Upstream Product Manager EMEA Endoscopy

Additional Locations: Italy-Milan; France-Île-de-France; Poland-Warsaw; Spain-Madrid; United Kingdom-Hemel Hempstead

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

 

THIS ROLE CAN BE BASED IN MILAN, MADRID, LONDON, PARIS, WARSAW

 

 

The role is responsible for translating business strategy into product and portfolio strategy, taking into consideration market, customer and competitive insights, influencing the global product development/ marketing organization, and driving actions to get products to market.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

• Marketing Strategy Formulation: Direct and approve franchise market development priorities & strategic/tactical plans; Set the direction for clinical strategy and define appropriate tracking tools; Set directions for Budget planning and define appropriate tracking tools for the franchise; Accountable for ensuring department plans are consistent with division's strategic plans/objectives; Establish strong relationship with divisional counterparts, particularly in the global organization, to influence and contribute to new product portfolio definition.

 

• Upstream Product Management: Ensure product development initiatives are consistent with EMEA market needs; Direct and approve all necessary actions to drive market / product needs assessments, including product and commercial Voice of Customers (VOC) activities; Manage product prioritization within franchises and provide input and influence towards global divisional development prioritization. Participate with a leading regional voice in FLT meetings, while supporting regional executive management at PIB. Ownership role of the New Product Commercialization Excellence process/document, having a key role of coordinating and aligning all stakeholders involved through strong collaboration and communication up to the Limited Medical Evaluation (LME), at which point handing off to Product Marketing / Downstream.

 

• Planning and Forecasting: Ensures alignment of demand planning and forecasts through close partnering with SIOP team for right-sizing inventory levels, with the purpose of having the right availability of existing and soon-to-launch products for the market. Owns the decision and process of product Allocation Holds.

 

• Insights collection and analysis: Collects and utilizes customer data, understanding and insights to build a picture of future customer needs, motivations and preferences that trigger behaviors and decisions to shape and deliver the best possible customer experience. Collects and understands market insights on practice, trends and technology anticipating market dynamics. Demonstrates awareness of competitive landscape and emerging competitive threats within own area of expertise, having a clear view and perspective of key competitors' portfolio as well as their messaging and value proposition, supporting the Product Marketing / Downstream team towards competitive response plans.

 

• Stakeholder management and Networking: Establish and maintain relationships with key International opinion leaders in field; Develop ongoing communication and relationships with key internal functional areas, Country Management, Training, US Marketing and other Boston Scientific divisions; Collaboratively work with R&D / Upstream Marketing on development and execution of product development programs;

 

• Quality: Ensure awareness and compliance with applicable standard operating procedures to meet, comply and champions all quality and new product regulatory commitments of Boston Scientific.

 

Candidate Requirements