Director of Marketing – Sports Medicine
CONMED Corporation
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Largo • Florida • United States
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Salary
💰 $150,900 - $234,100 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead and develop a team of marketing professionals responsible for the Sports Medicine portfolio, including managers and individual contributors
- Establish clear strategic priorities and performance expectations aligned with Orthopedics business objectives
- Serve as the primary marketing leader for the Sports Medicine portfolio, building strong relationships with surgeon faculty, societies, and key customers
- Own upstream marketing responsibilities for Sports Medicine, including unmet need identification, market assessment, and multi‑year pipeline development in close partnership with R&D
- Lead downstream marketing execution, including positioning, pricing, promotion, and lifecycle management across Shoulder, Knee, MTF, and BioBrace
- Partner with R&D (Sports Medicine) to guide new product development and serve as the marketing lead through the design control and commercialization process
- Ensure launch excellence through cross‑functional leadership with Sales, Medical Education, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain
- Develop, manage, and deploy the Sports Medicine marketing budget to deliver committed revenue, growth, and profitability outcomes
- Build and maintain deep market and competitive intelligence to guide portfolio and investment decisions
- Partner with Sales and Supply Chain to support demand planning, lifecycle management, and backorder mitigation aligned to financial targets
- Support evaluation of inorganic growth opportunities (acquisitions, licensing, distribution) related to the Sports Medicine portfolio, as applicable
- Actively coach and develop team members to prepare future leaders for expanded scope and responsibility
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Minimum of 7 years of marketing experience in the medical device industry
- Minimum of 5 years of people leadership experience, including management of product or portfolio teams
- Demonstrated experience marketing orthopedic implants, disposables, and biologics
- Proven ability to partner effectively with Sales and R&D
- Strong analytical and data‑driven decision‑making capability
- Experience translating clinical evidence into compelling commercial value propositions
- Understanding of orthopedic‑specific dynamics including reimbursement, health economics, and IDN/GPO environments
- Willingness to travel approximately 35–50% for customer engagement, industry events, and internal collaboration, including time at headquarters in Largo, Florida
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Excellent healthcare including medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
- Short & long term disability plus life insurance -- cost paid fully by CONMED
- Retirement Savings Plan (401K) -- CONMED matches your contributions dollar for dollar, with the potential for up to 7% per pay period
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan -- allows stock purchases at discounted price
- Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate level courses
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
marketingmarket assessmentproduct developmentlifecycle managementbudget managementdata-driven decision-makinganalytical skillscommercial value propositionsdemand planningcompetitive intelligence
Soft Skills
leadershipteam developmentrelationship buildingcross-functional collaborationstrategic prioritizationcoachingcommunicationperformance managementproblem-solvingnegotiation
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree