Manager, Global Product Management for Endovascular Medical Devices

Merit Medical Systems • South Jordan, UT

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is hiring a Manager, Global Product Management for Endovascular Medical Devices to manage global upstream marketing activities for radial access products within the Endovascular portfolio. The role develops and executes global strategy, plans, and forecasts; assesses market attractiveness for new products; and ensures global supply continuity for existing products, including forecast management. It conducts market research with physicians and other customers to identify unmet needs, define product requirements, and identify new opportunities, and supports new product development using the medical device design control process.

The manager collaborates with sales, engineering, regulatory, quality, manufacturing, and operations to develop and maintain products. Responsibilities include product positioning, messaging, branding, packaging, labeling, global pricing strategy, and global product launches. The position also develops demand forecasts and Marketing Plan Reviews for executive leadership, prepares presentations and market analyses for internal training, and partners with Marketing and Events on trade shows, corporate events, surgeon education, and consistent product branding. The role manages department employees, including hiring, training, work assignments, evaluation, and discipline.

The position is based at 1600 West Merit Parkway, South Jordan, Utah 84095, and requires domestic travel up to twice per month for up to four days per trip and international travel up to twice per year for up to seven days per trip. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, Medical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• At least three years of experience as a Product Manager or in a closely related occupation, in the medical device industry.
• Demonstrable knowledge and prior experience managing upstream marketing activities for medical device product lines.
• Demonstrable knowledge and prior experience conducting market assessments and reporting findings to senior management.
• Demonstrable knowledge and prior experience preparing and presenting professional written and oral presentations and market analyses.
• Demonstrable knowledge and prior experience collaborating with sales, engineering, regulatory, quality, manufacturing, and operations teams for new product development.
• Demonstrable knowledge and prior experience developing and maintaining global demand forecasts for new vascular access products.
• Demonstrable knowledge and prior experience using the medical device design control process for new product development.
• Demonstrable knowledge and prior experience conducting market research, including physician interviews, procedure observation, questionnaires, and face-to-face discussions, for market assessment, product requirements, and opportunity identification.
• Demonstrable knowledge and prior experience developing and presenting Marketing Plan Reviews to executive leadership.
• Demonstrable knowledge and prior experience maintaining global product supply continuity, including forecast management.
• Must be eligible for employment in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Military veterans are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Manage global upstream marketing activities for radial access products in the Endovascular portfolio.
• Develop and execute global strategy, plans, and forecasts for the radial access portfolio in the endovascular interventional market.
• Assess the market and report on global market attractiveness for new products.
• Maintain global supply continuity for existing radial access products, including forecast management.
• Prepare and present written and oral presentations and market analyses for internal training of sales, product development, and production staff.
• Address portfolio changes resulting from supply interruptions, product changes, product modifications, and evolving regulations.
• Conduct market research through physician interviews, procedure observation, questionnaires, and face-to-face discussions to assess markets, establish product requirements, and identify opportunities.
• Identify unmet customer needs with Interventional Cardiologists and Interventional Radiologists and develop new product design specifications.
• Work on new product development using the medical device design control process.
• Manage department employees, including interviewing, hiring, assigning and coordinating work, training, evaluating, and disciplining.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering, regulatory, quality, manufacturing, and operations to develop and maintain products according to customer needs.
• Work with Interventional Cardiologists and Interventional Radiologists to determine detailed user requirements for new radial access products.
• Develop product positioning, messaging, branding, brand names, logos, packaging, and labeling for existing and new products.
• Develop global pricing strategies for new products in coordination with pricing sources and the global pricing team.
• Plan and execute global new product launches with sales, engineering, manufacturing, branding, and commercial marketing teams.
• Develop and present Marketing Plan Reviews to executive leadership.
• Develop and maintain global demand forecasts for pre-market and recently launched radial access products.
• Partner with Marketing and Events on trade shows, corporate events, surgeon education, and consistent product branding and messaging.
• Travel domestically up to twice per month for up to four days per trip and internationally up to twice per year for up to seven days per trip.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and other insurance, eligible the first of the month after 30 days.
• Low-cost onsite medical clinic.
• Two onsite cafeterias.
• Employee garden and gardening classes.
• Three weeks of vacation.
• One week of sick time.
• Paid holidays.
• 401(k).
• Health Savings Account.

What This Job Offers

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