Group Product Manager, Global Marketing

Innovation starts from the heart. Heart valve disease and critical care therapies impact millions of lives, spanning all ages and geographies. Dedicated to innovation, our Surgical business unit is focused on identifying and solving critical, unmet needs in cardiac surgery.

Beyond raising awareness, our Marketing teams build lasting, trusted relationships with medical professionals and industry stakeholders to ensure patients can receive the treatments they need. In understanding the challenges of open-heart surgery, we partner with surgical teams to deliver modern technologies intended to enhance patients’ quality of life and expand their potential treatment opportunities. The U.S. marketing team is seeking an experienced product marketer with an interest for field marketing and enhancing the customer experience to drive our mission forward in helping patients live longer and healthier lives.

• Develop and lead in the execution of comprehensive marketing launch plans including strategies and tactics for multiple major product launches or programs and initiatives
• Build relationships with key opinion leaders (KOL) to help inform product launch plans and understand current market environment and competition
• Develop marketing messages based on regional strategies, knowledge of current literature, current competitive environment, and regulatory/legal requirements for multiple major product launches or programs and initiatives
• Develop product materials and programs that support product launch and commercialization strategies for multiple major product launches or programs and initiatives
• Lead major projects for the Congress Management process
• Drive marketing collateral/labeling through all relevant legal and regulatory approval processes through collaboration with relevant cross-functional stakeholders for multiple major product launches or programs and initiatives
• Develop product usage and patient brochures required for regional product approvals for major product launches or programs and initiatives
• Lead the execution of a multiple major product launch or programs and initiatives in collaboration with regional partners as appropriate including Salesforce readiness (e.g., training on product, messaging, and competition)
• Define and build a body of clinical and economic evidence that supports the regional value proposition
• Manage budgets related to product line, campaigns and projects
• Analyze clinical and market data to assess regional impact of potential product launches
• Lead significant process or corporate initiatives that impact and bring value to the marketing organization
• Other incidental duties

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field with 10 years of experience or
• Master’s Degree or equivalent in a related field with 8 years of experience working in sales, marketing, or healthcare industry Required

• Proven successful project management skills
• Proven expertise in Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Recognized as an expert in own area with specialized depth within the organization
• Expert understanding of related aspects of marketing concepts and principles
• Extensive understanding of broad market research designs, develops market research programs coordinating with the global VOC manager and demonstrates an in-depth understanding of commercial goals behind research
• Ability to forecast product lines for short-term and long-term accuracy based on market development, sales trends, competition and changing market dynamics.
• Ability to assess and understand…