Manager, Portfolio Strategy

Edwards Lifesciences • Irvine, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Aortic stenosis impacts millions of people globally, yet it often remains under-diagnosed and under-treated. Edwards’ groundbreaking work in transcatheter aortic heart valve replacement (TAVR) pioneered an innovative, life-changing solution for patients by offering heart valve replacement without the need for open heart surgery. Our Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) business unit continues to partner with cardiologists and clinical teams to transform patient care with devices supported by clinical evidence. It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey. The Manager, Portfolio Strategy (SME – Individual Contributor) will support long-term growth by defining and advancing the portfolio’s strategic direction, prioritizing investments, and evaluating business development opportunities to maximize value and competitive advantage.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field, 8 years of previous related experience working in strategic marketing, healthcare industry, consulting or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria OR Master's Degree in a related field, 6 years of experience of previous related experience working in strategic marketing, healthcare industry, consulting or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria

Nice To Haves

• Proven successful project management skills
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Recognized as an expert in own area with specialized depth within the organization
• Ability to build and to create market models with supporting assumptions in order to determine key financial metrics and market opportunity
• Possess the ability to measure and track performance/success of programs/initiatives
• Strict attention to detail
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• Ability to represent leadership on portfolio management working closely with global marketing team, PMO, finance and functional leaders to communicate needs to senior management
• Adhere to all company rules and requirements

Responsibilities

• Analyze potential market opportunities utilizing pro-forma models and analysis to provide recommendations on strategies and determine key financial metrics and market opportunity by consolidating market models with supporting assumptions
• Develop and manage a multi-year generational product and indication roadmap which delivers on future market growth and market leadership targets by assessing portfolio gaps and risks
• Develop and lead the implementation of portfolio management governance process and tools to enable analysis, visualization, and presentation of portfolio strategy that can be utilized to drive decision making
• Monitor positioning and differentiation of our portfolio vs. competitors to synthesize competitor moves, pipeline activity, and market trends into portfolio implications
• Assess global portfolio strategy including regional evaluation of portfolio gaps and adjacencies based on market research and customer needs with input from stakeholders (e.g., Global Upstream Marketing Product Management, Regional Strategy and Marketing Management)
• Develop and implement governance for portfolio prioritization and investment allocation
• Present findings and recommendations to key stakeholders
• Other incidental duties

Benefits

• competitive salaries
• performance-based incentives
• a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families

What This Job Offers

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