New Product Planning Manager - Cardiac Solutions

ZOLL Medical Corporation•Boston, MA

8d•$130,000 - $145,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The New Product Planning Manager for Cardiac Solutions LifeVest Product portfolio is a critical role that will lead the creation of breakthrough strategies to solve complex patient and clinician problems in the diagnoses and treatment of heart disease. The position will also be focused on identifying, specifying, and implementing integrated solutions to support the strategy. This is a highly strategic role that is essential to the short and long-term success of ZOLL Cardiac Management Solutions. At ZOLL, we're passionate about improving patient outcomes and helping save lives. We provide innovative technologies that make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Our medical devices, software and related services are used worldwide to diagnose and treat patients suffering from serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions. ZOLL Cardiac Management Solutions offers a unique portfolio of novel technologies designed to deliver better insights and better outcomes. On any given day, clinicians utilize these ZOLL products for tens of thousands of cardiac patients around the world: LifeVest, the world's first wearable defibrillator, has been trusted to protect more than 1M patients at risk of sudden cardiac death. HFMS (Heart Failure Management system) is a non-invasive, patch-based device that monitors pulmonary fluid levels and has been shown to reduce heart failure readmissions rates by 38 percent. TherOx Super Saturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy is the first FDA-approved therapy since the stent 20+ years ago to reduce infarct size in patients with the most severe heart attacks. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. At ZOLL, your work will help to ensure cardiac patients get the life-saving therapy they need. ZOLL has been Pittsburgh's Manufacturer of the Year, one of Western PA's Healthiest Employers, and even one of Pittsburgh's Coolest Offices. But it's our unique opportunity to impact people's lives that makes ZOLL the ideal place to build your career.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in business or engineering related discipline required
Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in new product planning, product management, or strategy required
Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, and strong business acumen required
Strong verbal and written communication skills, and well-honed interpersonal and leadership skills are required.
Independent thinking and a high level of initiative and the ability to interact well with patients, physicians, customers, and key opinion leaders are essential.
Demonstrated knowledge of new product planning and strategic planning processes required.
Must be an effective leader in a matrixed environment.
Demonstrated leadership in product development (taking solutions from conception to release), product management, and project management, required.
Ability to interpret and convey clinical data required.

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred
Cardiology new product planning experience preferred
Working knowledge of wireless communication technologies, clinical systems and their application in the healthcare environment, preferred.

Responsibilities

Support and execute global strategies and tactics to drive continued adoption of LifeVest offerings as standard of care, meeting or exceed the revenue plan and profit objectives, through close partnership with the R&D team, regulatory team, product marketing team, medical and clinical affairs team, monitoring center (IDTF) team, and reimbursement team.
Partner with New Product Planning manager to define, launch, and build profitable solutions that transform the ZOLL LifeVest product portfolio.
Lead and perform comprehensive market research patients and clinicians who are part of cardiac care workflows.
Generate compelling market insights based on research, data, and other acquired inputs.
Co-Develop short and long-term strategies based on derived insights, business objectives, and other identified patient, clinical, and technology trends.
Work closely with new product development, regulatory, clinical, marketing, and external partners to develop and commercialize solutions.
Create key marketing requirement documents to enable successful development
Develop business requirements for new product and enhancements to existing products; work with R&D on functional specifications and feature/function prioritization
Develop business cases for new products and solutions for consideration in the portfolio planning process
Obtain global customer requirements via market research activities, market analysis, and on-going communication with global marketing and sales