Senior Product Manager, Fitting Platform

Cochlear; Antwerpen; Sur place; EUR 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Attractive remuneration package

Onboarding and training program

Life-work balance and homeworking

Global collaboration opportunities

Résumé du poste

Cochlear’s fitting and programming software is a critical clinical platform used by audiologists worldwide to configure and optimise outcomes for cochlear implant recipients. We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and evolution of this software platform, delivering measurable value for clinicians and patients globally.

Reporting to the Director, Audiological Solutions Software, you will balance customer needs, clinical considerations, technical constraints, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in cochlear implant audiology, fitting/programming.
• Experience with health technology or clinical software.
• Ability to work in cross-functional teams.

Responsabilités

• Define product strategy, roadmap decisions, discovery, and outcome accountability for the fitting platform.
• Partner with Engineering, Design, Clinical, Regulatory, Commercial, and Marketing teams.
• Monitor adoption, customer satisfaction, clinical efficiency, and outcomes.
• Define readiness criteria for launches.

Connaissances

Strategy & Prioritisation

Clinical & Customer Context

Decision Quality

Stakeholder Influence

Execution in Ambiguity

AI-Enabled Working Practice

Formation

Degree in Audiology or Health Sciences

Outils

Clinical Software

Regulated Health Tech

Description du poste

Jul 8, 2026

Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives.

Shape the Future of Hearing Healthcare

At Cochlear, we help people connect to life's opportunities through the gift of hearing. Our fitting and programming software is a critical clinical platform used by audiologists worldwide to configure and optimise outcomes for cochlear implant recipients. The quality, usability, and innovation of this platform directly influence patient outcomes, clinical efficiency, and business success

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and evolution of this critical software platform. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence product direction at a pivotal point in its lifecycle and help deliver meaningful outcomes for clinicians and recipients around the world.

Reporting to the Director, Audiological Solutions Software , you will work across global teams to translate customer needs, clinical insight, market signals, and business priorities into products that create measurable value.

About the Role

As Senior Product Manager, you will definewhat we build, why it matters, and how we prioritise. You will own product strategy, roadmap decisions, discovery, and outcome accountability for the fitting platform.

Success in this role requires balancing customer needs, clinical considerations, technical constraints, and commercialobjectivesto make clear, evidence-based decisions in a complex and evolving environment.

You will partner closely with Engineering, Design, Clinical, Regulatory, Commercial, and Marketing teams to deliver products that improve hearing outcomes and customer experiences globally.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy, Roadmap and Prioritisation

• Own andmaintaina clear, evidence-based product roadmap aligned with portfolio strategy and market direction.
• Define product priorities that maximise customer value and business outcomes.
• Translate customer, clinical, workflow, and technical needs into actionable product direction.
• Make and communicate clear go, pause, pivot, and prioritisation decisions supported by evidence and trade-off analysis.

Discovery and Opportunity Validation

• Lead product discovery activities in partnership with Design and Engineering.
• Translate portfolio priorities into validated product opportunities and hypotheses.
• Assess desirability, feasibility, viability, and workflow impact before investment decisions.
• Ensure opportunities are clearly defined and ready for delivery.

Market Intelligence and Customer Engagement

• Develop a deep understanding of customer, clinician, and market needs.
• Gather and synthesise insights from customer research, usage analytics, competitive intelligence, and Key Opinion Leaders.
• Use outside-in perspectives to inform strategic product decisions.
• Balance competing stakeholder needs through transparent and evidence-based reasoning.

Launch Readiness and Product Success

• Define product readiness criteria and support successful product launches.
• Partner with Commercialisation and Marketing teams to articulate product value.
• Monitor adoption, customer satisfaction, clinical efficiency, hearing outcomes, and business performance.
• Incorporate market feedback into future roadmap and lifecycle decisions.

Stakeholder Alignment and Governance

• Build trust and alignment across technical, clinical, commercial, and regional teams.
• Drive high-quality decisions through influence, communication, and evidence.
• Produce clear decision artefacts to support governance andtimelydecision-making.
• Maintain momentum in fast-moving and ambiguous environments.

Product Lifecycle Management

• Remain accountable for product outcomes after launch.
• Monitor performance signals and distinguish meaningful insights from noise.
• Drive continuous product improvement andevidencegeneration.
• Make recommendations on enhancement, expansion, maintenance, or retirement decisions.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, you will:

• Deliver a clear and compelling product roadmap grounded in customer and business value.
• Improve product decision quality through strong discovery and market insights.
• Drive adoption, customer satisfaction, hearing outcomes, and clinical efficiency.
• Foster alignment and decision-making across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Use evidence and performance data to continuously evolve the product and maximise impact.

Required Skills

• Strategy andPrioritisation: Demonstratedcapability to set product direction aligned to portfolio strategy, define value, andprioritiseroadmap decisions.
• Clinical and Customer Context: Demonstrateseither strong cochlear implant clinical fluency or a proventrack recordof rapidly building credibility in complex clinical environments.
• Decision Quality and Outcome Ownership: Uses evidence (data, customer insight, and commercial context) to make and defenddecisions, andremainsaccountable for outcomes through launch and in-market evolution.
• Stakeholder Influence and Communication: Drives alignment across complex, multi-party environments through clear communication, sound reasoning, and decision-ready artefacts.
• Execution in Ambiguity: Maintainspace and judgement in evolving governance and high-ambiguity conditions.
• AI-Enabled Working Practice: Uses AI tools pragmatically to accelerate discovery, synthesis, and communication.

Desired Skills

• Deep hands-on cochlear implant audiologyexpertise, including fitting and programming practice.
• Strong product management experience in medical device software, clinical software, or other regulated health technology products.
• Strong product management experience in complex business software used by professional users in high-stakes workflows.

Education

A degree in Audiology, Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, with candidate suitability assessed ondemonstratedrole capabilities and domain credibility.

Languages

Dutch or French — Intermediate or above (advantageous)

Work Experience

Candidates may come fromdifferent backgroundsand will be assessed against the Required Skills listed above.

• 5+ years' experience in cochlear implant audiology, fitting/programming, or cochlear implant clinical software; or
• 5+ years' experience in product management or product strategy in health technology, medtech, clinical software, or similarly complex business software.

Work on technology that has a profound impact on people's lives.

Influence the future of a globally used clinical software platform.

Collaborate with talented teams across Product, Engineering, Clinical, and Commercial functions.

Join an innovative organisation committed to improving hearing outcomes worldwide.

Grow your career while contributing to meaningful healthcare solutions.

What we offer

• An attractive remuneration package and flexible extra-legal benefits
• An extensive onboarding and training program
• An enjoyable work environment with attention to life-work balance and homeworking
• A stimulating environment with growth opportunities and opportunity to meet multi-disciplinary colleagues across the globe

Cochlear’s mission is to help people hear and be heard. Around the world, more people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping people to Hear Now. And Always. Cochlear is the global market leader in implantable hearing solutions including cochlear implant systems (CI) and bone anchored hearing aids Baha

Equal opportunities

Cochlear is committed to providing equal opportunities to avoid unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, religion/belief or age. In line with our corporate ethics and statutory obligations we strive to ensure that the work environment is free of harassment and bullying and that everyone is treated with dignity and respect - this is an important aspect of ensuring equal opportunities in employment.

Cochlear is the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, dedicated to enhancing lives through innovative technology and enabling people with hearing loss to connect with their world.