Key skills
PortfolioPipeline ManagementProduct Lifecycle ManagementMarketing OperationsMarket Data AnalysisCompetitive IntelligenceBusiness Decision MakingProduct Launch PlanningHealthcare MarketingSpine MarketingAnatomyPathology KnowledgeMulti-taskingStrategic ThinkingRCommunicationDecision MakingPresentation Skills
About this role
Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology, dedicated to improving patient outcomes. The Senior Marketing Program Manager will lead innovative marketing projects, manage the product portfolio, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product development from concept to commercialization.
Responsibilities:
- Leads and optimizes the PPM (Portfolio and Pipeline Management) process for all of Core Spine, assessing organic and inorganic opportunities
- Drives successful business decision making and launch planning by guiding product managers throughout the entire product lifecycle, from ideation to launch
- Provides the marketing team with comprehensive governance training and support for new product innovations annually
- Collaborates with global marketers and cross functional partners to drive continuous innovation planning, ensuring alignment with patient needs and advancing product development strategies, promotional and educational strategies
- Acts as the cross-functional touchpoint for global portfolio-level discussions, coordinating with teams across marketing, strategy, R&D, pricing, finance, regulatory, clinical, and medical education, ensuring successful program execution
- Collects and analyzes procedural market data, internal data and competitive intel, breaking them into actionable insights to support informed, data driven decision-making across the business
- Creates and delivers strategic business presentations to support various portfolio opportunities
- Aligns business development opportunities with business needs
- Travels up to 25-30%, primarily domestic
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience
- Degree in Business, Science, Technology, Engineering, or related field
- MBA in business or marketing
- 5+ years experience in a spine marketing role
- Familiarity with anatomy and pathology
- Experience in marketing, engineering, clinical, science, consulting, or technology
- Ability to multi-task while working in a fast-paced environment
- Experience learning technical products quickly
- Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills: ability to convey complex information in a simple and effective manner
- Experience in an upstream marketing organization