Global Product Manager - Strategic Marketing

About the position

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. The Global Principal Marketing Specialist role will serve as a key contributor to the overall global Cardiac Ablation strategy and marketing execution by focusing on portfolio management of the assigned products. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We're working onsite 4 days a week as part of our commitment to fostering culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. This role will require 25 % of travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects.

Responsibilities

• Determines clear and specific priorities and strategy for the Launch in new markets for the portfolio working with other internal functional groups.
• Build strong relationships with regional marketing teams to drive adoption and scale new launches.
• Develop deep understanding of individualized international market dynamics, with the ability to optimize best practice from other geographies to meet market needs.
• Serve as liaison between cross functional partners (supply chain, R/D, regulatory) and local in-market marketing organizations.
• Manage and monitor regional product forecasting and product inventory management, including life-cycle management of assigned products.
• Establish, actively track, and understand relevant regional key performance indicators and all local initiatives (tradeshows, customer events, etc.).
• Understand all local market factors, including physician segments, competitive share, and ongoing business initiatives.
• Work with other global product managers to establish a cadence and manage an agenda for regular check-in meetings with local stakeholders to ensure the dissemination of best practices and solve local problems as identified.
• Leads voice-of-customer (VOC) and voice-of-business (VOB) activities for current launch strategies in markets.
• Constructively garners input and challenges assumptions with Global counterparts to refine product decisions.
• Positively represents the company by visiting accounts and users to solicit feedback on company products and services.
• Consolidates and disseminates a deep understanding of the competitive global EP single-shot landscape by region.
• Supports regional training of marketing and sales teams.
• Develop and leverage marketing insights to simplify segmentation, product positioning, message development, channel identification, tool creation, and execution to meet business objectives.
• Network with colleagues in other divisions and cross-functional departments to align strategies and opportunities.
• Demonstrate a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality.

Requirements

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Excellent Project Management skills and ability to work cross-functionally
• Must have ability to drive communications strategies and influence stakeholders
• Proven Business Acumen
• Experience defining and utilizing a broad range of secondary research, primary qualitative and primary quantitative research techniques to identify and address customer insights into clinical data
• Ability to create and sustain relationship development/collaborate with a broad set of stakeholders, Marketing, Clinical, R&D, Health Economics, and Sales
• Clinical and/or product marketing experience
• Experience with market and revenue modeling.
• Outstanding customer service skills, both internal and external to the organization.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter that anticipates and has a desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to collaborate with and influence key stakeholders without direct authority.
• Flexibility to travel up to 20% (including international) in support of tradeshows, internal meetings and customer programs as required.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively to meet deadlines.
• Advanced degrees including MS, PhD or MBA.
• Specific medical device experience in the electrophysiology field.
• Previous clinical support, mapping or clinical trial experience a plus.
• Proven track record to physician and KOL engagement.
• Single use device and capital product launch experience.

Benefits

• Health, Dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability leave
• Dependent daycare spending account
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement
• Simple Steps (global well-being program)
• Incentive plans
• 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
• Short-term disability
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)