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Product Manager
Description
Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices with approximately 24,800 employees and revenue of $8 billion in 2008. For more than years, Boston----- Scientific has advanced the practice of less-invasive medicine by providing a broad and deep portfolio of innovative products, technologies and services across a wide range of medical specialties. The Company’s products help physicians and other medical professionals improve their patients’ quality of life by providing alternatives to surgery. For more information, please visit www.bostonscientific.com.
Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, is a leading producer of medical devices for neuromodulation, including a device for relieving chronic pain (the Precision spinal cord stimulation system). The company is currently developing other products that use neuromodulation to treat a wide range of medical indications.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Senior Product Manager for Strategic Marketing will be involved in all aspects of developing and launching a new neurostimulation device. Specific activities will include:
• Establishing relationships with key opinion leaders in the field
• Providing voice-of-the-customer driven marketing specifications for product improvements to the R&D team
• Championing product commercialization activities across multiple internal and external groups such as design, packaging and labeling, regulatory claims, surgical technique generation, sales force education, operations planning, etc.
• Determining and leading market research to identify market needs and the corresponding product solution opportunities
• Acquiring and analyzing feedback from key opinion leaders, current and potential customers, third party market research and internal stakeholders
• Possessing an in-depth knowledge of the healthcare industry in general and more specifically, the segments targeted by assigned products, including the motivators for action
• Developing and executing a comprehensive launch plan and strategy for the new product
• Creating and implementing market development strategies to target key customers
• Developing product positioning, marketing messaging, and related marketing collateral
• Developing sales and physician education program
REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION:
• M.B.A. or advanced degree preferred
• Minimum bachelor’s degree
• Degree in engineering or life sciences a plus
EXPERIENCE:
• 3+ years experience of increasing responsibility in a marketing role
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND ABILITIES:
• Medical device industry experience strongly preferred; experience with Class III devices preferred
• New product development or product management experience strongly preferred
• Previous product launch experience
• Ability to complete assignments of an advanced degree of complexity, working under little or no supervision on specific tasks or projects
Boston Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EEO/AA
