Global Product Manager Pediatric Procedures, Cranial and Spinal Technologies - Multiple Locations
Medtronic
Summary
As a Product Manager on Medtronic's Global Pediatric Marketing team, you will help shape solutions for children with spinal deformities and other complex spine conditions. This role offers broad experience across both upstream and downstream marketing activities for Medtronic's pediatric spine portfolio.
Job description
Working closely with leading pediatric spine surgeons, cross-functional business leaders, product development teams, and the commercial organization, you will help identify unmet clinical needs, translate customer insights into product requirements, support new product development, and bring innovative technologies to market.
Primary Responsibilities
- Develop a deep understanding of the pediatric spine market, competitive landscape, emerging trends, and customer needs to inform portfolio strategy and business decisions.
- Build strong relationships with pediatric spine surgeons, key opinion leaders, physician customers, and industry partners to support innovation, education, and therapy adoption.
- Collaborate closely with Sales leadership and field teams to develop customer-facing tools, training programs, and commercialization initiatives that drive product adoption and portfolio growth.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for the pediatric portfolio, performing product demonstrations and supporting education and training for surgeons, sales representatives, and customers.
- Contribute across upstream and downstream marketing activities by translating customer insights and unmet clinical needs into product requirements, business cases, market strategies, and commercialization plans.
- Partner with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, and Supply Chain teams to support product development and lifecycle activities from concept through commercialization.
- Plan and execute Voice of Customer activities, including surgeon advisory boards, validation studies, technology evaluations, customer education programs, and conference engagements.
- Develop and execute product launch and market development strategies to drive adoption and expand therapy utilization.
- Continuously analyze market trends and competitive information to recommend product enhancements, portfolio improvements, and future development opportunities.
- Manage product sales forecasting, inventory planning, and supply coordination to align customer demand with business objectives.
- Provide ongoing customer and field support, gathering feedback and coordinating with internal partners to address product and service needs.
- Track key performance indicators and provide insights and recommendations to support portfolio performance, strategic decision-making, and annual operating plan development.
- Support budget planning and financial forecasting for assigned products and programs.
- Travel up to 30%
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in marketing, product management, sales, engineering, clinical, or a related field experience, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in medical devices, healthcare, spine, orthopedics, or surgical technologies
- Experience supporting upstream and downstream marketing activities across the product lifecycle
- Experience supporting new product development, product launches, and commercialization initiatives
- Demonstrated success developing relationships with physicians, key opinion leaders, customers, and commercial teams
- Proven ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority
- Passion for innovation and improving patient outcomes
- Experience in pediatric deformity or pediatric spine
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in marketing, product management, sales, engineering, clinical, or a related field, or advanced degree with 0 years of experience
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required
- Unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Long-term Disability Leave
- Dependent Daycare Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance/Reimbursement
- Simple Steps Well-being Program
- Incentive Plans
- 401(k) Plan with Match
- Short-term Disability
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement
- Capital Accumulation Plan
Company overview
Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader and one of the world's largest medical device companies, founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company operates in over 150 countries and employs more than 90,000 people worldwide. Medtronic's mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life through innovative medical technologies. The company develops and manufactures devices and therapies to treat more than 70 health conditions, including cardiac devices, cranial and spine robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. With a rich history that began with the invention of the battery-powered pacemaker, Medtronic has grown into a diversified healthcare technology company with four main business units: Minimally Invasive Therapies Group, Diabetes Group, Restorative Therapies Group, and Cardiac and Vascular Group. The company's therapies help approximately 72 million people annually and represent a significant force in advancing medical technology to address some of humanity's most challenging health problems.