Product Manager II, Upstream Marketing - Electrophysiology

Boston Scientific; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical device company is looking for a Product Manager II in Mississauga, responsible for driving innovation in electrophysiology products. This role requires collaboration with various teams, market research, and engagement with clinicians. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor’s degree and several years of related experience. Attractive opportunity in a supportive work environment with a focus on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience in product management, healthcare marketing, or engineering.
• Ability to engage and influence cross-functional colleagues.
• Willingness to travel 20% - 30% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Drive product development efforts for Access Solutions team.
• Gather KOL feedback and understand market needs.
• Develop business cases to support new product development.

Skills

Team collaboration

Effective communication

Market research

Influencing skills

Education

Undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Engineering, Science or Arts)

MBA or Master of Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Market analysis tools

Job description

Additional Locations: Canada-ON-Mississauga; US-MN-Arden Hills

Diversity - Innovation - Caring - Global Collaboration - Winning Spirit - High Performance

At Boston Scientific, we’ll give you the opportunity to harness all that’s within you by working in teams of diverse and high-performing employees, tackling some of the most important health industry challenges. With access to the latest tools, information and training, we’ll help you in advancing your skills and career. Here, you’ll be supported in progressing – whatever your ambitions.

We are open to the successful candidate being local to our Mississauga (ON) or Arden Hills (MN) offices, operating within the hybrid work mode respectively.

About the role

The Product Manager II, Upstream Marketing will be responsible for new product development efforts on the Access Solutions team, part of the Electrophysiology division. They will drive innovation in transseptal crossing products and access sheaths; as well as therapy sheaths and wires for use in FARAPULSE Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) cases.

The role will require gathering KOL feedback, understanding market size and competitive market landscape, business inputs, and clinical needs across various geographies. The Product Manager II will bring a commercial voice to product development teams and develop business cases to support new product development. This person will then work closely with downstream commercial teams to advise, collaborate and support launch readiness plans in various geographies.

The Product Manager II will interact with physicians during limited market release, at Advisory Boards, Innovation Center visits, animal labs, and other KOL meetings to gather key feedback on development activities for new products and turn that feedback into action plans. They will work closely with a cross-functional team and will need to be able to manage multiple development projects in parallel.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing marketing and strategy inputs for Access Solutions product cadence.
• Participate in Access Solutions market research efforts, including the creation, execution, readout, and recommended next steps from key customer insights. This includes VOC sprints, qualitative and quantitative studies; attitude, trends, and usage reports; and synthesizing data.
• Partnering with Access Solutions, FARAPULSE, and WATCHMAN R&D teams to drive cross-franchise innovations.
• Collaborating with the Marketing team and cross-functional team members to ensure future development plans will deliver overall revenue and profit objectives.
• Building business cases for future product portfolio and new market opportunities including market modelling.
• Influencing Global PM, Sales Training, R&D Engineering, Regulatory, Marketing Communications, and Digital Marketing teams/functions to set up the franchise for successful product launches, including providing ongoing support to Sales including education, resources & collateral.
• Creating collaborative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including focus on Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and Clinicians.
• Anticipating competitive activities, monitoring competitive pipelines, and strategically responding to competitive initiatives through product iterations.
• Build Quality into all aspects of your work by maintaining compliance with all quality requirements.
• Other duties as required.

Required qualifications:

• Completion of an Undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Engineering, Science or Arts)
• 2+ years of relevant work experience
• 2+ years of prior product management, healthcare marketing, and/or engineering experience, including strategic commercialization
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Ability to work effectively in a team-based environment and partner with internal/external stakeholders
• Ability to engage and influence cross-functional colleagues, even without direct reporting relationships
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to mobilize key stakeholders and engage leadership
• Willing and able to travel 20% - 30% of time in role, both domestic and international travel

Preferred qualifications:

• Completion of MBA or Master of Engineering
• Work experience in the medical device industry
• Experience with Physician and Key Opinion Leader (KOL) engagement

Boston Scientific is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.