Director, Strategic Partnerships
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Cynosure is well positioned competitively to lead and transform the medical aesthetics industry. We are guided by our belief that this is a purpose-driven business, which improves patient's lives and improves practitioner's livelihoods. We are passionate about driving a healthy and growing medical aesthetics industry with leading-edge marketing which inspires consumers to engage in medical aesthetics. We are the leader in science-based technology which elevates the standard of care for consumers. We are relentlessly focused on being the undisputed innovation leader, addressing the growing demand for consumer treatments across all demographics. We are committed to building and strengthening our unmatched global footprint, with direct employees on five continents and in 15 countries and growing, and distributor partners serving over 130 countries. We put our people first and believe personal development drives business development. We love our customers and strive give them the leading-edge technology, service, marketing support and clinical education to improve their patient's outcomes and to improve their livelihoods. At Cynosure , we look for people who make an impact and encourage everyone to lead, create, and add value. In turn, we invest in our team to grow people's careers and build upon our high-performance and culture-oriented organization. We work together as one team, winning together. As we grow our global team, there is no better time to join us. As a market leader in medical aesthetics, Cynosure has over 25 years developing, manufacturing, and marketing products for dermatologists, plastic surgeons, medical spas, and healthcare practitioners. With the aesthetic industry's most comprehensive product portfolio, our offerings span several categories including skin revitalization, body contouring, hair removal, and women's health. Our mission is to set Cynosure customers up for success shaping future leaders of the aesthetics industry and helping everyone who uses our technologies discover their version of beautiful. Learn more about us by following our LinkedIn and Instagram sites and please visit us at www. Cynosure .com. Job Summary The Director, Strategic Partnerships is responsible for building, managing, and deepening the external relationships that enable the Marketing organization to execute. This role exists to serve the commercial-facing team-identifying and cultivating the HCP relationships, professional society connections, aesthetic industry alliances, and KOL networks that each internal team needs to do their work effectively. Rather than owning program execution directly, this role functions as the relationship infrastructure of Marketing: ensuring the right doors are open, the right partners are engaged, and the right foundations are in place to develop meaningful, long-term relationships with customers and industry stakeholders. Essential Duties and Responsibilities The incumbent may be asked to perform other function-related activities in addition to the below-mentioned responsibilities as reasonably required by business needs. HCP to KOL Relationship Development Identify, engage, and cultivate relationships with aesthetic HCPs-plastic surgeons, dermatologists, aesthetic nurses, nurse injectors, and med spa owners-who are relevant to the company's brand, clinical, and commercial priorities Build and manage a structured HCP network on behalf of Marketing, mapping HCP relationships to their potential value across Brand advocacy, Marcom campaigns, Clinical Market Development research, and Sales influence Serve as the ongoing relationship point of contact for key HCP partners at the organizational level-creating the trust, continuity, and engagement foundation that allows Marketing and Sales teams to work with these individuals effectively Proactively identify emerging KOLs and next-generation aesthetic thought leaders who reflect the evolving demographics and practice trends of the aesthetics market, and bring them into the company's HCP engagement ecosystem Manage HCP relationship health across the portfolio-tracking engagement cadence, identifying gaps, and ensuring no high-value relationship goes cold between active program cycles Internal Enablement & Relationship Handoffs Operate as a proactive enabler of internal Marketing teams - translate relationship capital into actionable opportunities that Brand and Clinical Market Development can activate within their respective programs Facilitate structured handoffs when HCP relationships, KOL engagements, or partner connections are ready for activation by a specific internal team-providing relationship context, engagement history, communication preferences, and recommended next steps Maintain a centralized relationship management system (Wrike or equivalent) that gives Brand, Marcom, and Clinical Market Development full visibility into active partner relationships, engagement status, and upcoming touchpoints Collaborate with Clinic
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