We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 23 May 2025

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

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Careers that Change Lives

Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity to change the future of Spine Surgery?  Join Medtronic Spine and Biologics as a Senior Marketing Program Manager, International Marketing with the Spine & Biologics Marketing Team.  This team works on unique projects to solve challenges within the business.  We are looking for a passionate, motivated, high energy, strategic marketer to lead new and innovative projects.  In this role you will work with international regions to help manage the global Spine & Biologics portfolio, contributing to the strategy of the business.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Coordination with regulatory, quality, and operations for launches in international countries, setting up the prioritization for regulatory work and launch cadence.

• Responsible for working with regional marketing leads to forecast the Spine & Biologics portfolio internationally.

• Support the annual budgeting process by identifying opportunities, needs, and investments to increase the commercial success of the Spine & Biologics portfolio.

• Be the first point of contact for Spine & Biologics escalations from the International regions.

• Ensure availability of expert-level knowledge in the use of products.

• Ensure direct downstream engagement.

• Be an advocate for the international market at the operating unit level.

• Review and monitor planning and execution of launches to ensure adequate levels of support and regional performance.

• Best practice sharing for implementation of sales and utilization strategies.

• Monitor activities from the competition and handling of competitive claims.

• Work with International regions to design and produce marketing collateral.

• Support development of value proposition messaging and fulfill communication requirements of International Markets.

• Drive the development and delivery of sales training and product knowledge transfer for international sales reps, including developing new sales tools and training programs.

• Coordinate with Marketing and Training and Education team to prepare training content.

• Be the advocate for international market development at the business unit level understanding the market trends and size, customer segmentation, competing systems and companies, and potentially new competing technologies.

• Be recognized as an expert in international market regions and products by being knowledgeable of assigned products, surgical procedures, decision-makers, clinical needs, and market opportunities, maintaining awareness of U.S.-centric vs. international product preferences.

• Be available to take and lead calls to support various global time zones.

• Travels up to 25-40%, both domestic and international

Must Have: Minimum Requirements
To be considered, these minimum requirements must be evident on your resume:

• Bachelor’s degree

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

• Experience with Spine & Biologics products and procedures

Nice to Have

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, or Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, or related field

• MBA in business or marketing preferred

• Familiarity with anatomy and pathology

• Experience in marketing, engineering, clinical, science, consulting, or technology

• Ability to multi-task while working in a fast-paced environment

• Strong collaboration skills working with various stakeholders across multiple organizations

• Experience learning technical products quickly 

• Experience in an upstream marketing organization

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

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