Senior Product Manager, Shoulder Arthroplasty

Role Overview

• Plans, organizes, and controls the shoulder arthroplasty 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
• May manage one or more direct reports
• Provides leadership and guidance to other Product / Project Managers
• Participates in overall product strategy, research and development requirements, development, and manufacturing coordination for new and emerging products
• Manages technical product development, estimates of potential profits, and release to production
• Manages day-to-day progress of product
• Provides technical expertise and training to other departments in support of product development
• Conducts marketing analysis to develop product definitions
• 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
• 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 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
• Defines promotional activities, publicizing the product through the press, sales force, and alternate distribution channels
• Provides expertise in particular product area and develops strategies and applicable portions of the company business plan
• Plans, organizes, and coordinates assigned programs to ensure accomplishment of financial/budgetary goals and optimum allocation of resources
• Manages resources to execute assigned programs
• Coordinates details of program within the organization with a wide range of functions and individuals
• Coordinates product introduction and market exploitation with marketing and sales organizations to ensure maximum penetration of market segment
• Provides continuing product surveillance and management of established product to obtain financial objectives

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; preferably in engineering, business, clinical or marketing
• Master’s degree preferred
• Seven 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
• Orthopedic experience preferred
• Knowledge of surgical orthopedics
• 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
• Proven ability to travel for past positions preferred
• Ability to work with cadaveric specimens is 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)