Product Manager, Hip Arthroscopy

Role Overview

• Plans, organizes, and controls an assigned product line from conceptual stages through product life cycles to optimize profit and meet marketing, financial, and corporate growth objectives by performing the following duties.
• Develops new products in conjunction with Marketing, Engineering and Sales Management personnel.
• Participates in overall product strategy, research and development requirements, development, and manufacturing coordination for new and emerging products.
• Coordinates technical product development, estimates of potential profits, and release to production specific to product line.
• Collaborates with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and operations to develop and provide product definitions responsive to customer needs and market opportunities.
• Provides technical expertise and training to other departments in support of product development.
• Conducts marketing analysis to develop product definitions.
• Develops and maintains a prioritized list of customer and market requirements for product.
• Coordinates and develops marketing, sales, engineering, and financial plans for product line.
• Provides financial and technical justification for product selection and definition.
• Prepares product development objectives and schedules for all phases of product development and introduction to market.
• Conducts market research and identifies and tracks market trends in the company's industry.
• Produces competitive analysis materials comparing product with its key competitors.
• Identifies partnering opportunities for complementary third-party products to broaden company's product line.
• Participates in key sales situations for the product.
• Maintains communications and contacts to collect and analyze technical, financial, schedule, and sales information for product line.
• Identifies market potential, establishes pricing and market strategies, estimates potential sales, introduces market, distribution/channel issues, and manages mature product through phase-out.
• Drives and champions development requirements and ensures that project risk is minimized.
• Submits reports and status updates to senior management.
• Acts as the primary interface with assigned customers and its agents for all matters.
• Provides technical assistance with complex customer issues as well as consulting services to streamline customer internal management processes.
• Confers with project staff to outline/negotiate work plans, assign duties and responsibilities, determine schedules and define scope of authority.
• Reviews/analyzes status reports prepared by the project team personnel and modifies schedules and/or plans as required.
• Establishes operational and project objectives and assignments and delegates assignments to project team.
• Directs and coordinates the activities of project team personnel (engineering, manufacturing, procurement, marketing and quality) to ensure projects progress on schedule and within prescribed budget.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; preferably in business, engineering or clinical.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Five or more years’ experience in medical device development and/or product management and/or engineering and/or sales and/or marketing and/or clinical experience OR two years as an Arthrex Associate Product Manager OR two years as a sales representative at an Arthrex Agency required.
• Orthopedic experience is preferred, and hip arthroscopy experience is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of surgical orthopedics and/or arthroscopy.
• Skilled in working with different functions and effectively coordinates their activities to achieve desired results.
• Excellent listening skills, including the ability to identify and isolate customers concerns or objections, in addition to excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent public speaking and presentation skills are required.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Company-Provided Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans (Accident, Cancer, Hospital, Critical Illness)
• Matching 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Annual Bonus
• Wellness Incentive Program
• Free Onsite Medical Clinics
• Free Onsite Lunch
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Trip of a Lifetime
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• Volunteer PTO
• Employee Assistance Provider (EAP)