Global Product Marketing Manager

Global Product Marketing Manager

Job Description

Global Product Marketing Manager - Device Connectivity

As a Manager, Global Product Marketing, Device Connectivity, you have lots of ideas grounded in research and knowledge of the marketplace. Your skills in planning and implementing these ideas are what make you an outstanding business partner and marketer. You critically think through problems and communicate your ideas in a way that helps us compete. Your curiosity, love of learning, and active listening give you a significant understanding of healthcare and business.

Your Team
We develop quality products with the patient in mind, so our marketing efforts are also patient-centric. That means you can be proud of our work and the value we provide to people every day.
As a large, multinational organization, you have the opportunity to expand your knowledge through collaboration with a variety of individuals, exposure to different facets of our portfolio, and a supportive leadership team that encourages ongoing development.
From your leaders to your peers, we operate as a team. We are focused on delivering for our patients and the business. We continue developing digital tools to enable efficiency and support a variety of learning and development opportunities.

What you'll be doing

Reporting to the Associate Director for Device Connectivity, this individual contributor role will serve as an Upstream Product Marketing Manager. You will drive the strategic development, management, and growth of our device connectivity portfolio across the portfolios. This position will collaborate with relevant upstream product managers/upstream marketing, regional marketing and sales teams, R&D, as well as other internal and external partners for the overall connectivity portfolio and strategy. You will lead and coordinate with cross-functional teams in a matrix organization to drive profitable portfolio growth globally.

Develop product, cross-product and application roadmaps including software and hardware devices
Collaborate with product teams across business units to align on release cadences and roadmap prioritization
Drive portfolio growth strategy incorporating innovation to address market needs and opportunities
Research and understand key market/customer trends and competitor strategies
Develop strategic business plans and financial models to capitalize on market needs and opportunities
Drive clinical research requirements to support the connectivity value proposition and product launch activities
Communication of the strategy and securing consensus from customers, key industry influencers and client executive leadership
Drive alignment with regional marketing and business partners on connectivity market needs, go to market strategies and pricing
Develop and track key business performance indicators to identify necessary countermeasure to achieving business/market goals
Partners on technology deployment for connectivity product validation requirements
Cross-functional leadership to deploy new go-to-market strategies for technology including pricing, quote to cash, training and support
Partner with global commercial and service teams to drive market adoption of connected IT solutions

What you'll bring
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, Medicine, Science or related field required - MBA or relevant advanced degree is a plus
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in upstream marketing, product management or similar, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience in upstream marketing, product management or similar
Prior product management experience for a device connectivity portfolio (hardware and software) preferred
Experience developing products for the OR; Experience working on integration and connected products in the operating room preferred
Leadership experience; and indirect team management without authority
Highly organized, initiative-taker who can lead and collaborate across the organization effectively
Excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to manage multiple projects while delivering on established timelines
Ability to be persuasive in the absence of organizational authority
Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies
Demonstrated effective communication skills and ability to facilitate large group meetings to a successful outcome
Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
Ability to travel -15%

Notes:
This is a hybrid position

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.