About the Role
The Area Clinical Director (ACD) is a senior leader responsible for driving the adoption and clinical execution of LAL technology across a defined geography. This role focuses on growth, onboarding, site readiness, performance optimization, and ensuring consistency in clinical execution and customer experience.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the Area Sales Director to align clinical strategy and resource deployment with business direction and account priorities.
- Drive performance by supporting peer field leaders in LAL training execution, clinical workflow resolution, and site ramp-up strategies.
- Ensure Clinical Specialist (CS) teams are adequately resourced and consistently trained for onboarding and sustained adoption.
- Lead the execution of national clinical initiatives, LAL adoption acceleration programs, and same-store optimization efforts.
- Contribute to the development and iteration of LAL adoption programs.
- Oversee regional reviews focused on training quality, adoption effectiveness, and clinical readiness.
- Build and refine consistency in clinical data reporting, CRM adoption, and cross-functional learning.
- Ensure program execution aligns with team education standards and contributes to increasing field adoption.
Requirements
- Proven ability to lead clinical adoption execution across diverse field teams and healthcare settings.
- Strong knowledge of cataract surgery workflows, diagnostic protocols, and patient counseling dynamics.
- Demonstrated experience driving clinic-level adoption and executing training programs at scale.
- Operational discipline in managing team KPIs, training milestones, and workflow improvements.
- High competency in cross-functional collaboration, particularly with commercial field leaders.
- Ability to contribute to the design and rollout of new adoption playbooks and clinical initiatives.
- Excellent communication and coaching skills for team development and stakeholder engagement.
- Strategic problem-solving mindset with data fluency across CRM, training logs, and outcomes tracking.
- Must reside in or near Philadelphia, PA or New York, NY.
Skills
- Clinical adoption execution
- Cataract surgery workflows
- Diagnostic protocols
- Patient counseling
- Training program execution
- Team KPI management
- Workflow improvements
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Adoption playbook design
- Clinical initiative rollout
- Communication
- Coaching
- Stakeholder engagement
- Strategic problem-solving
- Data fluency (CRM, training logs, outcomes tracking)
- Microsoft Office Suite proficiency
- CRM platforms
- Data tools (e.g., Power BI)
Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- New York, NY
- Northeast United States
Work Type
- Field-based
- Regular local travel
Experience Level
- 10+ years of experience in ophthalmic clinical field roles
- At least 4 years in a leadership capacity
- 3-5 years of clinical leadership experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, healthcare administration, BSc in Optometry, or related field desirable.
- COT, COA, COMT, CCOA certification, or BSc/Master of Optometry strongly preferred.
- Advanced clinical training or professional certifications valued.
About the Company
- RxSight® is an ophthalmic medical technology corporation.
- Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.
- Commercialized the world’s first and only adjustable intraocular lens (IOL) customized after cataract surgery.
- Mission is to revolutionize the premium cataract surgery experience by allowing surgeons to partner with patients for optimized results.
