Global Product Manager - Spine Cervical Portfolio (Onsite)

Medtronic • San Diego, CA

2d • Onsite

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. A Day in the Life At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable to our work. We’re working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. Careers That Change Lives Medtronic is seeking a Global Product Manager to lead the strategy, launch, training, and execution of new products within our spine cervical portfolio. This pivotal role will serve as the marketing subject matter expert for cervical fusion and arthroplasty procedures, directly impacting the success of Medtronic Spine—a business segment representing most spinal procedures. As a Global Product Manager, you will drive best-in-class solutions for patients worldwide, collaborating with world-renowned spine surgeons, product development engineers, and cross-functional teams. You will oversee all aspects of product management, from development through commercialization, ensuring comprehensive solutions across preoperative, intra-operative, and postoperative stages. You will work closely with regional marketers, R&D, Regulatory, Clinical, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and other functional partners to identify unmet needs, define product specifications, and deliver value-added program solutions globally. This role offers opportunities for international collaboration, travel, and cultural engagement to address portfolio gaps and solve challenges for patients and surgeons. Additionally, you will support the commercialization of both current and future anterior and posterior cervical products, partnering with sales and medical education to drive customer adoption. Creativity and strong brand messaging will be key as you advance the next generation of spinal technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the orthopedic space, specifically spine
• Marketing organization experience
• Operating room exposure
• Experience leading cadaver labs or groups, providing direction and actionable feedback
• Spine clinical experience, preferably in the cervical space
• Understanding of material science and its interaction with human anatomy
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Proven effectiveness in multidisciplinary teams and strong relationship-building skills

Responsibilities

• Lead voice-of-customer investigations to inform strategy for next-generation procedural solutions in spine
• Develop business cases, assess project feasibility, and execute commercialization strategies
• Conduct market, sales, and financial analyses, including health economic value assessments
• Collaborate with finance, R&D, and international marketers to design and execute market/product research plans
• Identify unmet needs, develop markets, define product claims, create training programs, and execute country-specific launch plans
• Support global society trade shows and local customer programs
• Perform competitive and big-picture analyses of products, procedures, threats, and opportunities
• Gain technical expertise in procedures and therapies, including anatomy, image guidance, robotics, and AI platforms
• Create marketing deliverables (materials, set configurations, inventory management, pricing, etc.) as outlined by Spine’s global commercialization process
• Develop and enhance creative brand messaging and collateral
• Execute customer-facing programs for complex cervical spine pathologies
• Serve as technical advisor, demonstrating products and troubleshooting issues
• Lead teams in labs and voice-of-customer events
• Travel up to 25%–30%

Benefits

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
• We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
• 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, and 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), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level