Director of Marketing – Sports Medicine

Role Overview

• Lead and develop a team of marketing professionals responsible for the Sports Medicine portfolio, including managers and individual contributors
• Establish clear strategic priorities and performance expectations aligned with Orthopedics business objectives
• Serve as the primary marketing leader for the Sports Medicine portfolio, building strong relationships with surgeon faculty, societies, and key customers
• Own upstream marketing responsibilities for Sports Medicine, including unmet need identification, market assessment, and multi‑year pipeline development in close partnership with R&D
• Lead downstream marketing execution, including positioning, pricing, promotion, and lifecycle management across Shoulder, Knee, MTF, and BioBrace
• Partner with R&D (Sports Medicine) to guide new product development and serve as the marketing lead through the design control and commercialization process
• Ensure launch excellence through cross‑functional leadership with Sales, Medical Education, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain
• Develop, manage, and deploy the Sports Medicine marketing budget to deliver committed revenue, growth, and profitability outcomes
• Build and maintain deep market and competitive intelligence to guide portfolio and investment decisions
• Partner with Sales and Supply Chain to support demand planning, lifecycle management, and backorder mitigation aligned to financial targets
• Support evaluation of inorganic growth opportunities (acquisitions, licensing, distribution) related to the Sports Medicine portfolio, as applicable
• Actively coach and develop team members to prepare future leaders for expanded scope and responsibility

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum of 7 years of marketing experience in the medical device industry
• Minimum of 5 years of people leadership experience, including management of product or portfolio teams
• Demonstrated experience marketing orthopedic implants, disposables, and biologics
• Proven ability to partner effectively with Sales and R&D
• Strong analytical and data‑driven decision‑making capability
• Experience translating clinical evidence into compelling commercial value propositions
• Understanding of orthopedic‑specific dynamics including reimbursement, health economics, and IDN/GPO environments
• Willingness to travel approximately 35–50% for customer engagement, industry events, and internal collaboration, including time at headquarters in Largo, Florida

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent healthcare including medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
• Short & long term disability plus life insurance -
• cost paid fully by CONMED
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K) -
• CONMED matches your contributions dollar for dollar, with the potential for up to 7% per pay period
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan -
• allows stock purchases at discounted price
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate level courses