NPD Global Product Manager
About The Position
Join Medtronic as an NPD Global Product Manager and help shape the future of electrophysiology innovation. In this high-impact role, you will translate customer and market insights into product strategy, requirements, and roadmaps; identify unmet needs and growth opportunities; and partner with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Sales, and regional marketing teams to advance meaningful solutions from concept through launch. We are looking for a strategic, collaborative, and commercially minded product leader with medical device experience who can influence across functions, engage customers and physicians, and thrive in a fast-paced global environment. 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 are working onsite a minimum of 4 days per week as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. 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. We value what makes you unique. Be a part of a company that thinks differently to solve problems, make progress, and deliver meaningful innovations.
Requirements
- Requires mastery of a specialty area and full knowledge of industry practices, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
- May have broad knowledge of project management.
- Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business, clinical or related Healthcare/Biomedical field
- 5+ years of work experience in marketing, strategy, business, and/or sales operations
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in product management in a commercial medical device setting
- Excellent Project Management skills and ability to work cross-functionally
- Must have ability to drive communications strategies and influence stakeholders
- Proven Business Acumen
- Experience defining and utilizing a broad range of secondary research, primary qualitative and primary quantitative research techniques to identify and address customer insights into clinical data
- Ability to create and sustain relationship development/collaborate with a broad set of stakeholders, Marketing, Clinical, R&D, Health Economics, and Sales
- Clinical and/or product marketing experience
- Experience with market and revenue modeling.
- Outstanding customer service skills, both internal and external to the organization.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Self-starter that anticipates and has a desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Ability to collaborate with and influence key stakeholders without direct authority.
- Flexibility to travel up to 20% (including international) in support of tradeshows, internal meetings and customer programs as required.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively to meet deadlines.
- Advanced degrees including MS, PhD or MBA.
- Specific medical device experience in the electrophysiology field.
- Previous clinical support or mapping experience is preferred.
- Proven track record to physician and KOL engagement.
- Single use device and capital product launch experience
Responsibilities
- Formulates and reviews corporate short and long-range plans, goals, and objectives for specific product or product line, in order to define and maintain the product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
- Conducts competitive product analysis and market research of product consumer behavior and professional audience.
- Determines the profitability and viability of new products or product enhancements.
- Drive market analysis, segmentation and positioning development.
- Identify unmet customer needs and commercial opportunities.
- Develops product user needs and marketing strategies and tactics to ensure effective product placement relative to market opportunity, working closely with product development for a specific product, brand, or product area over its entire life cycle.
- Leads voice-of-customer (VOC) and voice-of-business (VOB) activities to guide the product user needs at each stage of product development partnering with all markets, and convert insights into clear product requirements.
- Works with other functions to finalize product specifications.
- Work closely with R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Sales, Clinical, and Medical Affairs to ensure alignment on product definition and development.
- Serves as technical adviser, demonstrating products and troubleshooting product issues.
- Constructively garners input and challenges assumptions with Global counterparts to refine product decisions.
- Positively represents the company by visiting accounts and users to solicit feedback on company products and services.
- Consolidates and disseminates a deep understanding of the competitive global EP Ablation landscape by region.
- Supports regional training of marketing and sales teams.
- Develop and leverage marketing insights to simplify segmentation, product positioning, message development, channel identification, tool creation, and execution to meet business objectives.
- Network with colleagues in other divisions and cross-functional departments to align strategies and opportunities.
- Demonstrate a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality.
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 (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- 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
