster - with our commitment to the best professional development.

 

Perform better - as part of a high-performance, empowering culture.

 

Shape an industry - with a market leader that continues to drive innovation.

 

Make a difference -by helping improve oral health worldwide.  

 

 

What We Are Looking For - Scope of Role
The Senior Clinical Affairs Specialist leverages scientific insights to ensure clinical representation is present, accurate and relevant for a wide range of customer outreach programs. This position works closely with external partners (Key Opinion Leaders, Universities, schools, outreach programs) and internal partners (global business units, product and commercial teams, etc) and offers a unique opportunity to serve as a liaison and advisor for the development of new (and/or enhanced) products, services and packaging as well as our clinical education and associated marketing materials. This role is also responsible for the development and maintenance of our university/school strategy roadmap, including include outreach programs, future clinical studies and building our network of the industry’s future/up and coming Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs). 

 

What Will You Do - Responsibilities for Employment
•    Identify clinical education needs and support planning and execution of programs that ensure clinical needs are addressed to support our customers as well as the university/school strategy
•    Develop and maintain our university/school strategy roadmap to include outreach programs, future clinical studies and build our network of the industry’s future/up and coming Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs)
•    Foster strong relationships and partnerships with Key Opinion Leaders, Universities, schools and other outreach programs ensure a strong external network that feeds a pipeline of future customer acquisition 
•    Stay up to date on market trends and customer insights and needs and partner with global business units to ensure voice of customer addressed in product development roadmap and advise on prioritization recommendations and/or any additional data required to support
•    Partner with Commercial and Clinical Education teams to identify potential new speakers and support education program needs that drive product and workflow knowhow by:
o    Overseeing and advising on internal and external trainings (clinical education programs, lunch and learns, train the trainer, etc) to ensure curriculum is accurate, relevant, impactful, and meets customer’s needs
o    Participate and support trainings, launch executions and events
•    Support development of new (and/or enhanced) products, services and packaging by fostering and engaging Key Opinion Leader community when/where possible to ensure the voice of our customers are captured and taken into account within development phases and to support new product/service pipeline opportunities
•    Oversee and advise on product promotion materials for clinical accuracy, relevance to ensure promotion materials meet customer needs (includes manuals, sales brochures, lunch and learn presentations, and internal sales trainings, etc.
•    Report back on best practices, market trends and new technical strategies and approaches in areas of expertise to necessary internal stakeholders so that they can determine how to incorporate this into product/service development and enhancements, marketing materials, trainings, etc.

 

 

Who You Are - Qualifications
Education:  
•    University degree in healthcare, education, or a related field and at least 5 years’ experience in clinical education, training management
•    Dental dental hygienist (RDH) 
Years and Type of Experience:  
•    At least 5 years’ experience creating clinical education content curriculum and/or training management within dental or medical device industry
•    At least 2 years’ experience as lecturer and/or author of Clinical Education articles

 

Additional Skillsets Required
•    Strong understanding of market and customer needs with ability to build relationships internally and externally
•    Strong written and verbal communication with ability to effectively partner with key stakeholders cross functionally across multiple time zones
•    Demonstrate initiative and ability to work on various projects simultaneously 
•    Proficient in Microsoft Suite; Word, Excel, Power, Point, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint 
•    Ability to work across global teams across multiple geographies, cultures and time zones 
•    Fluent in English (reading, writing and comprehension), additional languages considered a plus 
•    Ability to travel domestically up to 25%

 

How We Lead the DS Way - Key Leadership Behaviors 
•    Actively articulates and promotes Dentsply Sirona’s vision, mission, and values.
•    Advocates on behalf of the customer.
•    Promotes high performance, innovation, and continual improvement.
•    Consistently meets Company standards, ethics, and compliance requirements.
•    Clear and effective communication with stake holders, which span across multiple levels, socio-geographic areas, and functional expertise. 

 

 

The base salary for this role is $90,000. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.  

 

 

Dentsply Sirona is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or protected Veteran status. We appreciate your interest in Dentsply Sirona.

If you need assistance with completing the online application due to a disability, please send an accommodation request to careers@dentsplysirona.com. Please be sure to include “Accommodation Request” in the subject.

 

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For additional details and questions, contact us at careers@dentsplysirona.com