Upstream Marketing Director – Perioperative Surgical Solutions
Solventum
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Building and leading the portfolio strategy for your area of responsibility, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs.
- Identifying opportunities for organic growth (new product development) and inorganic growth (e.g. licensing, M&A) and prioritizing them in alignment with strategic goals.
- Conducting in‐depth market assessments, customer & competitive analyses to evaluate opportunities before allocating resources to NPD projects.
- Leading evaluations of M&A targets to assess strategic, customer, and business alignment.
- Managing and developing a team of upstream product managers to execute NPD projects, ensuring that new products meet unmet customer needs and align with the portfolio strategy.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher, in Marketing, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field AND 10 years of relevant business experience, ideally including medical device, healthcare technologies, or adjacent regulated industries.
- 7+ years in marketing, product management, or strategy roles with increasing scope and responsibility.
- 5+ years of experience leading new product development initiatives in the medical device industry—taking projects from concept through launch.
- 3+ years managing direct reports, including mentoring/developing product or upstream marketing talent.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
new product developmentmarket assessmentscustomer analysiscompetitive analysisM&A evaluationsstrategic alignmentportfolio strategyproject managementproduct managementmarketing strategy
Soft skills
leadershipteam managementmentoringstrategic thinkingcommunicationcollaborationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcustomer focusorganizational skills