[Remote] Clinical Innovation Lead

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Solventum is a new healthcare company focused on improving lives and empowering healthcare professionals. The Clinical Innovation Lead will serve as the clinical voice within R&D, leveraging orthodontic expertise to shape product strategy and drive innovations in treatment workflows and protocols.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Skills

• 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
• 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

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision
• Health Savings Accounts
• Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Disability Benefits
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits

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