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A Day in the Life
Medtronic is hiring a Principal Product Specialist for Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) to lead strategic initiatives across International markets aimed at expanding access and accelerating adoption of this life-changing therapy for patients living with chronic pain.This is a highly visible and cross-functional role where you will shape the growth trajectory of one of Medtronic’s key neuromodulation therapies in international markets
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
- Act as go-to-person for technical advice & expertise, demonstrate products/service, support T&E, in-service or tradeshow support and troubleshoot product issues and partner with upstream marketing, clinical, regulatory, and operations teams to align regional execution with global portfolio goals.
- Commit to product launch planning, including market access strategy, develop unit (product/service) forecast in collaboration with all geographies, provide inputs to finance teams for Annual Operating Plan (AOP), as well as close support to the process of inventory management
- Incorporate market insight I– including intelligence and competitive analysis – to inform demand forecasts for global and/or regional demand reviews, develop regional pricing strategy with pricing team, collaborate with local pricing teams to set list, target, and floor prices.
- Provide inputs/close support in training needs and continuous improvement opportunities for field team, support quality tasks when needed (complaint management, support recall issues and tasks, develop robust phase in/phase out plans and reflect in IBP to ensure product continuity, demand and inform inventory management
- Commit to marketing collateral creation and maintenance in support of our marketing programs while providing inputs on determining acceptable pricing and discounting strategies, supporting pricing governance and delivering product or informational overviews to customers in support of a contract or tender
Required knowledge and experience
- Bachelor’s / master’s degree in engineering, life sciences, marketing, or healthcare-related field
- 7+ years of experience in the medical device or healthcare industry, ideally in product management, marketing, or commercial operations.
- Demonstrated expertise in interventional therapies or image-guided procedures.
- Experience managing product lifecycle activities, forecasting, inventory planning, and field readiness.
- Strong communication, analytical, presentation and cross-functional collaboration skills aimed at complex stakeholder management, both internally within the organization and externally
- Fluency in English, with good command of other European languages considered a plus
- Willingness to travel internationally up to 30%.
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.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
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