Global Head of Product Management

 

 

With a passion for life

 

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

 

 

 

 

 

Hybrid role, two days a week in OH. 

Job Overview
The purpose of the role is to define (in cross functional partnership with other product areas as appropriate), communicate and execute the long-term vision and strategy for ACT Digital Solutions product portfolio, ensuring alignment with ACT goals and objectives as well as with product area priorities
Job Responsibilities and Essential Duties: 
  Strategic leadership
•    Define and communicate the long-term vision and strategy for ACT Digital Solutions’ product portfolio, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and objectives
•    Drive enterprise-level oversight of product strategy to deliver Valuable, Usable, Feasible, and Viable solutions across the business.
•    Champion innovation and customer-centricity while balancing regulatory, compliance, clinical, technical, and financial requirements.
•    Develop and update long-term strategic plan annually. Partner with cross-functional partners to develop the product strategy road map, develop global brand marketing and product launch programs, and support regional market introduction or expansion programs, as needed.  
•    Monitor product pricing and costs; recommend opportunities that optimize market dynamics
Product management excellence
•    Lead, mentor, and scale the global product management function across three sites (US, Sweden, Germany) to cultivate a culture of accountability and outcome-driven product development.
•    Embed the accountability principle for product managers at all levels: delivering products that delight customers while meeting business objectives (lives saved, market share growth, financial outcomes).
•    Ensure every product delivered is:
o    Valuable: solves real customer problems.
o    Usable: intuitive and human-centered in design.
o    Feasible: technologically achievable within customer’s and Getinge’s capabilities.
o    Viable: compliant with regulatory, legal, and financial standards.
•    Provide technical input for customer communications related to products, including promotions, complaints, and/or field actions in partnership with R&D. 
•    Monitor and update organization on market trends and upcoming publications or presentations related to portfolio products or business area.  
•    Interact with internal and external customers and clinical affairs to develop and maintain KOL relationships, attend conferences/conventions and professional medical education events and participate in field travel to support portfolio activities and monitor accurate product positioning and promotion.  

Business & Market impact
•    Own the roadmaps for digital products in for ACT (Acute Heart and Lung segment)
•    Ensure that the ACT Digital Solutions’ product portfolio is set up to become impactful (as measured in number of lives saved), profitable and financially sustainable, as well as aligned with the overall division goals and P&L
•    Partner with cross-functional leaders (engineering, clinical, regulatory, finance, sales, and marketing) to drive organizational alignment and capture potential synergies between ACT Digital Solutions and other ACT products (e.g., ventilation, mechanical support, extracorporeal life support)
•    Anticipate market trends and customer needs to ensure competitive differentiation and global growth
•    Represent marketing on cross-functional product development teams. Provide market requirement specifications by integrating voice of customer, competitive intelligence, and an understanding of best practices for the specialty to define market needs and product requirements
•    Manage products within portfolio to maximize gross profitability, launch products and plan/predict product life cycle events. 

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Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 
•      Exceptional Leadership: Proven ability to inspire, develop, and lead diverse teams across geographies and in cross-functional settings
•    Visionary Influence: Strong organizational presence with the ability to set direction and gain alignment at the executive level
•    Customer-Centric Innovator: Demonstrated track record of championing innovation while ensuring products are customer-driven and market-relevant; proactive mindset – striving to incorporate customer nee