CONMED Corporation is seeking a Product Manager for their Advanced Surgical portfolio. This role involves shaping product strategy through market research, customer insights, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment with organizational goals and customer needs.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct market and customer research to identify trends, unmet needs, and whitespace opportunities that guide long-term product strategy
- Segment markets and define target user groups to inform portfolio prioritization and roadmap planning
- Lead VOC and field immersion programs to capture clinical pain points and workflow insights
- Track, analyze, and translate VOC findings into clear, actionable product development requirements and design inputs
- Rationalization and optimization of portfolio to align with business strategic direction and evolving customer needs
- Partner with cross-functional teams—including R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, and Quality—to lead product development efforts and ensure alignment from concept through feasibility
- Validate early concepts and prototypes with key opinion leaders (KOLs), clinicians, and strategic partners to refine design direction and value proposition
- Build and manage the front end of the new product pipeline, ensuring concepts are well-defined and aligned with strategic priorities
- Develop business cases with market sizing, financial modeling, cost modeling, and ROI analysis to support investment and resource allocation decisions. Ability to outline data driven recommendations
- Evaluate Build, Buy, or Partner opportunities to accelerate innovation and strengthen the product portfolio
- Collaborate with downstream marketing and commercial teams to ensure seamless transition from concept to launch readiness
- Align upstream strategies globally, adapting for regional market needs, customer dynamics, and regulatory requirements
- Monitor competitive intelligence and emerging technologies to maintain differentiation and identify disruptive trends
- Represent the business at industry events and professional forums to capture insights and reinforce brand presence
- Define and track KPIs such as pipeline health, VOC conversion rate, and time-to-concept to guide innovation and portfolio decisions
- Champion a data-driven, customer-centered approach to ensure the voice of the customer remains at the core of all product decisions
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
- 3-5 years related experience in successful upstream marketing roles in the medical device industry
- 3-5 years of experience utilizing Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Must have excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Experience operating in highly regulated environments set by governmental agencies, independent regulatory bodies, medical associations, and patient advocacy organizations throughout the product lifecycle
- Ability to meet with customers at hospitals and to be a member of a credentialing agency
- Ability to lead and contribute to interdisciplinary teams with demonstrated results
- Proven ability to execute and lead upstream projects within timeline and budget
- Demonstrated strong organizational and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships with sales teams and physicians
- Thorough knowledge of relevant anatomy, surgical procedures, and clinical needs
- Thorough knowledge of surgeon and sales education process
- Strong knowledge of laparoscopic procedures preferred
- Preferred knowledge of insufflation market