Market Development Consultant, Structural Heart, TAVR
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. Within our Structural Heart business, we are advancing life‑changing therapies for patients with complex heart conditions. We are seeking a Market Development Consultant to lead our TAVR Referring HCP strategy. This role is ideal for a strategic, execution‑focused marketing leader with the ability to shape end‑to‑end market development strategy, indication expansion launch execution, and partner closely with U.S. and global field teams. The position offers high visibility and the opportunity to influence cross‑functional and business leadership while advancing access to care for our patients. This role is responsible for developing and executing strategies that strengthen awareness and engagement among referring cardiologists for heart valve therapies. This role focuses on driving initiatives that expand referral pathways, improve patient access to therapies, while addressing common barriers to TAVR therapy.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 10+ years of experience in marketing, product management, sales, consulting, or related commercial roles (or 8+ years with an advanced degree).
- Proven market development or commercial marketing experience with ownership of strategy development and execution.
- Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence cross-functional and field stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, storytelling, and executive communication skills.
- Minimum 4 days per week onsite at Mounds View, MN campus
- Possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment (for roles below Principal level).
Nice To Haves
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Experience working in global, highly matrixed organizations.
- Medical device, healthcare, or Structural Heart experience.
- Strong project management skills and planning excellence.
- Strong communication skills with ability to tailor communications to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Strategic Thinking & Judgment: Ability to frame ambiguous problems, assess trade-offs, and recommend clear paths forward aligned to business priorities.
- Consultative Mindset: Skilled at diagnosing stakeholder needs, asking the right questions, and tailoring solutions rather than prescribing one-size-fits-all approaches.
- Executive Presence: Communicates with clarity and confidence, adapting messaging for senior leaders, cross-functional partners, and field teams.
- Influence & Stakeholder Management: Builds trust-based relationships and drives alignment across diverse perspectives and priorities.
- Change Leadership: Comfortable leading through uncertainty, driving adoption of new approaches, and helping teams navigate change.
- Collaboration & Empathy: Listens actively, incorporates diverse viewpoints, and balances customer, field, and business needs.
- Results Orientation: Holds self and partners accountable to outcomes, using data and insights to adjust as needed.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead referring audience market development strategy
- Engage referring physicians and general cardiologists to generate insights on strategies and tactics for addressing barriers to treatment.
- Lead development and execution of market research to establish baselines and understand future impact of messaging on referring physicians.
- Develop relevant and impactful content for educating referring audiences to address specific barriers to treatment of AS.
- Partner with integrated marketing partners to bring to life strategy and execute across highest-impact marketing channels.
- Define key operational, leading, and lagging metrics to capture and measure impact of omnichannel marketing activities.
- Lead cross-functional indication expansion commercial strategy
- Develop and drive the execution of the launch plan, inclusive of internal and external stakeholders.
- Develop and lead operating mechanisms required to gain key stakeholder alignment and execution of deliverables to achieve project milestones.
- Define key success metrics and measure impact.
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
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
