Product Manager III, Global Upstream Marketing

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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.       

 

About the role:

 

The Global Product Manager for Biliary Accessories will be responsible for building, refining, and driving the short & long term global portfolio pipeline strategy for Biliary Accessories.

 

Work Mode:

At Boston Scientific, we value collaboration and synergy. This role follows a hybrid work model requiring employees to be in our local office at least three days per week.

 

Relocation Assistance:

Relocation assistance is not available for this position at this time.

 

Visa Sponsorship:

Boston Scientific will not offer sponsorship or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Identifying unmet voice-of-the-customer needs and translating these into a holistic strategy to meet the current and future needs of this fast paced environment
• Translate customer needs into clear, well documented user needs to guide R&D and other cross functional teams through technology development
• Acts as upstream marketing lead for multiple global and regional projects simultaneously, including leading the creation of market specifications and financial models independently
• Generate overall portfolio strategy and manage the product portfolio pipeline. Make strategic recommendations to optimize product offerings, initiate new programs and drive future growth based on customer needs, data and detailed financial analytics
• Acquire and analyze feedback from key opinion leaders, current and potential customers, third party market research and internal stakeholders to drive product solution opportunities
• Demonstrate command of key business trends and market conditions through market research, clinical literature, metrics, coordination with customer interfacing teams, and personal interactions with key customers.
• Deep clinical knowledge of Pancreaticobiliary procedures
• Maintain a pulse on adjacent markets/technologies
• Spends time in the field (in a hospital and in clinical procedures) and supporting customer events to gain market and clinical insights, as well as build relationships with key physicians
• Develop and define a hybrid portfolio approach that leverages new product development strategies through tradtional internal R&D development and external development

 

This person will develop and execute global franchise strategies, project prioritization, financial analysis, and value messaging with coaching, direction and training from their manager.  This person will also develop clinical expertise and use that knowledge to educate the organization and also leverage that knowledge to build relationships with existing and new customers.

 

This role will place a heavy emphasis on:

• Ability to navigate a highly complex organization to guide new products through product development lifecycle
• Clinical acumen/strategy within the Pancreaticobiliary space
• Global connectivity with business partners and Physician Key Opionion Leaders to ensure the strategy is aligned to the global clinical and market needs
• Build short and long term pipeline and strategy for franchise
• Evidence generation strategies

 

Quality System Requirements

Build Quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements

 

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• At least 4 years of professional experience, including 2 years of progressive product marketing roles in the medical device industry
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 40%, including internationally
• Global upstream experience (i.e. product management, sales engagement and campaign)
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, matrix organization

 

Preferred qualifications:

• Clinical understanding of endoscopic procedures and customer value drivers