Principal Marketing Specialist, Cranial and Spinal Technologies - Multiple Locations

Medtronic • Lafayette, CO

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About The Position

The Principal Marketing Specialist provides international portfolio leadership for the Spine Hardware & Biologics portfolio. The role focuses on portfolio phase-in/phase-out planning, collecting surgeon Voice of Customer (VOC) to inform upstream development, and supporting downstream launch readiness. It works across multiple time zones and builds cross-functional relationships with Operations, Regulatory, Finance, Marketing, and Sales, serving as a key link between international regions and U.S.-based project teams.

The position leads regional surgeon VOC collection, owns international portfolio lifecycle planning for assigned products and SKUs, supports launch readiness across international regions, and provides strategic marketing and enablement support to regional marketing teams. It requires flexible work hours to support multiple time zones, quarterly international travel to Singapore, Australia, and Japan, and U.S. travel as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and typically 7+ years of relevant medical device experience, or an advanced degree and typically 5+ years of relevant medical device experience.
• For baccalaureate degrees earned outside the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
• Flexible work hours to support work across time zones.
• Quarterly international travel to Singapore, Australia, and Japan, and monthly travel within the U.S. as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in spine/CST, including understanding the marketplace, international regions, and key market trends.
• Experience working across international cultures and navigating the human element in the work environment.
• Experience partnering with commercial teams (Sales/Marketing) and operational teams (Operations/Supply Chain) to execute time-bound transitions across regions.
• Experience managing surgeon relationships related to upstream product development feedback and downstream commercialization efforts.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional planning and executing complex transitions or programs end-to-end, such as product lifecycle, launch readiness, supply-to-commercial coordination, or portfolio operations.
• Strong project management capability, including building integrated plans, driving accountability, managing risks and issues, and delivering measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead collection of surgeon Voice of Customer for the assigned region, including identifying priority customer segments, designing VOC approaches, and synthesizing insights into actionable inputs for U.S. project teams and stakeholders.
• Partner with regional clinical, sales, and marketing stakeholders to ensure VOC is representative, timely, and aligned with portfolio strategy needs.
• Own international portfolio lifecycle planning for assigned products and SKUs, including phase-in/phase-out guidance to regions and coordinated execution planning.
• Drive strategy alignment across international regions for lifecycle decisions, including consistent guidance, timing assumptions, and readiness expectations.
• Communicate proactively with project teams so upstream and lifecycle decisions reflect international market needs, constraints, and timing.
• Support downstream launch readiness planning for launches across international regions.
• Align Operations, Regulatory, Finance, Marketing, and Sales around launch-readiness deliverables, timelines, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Coordinate readiness workstreams for regional execution, including planning materials, enablement needs, and operational or regulatory constraints that may affect launch timing.
• Provide focused enablement and strategic marketing support to regional marketing teams, including guidance on messaging adaptation, launch sequencing, and lifecycle transition communications.
• Facilitate best-practice sharing across regions to improve consistency and speed of execution.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package.
• Short-term incentive through the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• 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 with 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.

What This Job Offers

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