Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. This position is remote to enhance our competitive edge and expand our cross-functional collaboration efforts. This role will require 40-50% of global travel to enhance collaboration and ensure successful completion of projects. ​

         

         

Reporting to the Director of the Core Surgical Innovations (CSI) Competitive Strategy Team, this Program Marketing Manager will play a critical role in helping secure the market share position of our $6B CSI business. Working across the market, consultant spectrum, and organization to deeply understand the competitive landscape, you will shape the direction and execution of key strategic initiatives to secure and grow our market share positions. As an architect of competitive strategy plans, you will work within and outside our organization to deeply understand the surgical portfolio landscape and how our current portfolio is positioned. Then, in concert with the global marketing organization and other cross functions, create and execute trackable marketing campaigns that effectively share and educate on the benefits of our solutions. Revenue performance, share position, and engagement are the key metrics to success.

This is a mission critical position for our organization. If puzzles inspire you, complex challenges make you smile, and hiking uphill to a summit is your preferred direction, this is an awesome opportunity to make a real difference.

Key Responsibilities

• Competitive Insight: Develop a wholistic point of view of the market, our position in it, and future risks/opportunities by working with our strategy functions, regional marketing teams, and outside consultants.

• Competitive Strategy Plan: Utilizing the competitive insights, develop a comprehensive plan to accelerate our market position in the short and long-term, by working in conjunction with the global upstream and downstream marketing teams. Measurable change in brand equity, customer perception, and share position is expected. 

• Integrated Marketing / Messaging Campaigns: Execute on the Competitive Strategy Plan by communicating to our target audience in the right cadence to achieve our goals. Working with the global downstream marketing team, marketing communications, regional marketing teams, commercial capabilities, and our legal team, you will lead the crafting of the right messages at the right time to be deployed to the desired audience.

Anticipated global travel is approximately 20%

Additional responsibilities and considerations available in the full job description.

Must Have (Minimum Requirements)

• Bachelors Degree with at least 5 years of experience in the healthcare industry/market or at least 3 with an advanced degree.

• Experience creating and executing marketing collateral and/or campaigns

Nice to Have:

• Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Business, Marketing Communications or Marketing Research

• MBA desired

• Experience building financial models

• Strong understanding of surgical procedures and product performance.

• Proven ability to lead without authority, win mind share, and influence an organization.

• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning and achievement of business goals.

• Demonstrated ability to learn technical information and apply technical concepts.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in a matrix organization.

• Exercises superior judgment in planning, organizing, and executing work, monitors performance, and reports program status.

• Proven ability to work effectively as a team member across cross-functional teams.

• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills.

• Demonstrated prioritization and organizational skills.

• Ability to rapidly adapt and respond to changes in environment and priorities.

• Previous product launch, sales, sales management, or portfolio communications marketin