Senior Director, Marketing – New Product Introduction (NPI) - CAS
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. 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. The Senior Director, Marketing – New Product Introduction (NPI) is responsible for leading global launch strategy and commercialization planning for new products. This role ensures innovations successfully transition from development to market by driving launch excellence, cross-functional readiness, and effective global-to-regional commercialization. The leader will partner with upstream marketing, R&D, Sales, Market Access, and Operations teams to ensure new products are introduced effectively and achieve strong market adoption.
Requirements
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 15 years of relevant experience with 10+ years of managerial experience (people or program), or advanced degree with a minimum 13 years prior relevant experience, minimum of 10 years of managerial experience (people or program).
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or advanced degree.
- Demonstrated success leading global product launches in medical technology or healthcare.
- Strong experience developing go-to-market strategies and commercialization plans.
- Experience working cross-functionally with R&D, operations, regulatory, and sales teams.
- Strong project management and cross-functional leadership capabilities.
- Experience operating within complex global organizations.
- Ability to travel as necessary to conduct business, attend meetings and conferences.
- Experience working in highly matrixed, global organizations.
Responsibilities
- Lead global commercialization strategy and launch planning for new products across the portfolio.
- Develop and implement standardized launch frameworks, processes, and best practices.
- Drive cross-functional launch readiness across marketing, sales, supply chain, regulatory, and operations teams.
- Translate product strategy into actionable go-to-market plans including segmentation, positioning, pricing strategy, and launch campaigns.
- Partner with regional marketing teams to ensure effective global-to-local execution of launch strategies.
- Lead development of launch assets including marketing materials, clinical messaging, training programs, and sales enablement tools.
- Monitor launch performance and market adoption, adjusting strategies to accelerate growth and penetration.
- Ensure alignment between launch timelines, product availability, and supply chain readiness.
- Lead post-launch reviews to capture insights and continuously improve launch processes.
- Build and develop a high-performing team focused on launch excellence and commercialization.
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
Senior
