Marketing Program Manager - International Spine Hardware & Biologics
Medtronic
Summary
This role provides international (INTL) portfolio leadership for the Spine Hardware & Biologics portfolio, with a primary focus on portfolio phase-in/phase-out (lifecycle) planning, surgeon Voice of Customer (VOC) collection to inform upstream development, and downstream launch readiness. The position works across multiple time zones and builds strong cross-functional relationships with Operations, Regulatory, Finance, Marketing, and Sales, while serving as a key link between INTL regions and US-based project teams.
Job description
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead the collection of surgeon VOC for assigned region to support upstream development projects, including identifying priority customer segments, designing VOC approaches, and synthesizing insights into actionable inputs for US project teams and other stakeholders
- Partner with regional clinical, sales, and marketing stakeholders to ensure VOC is representative, timely, and aligned to portfolio strategy needs
- Own INTL portfolio lifecycle planning for assigned products/SKUs, including phase-in/phase-out guidance to regions and coordinated execution planning
- Drive strategy alignment across INTL regions for lifecycle decisions, ensuring consistent guidance, timing assumptions, and readiness expectations
- Lead structured, proactive communication to project teams to ensure upstream and life-cycle decisions reflect INTL market needs, constraints, and timing
- Support downstream launch readiness planning to enable successful launches across INTL regions
- Align cross-functional partners (Operations, Regulatory, Finance, Marketing, and Sales) around launch readiness deliverables, timelines, risks, and mitigation plans
- Coordinate readiness workstreams to support regional execution, including planning materials, enablement needs, and operational/regulatory constraints that may impact launch timing
- Provide focused enablement and strategic marketing support to regional marketing teams, including guidance on messaging adaptation, launch sequencing considerations, and lifecycle transition communications
- Facilitate best-practice sharing across regions to improve consistency and speed of execution
Working Conditions
- Travel: Quarterly International (Singapore, Australia and Japan)(1X) monthly travel within US as needed
- Work schedule: Requires flexible work hours due to support across time zones
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant 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
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance
- Long-term Disability Leave
- Dependent Daycare Spending Account
- Tuition Assistance
- 401(k) Matching
- Short-term Disability
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Incentive Plans
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.