Sr. Product Manager

Carlsmed • Carlsbad, CA

21h

About The Position

About Carlsmed Our mission is to improve outcomes and decrease the cost of healthcare for spine surgery and beyond. The Carlsmed aprevo® personalized surgery platform is designed to improve the standard of care for spine surgery one patient at a time. Position Description As a Sr. Product Manager , you will be the primary liaison between the development group and healthcare teams and will lead a team effort to develop exciting new products from inception through commercialization with a focus on surgical planning and patient-specific fixation. You will partner with surgical and digital engineers, commercial teams, surgeons and internal/external colleagues to determine user requirements, product needs, conduct evaluations, develop branding, create guides, and implement sales and surgeon training strategies to successfully execute a highly impactful product launch. You will define customer journeys and translate requirements into user stories. You will employ a data-driven approach to evaluate product and team performance and establish and maintain a positive, proactive, high-energy, collaborative, and engaging working environment. To be successful in this role you must be able to communicate and collaborate with surgeon and sales teams and be able to confidently present to customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or related discipline required, MBA preferred
• 5+ years of product management work experience, preferably in the orthopedic device industry, specifically the spine industry
• Strong knowledge of surgical planning software and the personalized rod spine market
• A track record of launching successful software and hardware products in the healthcare space
• Experience with cloud-based and AI-driven software systems
• Experience shaping product strategy and roadmap
• Experience defining and prioritizing customer needs and deriving product requirements based on the needs
• Experience developing and presenting content for technical/non-technical senior management
• Excellent presentation, interpersonal communication, organization, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
• Able to travel between 15-40%

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the aprevo® planning platform and corra™ fixation product portfolio defining the product vision through launch and communicating it effectively to stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Partner with the leadership team to identify surgeon advisory board members and surgeon evaluators
• Drives market share by developing marketing plans, leading validation labs, and working with the regulatory team on 510k submissions
• Work with the leadership team to create pricing strategy, account targeting, and go-to-market strategy
• Partner with Marketing Communications to create a messaging strategy and develop marketing assets such as surgical techniques, sales collateral, and patient communication tools
• Communicate strategic milestones and due dates to all stakeholders, ensuring information is available and complete, including to executive stakeholders
• Obtain insights by engaging key opinion leaders and customers; participate in key sales situations including society meetings and conferences
• Collaborate with Sales Operations, Quality, and Regulatory to enhance or improve existing processes and initiatives

Benefits

• We are pleased to provide a competitive salary and benefits.
• Our benefits reflect our investment in the overall health and well-being of our employees and their families.
• including paying 100% of monthly healthcare, dental & vision insurance premiums, a 401(k) plan with employer matching and unlimited PTO.

What This Job Offers

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