Global Product Manager, Ventilation
Careers that Change Lives
Our Medical Surgical Portfolio enables earlier diagnosis, better treatment, faster complication-free recovery, and enhanced patient outcomes through less-invasive solutions.
The role of marketing has never been more central to the growth for Medtronic. We value marketers with strong Customer and market insights, which are foundational to our ability to respond to customer needs. Value proposition, content, and messaging expertise are critical to drive customer engagement and acceptance. Broadening the perception of what Medtronic can deliver is vital to the growth of our new technologies and services. We strive for an integrated, seamless experience to meet our customer expectations and demands.
The Global Product Manager, Ventilation will be part of our Respiratory Interventions Operating Unit within the Medical Surgical Portfolio at Medtronic. The Global Product Manager will focus on ventilators and accessories needed to deliver ventilation therapy.
A Day in the Life
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Support existing portfolio of products by helping to prioritize and resource essential engineering change orders, sustaining develop projects, etc.
- Engage global marketing partners with communications around product changes
- Support analysis of markets, competition and customer needs
- Develops positioning and messaging strategies for the ventilation portfolio to ensure effective product placement relative to market opportunity
- Works closely with cross-functions to ensure the on-time, on-budget execution of product projects.
- Coordinates with both downstream and commercial marketing to ensure smooth and orderly transition from product development to product management to commercialization.
- Develop strategies related to ventilation product lines
- Responsible for product pricing, forecasting, and data integrity
- Develop impactful product positioning and annual marketing plan
- Monitor sales trends and make recommendations for deeper penetration of products in the market
- Develop key technical and marketing materials to support the global sales force and maintain frequent communication with them, providing high-value insights
- Keep current on new and competitive technology offerings in the marketplace
- Work closely with R&D to provide direction to development efforts for product improvements and longer-term new product and technology development
- Obtain product knowledge, to be seen as the Subject Matter Expert by our customers and our Medtronic functional partners
- Work with cross-functional members as required to ensure products meet global standards
- Define customer requirements for product additions or improvements or provide analysis for business development opportunities
- Works with Engineering and Quality to ensure the quality of products and quickly rallies necessary functional partners to respond to quality issues
- Acts as an interface with demand planning and supply chain to manage supply/demand forecasting needs
- • Monitors competitive moves as they relate to the Ventilation products and develops a cohesive response that can be used to deter competitive threats
Diversity & Inclusion
We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader — that’s why we make it a point to seek out, attract and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients. To learn more about Inclusion & Diversity at Medtronic Click Here
Networks & ERGs
Medtronic has four Diversity Networks including a global Medtronic Women’s Network and U.S-based Networks representing Asian, African, and Hispanic/Latino descent employees. Between site-based and Network-affiliated ERGs, there are over 21,000 enrolled employees operating more than 200 ERG hubs in 65 countries.
- Bachelors degree required
- Minimum of 4 years of marketing or R&D, or clinical experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years of experience
Nice to Have
- Product Management experience in medical device industry
- SAP/Agile experience
About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.
Physical Job Requirements
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)
