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You enjoy creating and innovating. You never stop striving for better. You take responsibility and you get results. You love being part of a team. Above all, you want your work to matter: Welcome to our world! At Sonova we create sense by bringing sound to life. Our innovative hearing care solutions help millions of people enjoy life’s unforgettable moments.

We offer exceptional career opportunities through market-leading brands from consumer to medical, products and services that keep pushing hearing care forward, and a culture where you can quickly belong and perform at your best.

If you want the freedom to explore, opportunities to grow, and make positive change on people lives through your work, this is the place for you.

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Staefa, Switzerland

Clinical Studies Manager

As a Clinical Studies Manager, you will be responsible for designing and executing audiological and clinical studies to assess the clinical readiness of hearing systems. This includes evaluating the efficacy, limitations, and usability of various functions such as hearing instrument features, signal processing, sound processing, fitting software, and wireless technology.

 

Your tasks:

  • Drive the execution of clinical studies in compliance with local regulations  
  • Collaborate with relevant partners (i.e., subject matter experts, researchers, business units) to develop evaluation protocols 
  • Responsible for data collection, data analysis, documentation, reporting, defining conclusions and/or actions to be taken from the clinical outcomes
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts in hypothesis/objective development & definition of acceptance criteria
  • Contribute to the maintenance of clinical databases and study records in accordance with data privacy and good clinical practice 
  • Contribute to exploration, development, and evaluation activities to assess clinical readiness 
  • Prepare and/or present clinical findings internally and externally 
  • Contribute to planning and steering of projects for evaluation of innovation candidates
  • Train, support, and provide technical and product/solution knowledge to internal and external customers 
  • Contribute to activities that foster internal audiological expertise (i.e., chapter, community of practice)
  • Hearing evaluation & fitting of hearing devices using standard clinical audiological methods 
  • Provide guidance and support to team members 


Your profile:

  • University degree in audiology or hearing instrument technology
  • 4-6 years demonstrated experience in planning, design, execution and reporting on clinical studies in Audiology and/or auditory implants 
  • Knowledge in local medical device regulations
  • Background in statistics, methods, and data analysis  
  • Knowledge of acoustics, Psychoacoustics for normal hearing and hearing loss
  • Experience in the design and implementation of clinical trials
  • Ability to fit hearing aids 
  • Experience in hearing-related diagnostic testing  
  • Fluent in German, very good English skills in both verbal and written communication

 

 

We can offer you a new challenge, with interesting tasks and much more – including an open corporate culture, flat hierarchies, support for further training and development, opportunities to take on responsibility, an excellent range of foods, sports and cultural facilities, attractive employment conditions, and flexible working time models in various roles. 

 
Agnieszka Baka, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, is looking forward to receiving your complete application via our online job application platform.
For this vacancy only direct applications in English will be considered. 

 

Sonova AG
Laubisrütistrasse 28
CH-8712 Stäfa 

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