Product manager Jobs in Woodbridge, ON

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A Day in the Life

Reporting to the Sr. Marketing Manager or Marketing Manager the Sr. Product Manager is responsible for the overall downstream strategic product management activities including strategic portfolio management; development and execution of marketing strategies and programs to profitably grow / protect market share; product launch excellence; and demand forecasting. The incumbent is expected to work collaboratively with Sales team to gain deep understanding of customer needs and to develop programs to address those unmet needs.

This is a fixed term contract expected to be approximately 12 months to cover a leave.

This role is based out of Brampton Ontario office.

MAIN JOB DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES (may include the following and other duties may be assigned) :

Formulates and reviews corporate short and long-range plans goals and objectives for specific product or product line.

Conducts competitive product analysis and market research of product consumer behavior and professional audience.

Determines the profitability and viability of new products or product enhancements.

Develops production and marketing strategies and tactics to ensure effective product placement relative to market opportunity working closely with product development for a specific product brand or product area over its entire life cycle.

Provides advertising with core brand equity.

Serves as technical adviser demonstrating products and troubleshooting product issues.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsible for the annual marketing plan and strategic plan development

New Product launch excellence

Develops deep clinical and therapy knowledge.

Performs Voice of Customers (VoCs) / Ad boards

Active participation and collaboration with Sales team in customer engagement

Responsible for creating and updating marketing collaterals.

Serves as contracts tenders and RFP activities marketing representative.

Monitors competitive products and activities including pricing cross-reference information.

Responsible to work with RA partners on regulatory submission prioritization and tracking.

Timely planning coordination of the development of all essential tools to ensure the Sales team is welk supported for success.

Supports field activities such as product upgrades evaluations and conversions.

Responsible for key conferences clinical education and customer events support.

Active participation in the IBP process to strive to continuously improve on demand forecast.

CAREER STREAM :

Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and / or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS :

Autonomy : Seasoned individual contributor. Works independently under limited supervision to determine and develop approach to solutions. Coaches and reviews the work of lower level specialists; may manage projects / processes.

Organizational Impact : May be responsible for entire projects or processes within job area. Contributes to the completion of work group objectives through building relationships and consensus to reach agreements on assignments.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Innovation and Complexity : Problems and issues faced are difficult and may require understanding of multiple issues job areas or specialties. Makes improvements of processes systems or products to enhance performance of the job area. Analysis provided is in-depth in nature and often provides recommendations on process improvements.

Communication and Influence : Communicates with senior internal and external customers and vendors. Exchange information of facts statuses ideas and issues to achieve objective and influence decision-making.

Leadership and Talent Management : May provide guidance coaching and training to other employees within job area. May manage projects requiring delegation of work and review of others work product.

Required Knowledge and Experience : Requires advanced knowledge of job area combining breadth and depth typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have practical knowledge of project management. Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 4 years of relevant experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

KNOWLEDGE / EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree or;

Advanced degree.

Degree in marketing business administration or health science

JOB EXPERIENCE

Minimum 4 years of relevant experience required with a bachelors degree or

Minimum 2 years of relevant experience required with an advanced degree.

SKILLS / COMPETENCIES

Accountable for results

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills

Ability to work very well independently and participate as a key member of a team

Ability to interact and cope with multiple stakeholders.

Excellent organizational skills

JOB DESCRIPTION

Available to travel up to 40% of the time.

DESIRED / PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

KNOWLEDGE / EDUCATION

MBA

JOB EXPERIENCE

3 years medical device experience in sales or marketing

Sales experience is an asset in Medical Device or other relevant industry

SKILLS / COMPETENCIES

Bilingual (French and English)

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

Available to travel up to 25% of the time

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles : While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers.

Medtronic Canada strives through our vision to build a culture of inclusiveness through our commitment to employment equity and diversity. Discrimination is prohibited on any grounds protected under Canadian Human Rights legislation. Employment applications are encouraged from all members of our community. Upon request candidates with disabilities will be accommodated during the recruitment process.

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

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Our Mission to alleviate pain restore health and extend life unites a global team of 95000 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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Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Time Management,Data Analytics,Analytical,Agile,Requirement Gathering,Strategic thinking,Visio,Communication,Problem Solving,Market Research,UML,Cross Functional Teams

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1