NPD Global Product Manager

Quick Facts

• Role: NPD Global Product Manager (electrophysiology)

• Focus: Global product strategy, requirements, roadmaps, and launch execution

Description

You will translate customer and market insights into product strategy, requirements, and roadmaps for electrophysiology innovation. You’ll partner with cross-functional teams across R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Sales, and regional marketing to move concepts from discovery through launch. In this role, you’ll also lead competitive analysis and voice-of-customer activities while serving as a technical adviser and representing the company with users and accounts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review corporate short- and long-range plans, goals, and product vision/strategy/roadmap

• Conduct competitive analysis and market research of customer and professional audience behavior

• Assess profitability and viability for new products and enhancements; drive segmentation and positioning

• Identify unmet customer needs and commercial opportunities

• Develop product user needs and marketing strategies/tactics across the full product life cycle

• Lead voice-of-customer (VOC) and voice-of-business (VOB) activities and convert insights into clear product requirements

• Finalize product specifications with R&D, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Sales, Clinical, and Medical Affairs

• Serve as a technical adviser and troubleshoot product issues

• Gather and challenge input from global counterparts to refine product decisions

• Represent the company through account/user visits to solicit feedback

• Consolidate and disseminate competitive knowledge for the global EP ablation landscape by region

• Support regional training for marketing and sales teams

• Use marketing insights for segmentation, product positioning, message development, channel identification, and tool creation/execution

• Network across divisions to align strategies and opportunities

• Demonstrate a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality

Requirements

• Mastery of a specialty area and full knowledge of industry practices (typically advanced education plus experience)

• Broad knowledge of project management

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent outside the U.S. per degree equivalency requirements) with 7+ years relevant experience, or advanced degree with 5+ years relevant experience

• 3+ years of product management experience in a commercial medical device setting (preferred)

• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive communications strategies (preferred)

• Proven business acumen and experience using secondary research plus qualitative and quantitative primary research to derive customer insights from clinical data

• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders (Marketing, Clinical, R&D, Health Economics, Sales) and develop working relationships

• Ability to create and sustain stakeholder relationships; outstanding internal/external customer service skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; self-starter who can perform in a fast-paced environment

• Travel up to 20% (including international) as required

Benefits

• Competitive salary and flexible benefits package

• Eligible for a short-term incentive via the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP)

• Health, dental, and vision insurance; Health Savings Account; Healthcare Flexible Spending Account; life insurance; long-term disability

• Tuition assistance/reimbursement; well-being program (Simple Steps)

• 401(k) with employer contribution and match; Short-term disability; paid time off and paid holidays; Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Employee Assistance Program; Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement; Capital Accumulation Plan (VP+ or subject to IRS earning minimums)