Careers That Change Lives

If you are energized by working in a highly competitive marketplace, have a strong inner drive and a passion for collaborating with global key opinion leaders and clinicians, and find inspiration in impacting the lives of others every day come join our Cardiac Surgical Therapies Downstream Marketing team! We are hiring a seasoned Product Marketer to drive and manage the Surgical Aortic Valve product portfolio, becoming the in-house expert for these products and associated procedures. You will be empowered to set the strategic direction for a global product portfolio and responsible for developing innovative strategies and partnering with our global commercial teams to execute on global product launches, drive the Cardiac Surgery vision forward, and help gain share in an extremely competitive marketplace.

Be the catalyst for growth and transformation in Cardiac Surgery and live the Medtronic Mission: To contribute to human welfare by application of biomedical engineering in the research, design, manufacture, and sale of instruments or appliances that alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life.

Click here to learn more about our Surgical Valve Portfolio.

Core Marketing:

•Develop strategies to grow the business and drive share gains related to specific product line with minimal direction

•Develop impactful product positioning and annual marketing plan

•Develop key technical and marketing materials to support global sales force and maintain frequent communication with the field, providing high value insights

•Stay current on key clinical literature and competitive activities and communicate important findings to the sales force and management

•Keep current on new and competitive technology offerings in the marketplace

•Work closely with R&D to provide direction to development efforts for product improvements and longer-term new product and technology development

•Obtain product knowledge, be seen as the Subject Mater Expert by our customers and our Medtronic functional partners

•Work with cross-functional members as required to ensure products meet global standards

Product Launch:

•Lead the commercial launch team for a new, in-flight product launch

•Act as the downstream marketing leader on the R&D Product Development Core Team.

•Execute a flawless launch for our next generation Aortic Valve, delivering on the designated launch objectives

•Be the face of the launch to executive leadership, exhibiting excellence in project planning, communication skills, executive presence, and results achievement

Product Management:

•Act as an interface with demand planning and supply chain to manage supply/demand forecasting needs and ensure GEO forecasts seem reasonable.

•Monitor competitive moves as they relate to the Surgical Aortic Valve products and develop a cohesive response that can be used to deter competitive threats

Other Marketing Responsibilities:

•Initiate and participate in key customer visits, either onsite or in customer’s clinical setting, tailoring the message to meet visit objectives

•Serve as the in-house expert within the CSH marketing organization. Represents Surgical Aortic Valves in convention planning and other customer engagement activities and attend conferences and other events as appropriate.

•Cultivate and foster key relationships with global KOLs as well as emerging leaders in the space.

•Regularly obtain and seek feedback from customers and field organization to gather information, identify needs, and assess opportunities to help drive marketing programs and input to product planning

• Up to 30% travel

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of 7 years of marketing, sales or technical experience ( 5 years with an Advanced Degree)
• Product management or project management experience
  

Nice to Have:

•MBA

•Experience in medical device marketing

•Product Launch experience

•Strong technical aptitude, specifically in Cardiac Surgery and/or the clinical environment would be ideal

•Sales orientation or exposure to working with a high performing salesforce is very helpful

•Demonstrated ability to develop and implement marketing plans across geographies and product lines and customer types is also desired

About Medtronic



Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.

Physical Job Requirements

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America )