Clinical Innovation Lead

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Job Description:

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

Clinical Innovation Lead

Role Summary

The Clinical Innovation Lead serves as the clinical voice within R&D, bringing real‑world orthodontic experience to shape product strategy, substantiate product claims, and drive breakthrough innovations across digital portals, treatment workflows, and attachment/protocol strategies.

This role bridges clinical practice, engineering, and product development, ensuring that our solutions are grounded in clinical reality, differentiated versus competitors, and deliver meaningful value to doctors and patients.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a(n) Clinical Innovation Lead, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Insight & Product Differentiation

• Provide hands‑on orthodontic expertise to inform product requirements, clinical claims, and validation strategies across the portfolio.
• Translate real‑world treatment challenges into clear clinical requirements, design inputs, and success metrics for Clinical Engineering and R&D teams.
• Support the development and defense of clinically relevant product claims through research, evidence generation, and clinical rationale.

Innovation in Treatment Design & Workflows

• Drive innovation in treatment protocols, attachment strategies, staging logic, and workflow design, with a focus on predictability, efficiency, and scalability.
• Contribute to the evolution of digital portals and end‑to‑end clinical workflows, ensuring they align with how orthodontists diagnose, plan, and treat patients in practice.
• Partner closely with engineering and digital teams to ideate, prototype, and evaluate next‑generation clinical solutions.

Competitive Benchmarking & Market Intelligence

• Lead and support clinical benchmarking against competitors, including comparative evaluation of treatment approaches, attachments, protocols, and digital experiences.
• Identify clinical strengths, gaps, and opportunities to strengthen portfolio differentiation and inform roadmap priorities.
• Provide thought leadership on emerging clinical trends, techniques, and technologies shaping orthodontic care.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate deeply with Clinical Engineering, R&D, Digital, Marketing, and Commercial teams to ensure strong clinical alignment across development and launch activities.
• Act as a trusted clinical partner in cross‑functional forums, balancing clinical efficacy with scalability, efficiency, and business objectives.
• Support internal education and alignment by clearly communicating clinical rationale, tradeoffs, and implications to non‑clinical stakeholders.

Your Skills and Expertise 
 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• DDS/DMD or equivalent with completion of an accredited orthodontic residency (or equivalent); licensed or license‑eligible orthodontist
• Significant hands‑on clinical orthodontic experience, preferably with aligner therapy and digital workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to connect clinical practice with product development, research, or innovation initiatives.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate clinical insights to technical and non‑clinical audiences.

• Experience collaborating with engineering, digital product, or R&D teams in industry or applied research settings.
• Familiarity with treatment planning software, digital portals, and data‑driven orthodontic workflows.
• Experience supporting or evaluating clinical claims, evidence generation, or comparative benchmarking.
• Comfort working in ambiguity and shaping new ways of working within a growing Clinical Engineering function.

Work location:

·       Remote

Travel: May include up to [10%][domestic/international]

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

 

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

 

Supporting Your Well-being 

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment

Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $124,000 - $170,500, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/our-company/careers/#Total-Rewards

   

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