Senior Upstream Marketing Product Manager - Acute Care and Monitoring

Medtronic•Lafayette, CO

16d•Onsite

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. A Day in the Life The Acute Care and Monitoring (ACM) operating unit (OU) is committed to excellence in innovation and commercialization to pursue our vision and long-term business growth. The ACM organization is refining its product delivery, innovation, and commercialization approach to enable product leadership across all segments of our product portfolio. This will require enhancing our innovative processes and refining our design and delivery approaches to deliver an integrated, comprehensive portfolio that enables product development excellence across ACM. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable for doing our work. We're working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite in our Lafayette, Colorado office as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. We are seeking a strategic and experienced Principal Product Planning Specialist to drive our portfolio strategy and product innovation for our flagship Nellcor business. This role is responsible for assessing market opportunities, developing new product concepts, and collaborating with cross-functional teams from ideation through commercialization to ensure that we lead the market with our best-in-class technology and market access.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
Minimum of 7 years of experience in marketing, product management, or strategy, or 5 years of experience in marketing, product management, or strategy with an advanced degree
Must have upstream marketing experience, including product strategy and portfolio management

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Engineering, or similar, MBA or advanced degree preferred
10+ years of experience in marketing, product management, or strategy, preferably in the medical device or healthcare industry
Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and communication skills
Experience working in a regulated environment (Patient monitoring or other Med Tech experience)
Track record of bringing new products from concept to market

Responsibilities

Drive upstream marketing activities, including market research, customer segmentation, and identification of unmet customer needs.
Develop concepts in alignment with portfolio strategy, long-range planning, and innovation roadmap.
Build and validate business cases for new product opportunities, including market sizing, financial modeling, and competitive analysis.
Partner with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, and downstream marketing to integrate customer insights into product development.
Actively fosters a culture of innovation and accountability.
Present portfolio strategies and recommendations to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
Ensure alignment with global and regional marketing teams for successful product launches and lifecycle management.
Flexible for Global travel, approximately 30 – 40 %

Benefits

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
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)