Trade Marketing & Category Specialist

Tolsa; Madrid; Remote; EUR 68,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic is seeking a Principal Marketing Specialist for Defibrillation Solutions, reporting to the Senior Marketing Manager. The role focuses on coordinating DS portfolio activities across Western Europe, working with SHQ and country marketing stakeholders to drive regional programs.

The ideal candidate has strong business acumen, experience in medical device marketing, and ability to lead regional campaigns while collaborating across multiple countries and headquarters.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in medical device marketing or sales.
• English proficiency; other European languages a plus.
• Regional experience across Europe beneficial.
• Willingness to travel up to 40% across Europe.

Responsibilities

• Leads and coordinates product launches, product management, market analysis and market research with global and European teams.
• Interacts with country downstream marketing managers to identify opportunities and support country initiatives.
• Manages promotional content approvals with European stakeholders (clinical, regulatory, legal).
• Plans projects and marketing campaigns, estimating costs and driving projects to completion.
• Collaborates with internal teams for European events and congresses.
• Supports regional marketing plan development and execution across areas of responsibility.

Skills

English proficiency

Travel up to 40%

Regional experience

Marketing in medical devices

Education

University degree in life-science or related field

MSc in Marketing or Business

Job description

Madrid Medtronic

Remote
Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Athens, Attica, Greece
London, London, United Kingdom
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Paris, Île de France, France
Full time
R80125

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first - developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. Electrophysiology Therapies (EPT) is where it all started in Medtronic and is offering a wide product portfolio to implanter cardiologists & electrophysiologists for state-of-the-art treatment of cardiac diseases. Defibrillation Solutions is an integrated operating unit of EPT which represents the High Power business (ICD/CRTD/TYRX).

In this exciting opportunity as Principal Marketing Specialist for DS, you will be reporting to the Sr. Marketing Manager of Defibrillation Solutions. It will be expected to manage and coordinate specific parts of the DS portfolio by actively collaborating with SHQ and country marketing stakeholders of EPT across Western Europe region. To be successful in this role, you must have good business acumen and skills to initiate and manage regional marketing programs and activities.

Responsibilities

• Leads and coordinates product launches, product management, market analysis and market research activities in close collaboration with global and European team.
• Interacts and works directly with country downstream marketing managers to identify new marketing opportunities and support country initiated activities.
• Runs the process for finalizing, reviewing and getting promotional content approved in collaboration with European stakeholders (clinical, regulatory, legal)
• Works individually or with a team on scheduling and planning projects and marketing campaigns while estimating cost and managing projects to completion.
• Works as part of related teams for the organization of European internal and external events and congresses.
• Collaborates with global and strategic marketing team to on the preparation and execution of regional marketing plan for the areas of responsibility.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• University degree in life-science, bio-engineering or other relevant degree. MSc in Marketing or Business is a plus.
• University degree in Business and Marketing with proven experience on medical device industry or MSc in Healthcare.
• At least 7 years of experience in medical device industry in a marketing or sales role.
• Experience on Cardiac Rhythm Management business is a plus but not mandatory.
• Regional experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in English. Any other European language is a plus.
• Willingness to travel across Europe (up to 40%)
• Process driven with analytical skills and problem-solving skills, a team player who can work collaboratively and cross-functionally with multiple country and headquarters stakeholders.

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.

Pay range / Rango salarial / Intervalo salarial /Fascia retributiva / Tranche de salaire / Gehaltsband / Salaribereik: France: 74,400.00 EUR - 111,600.00 EUR | Germany: 90,400.00 EUR - 135,600.00 EUR | Greece: 54,560.00 EUR - 81,840.00 EUR | Italy: 67,200.00 EUR - 100,800.00 EUR | Netherlands: 87,600.00 EUR - 131,400.00 EUR | Portugal: 53,600.00 EUR - 80,400.00 EUR | Spain: 68,400.00 EUR - 102,600.00 EUR | United Kingdom: 70,000.00 GBP - 105,000.00 GBP |

The final salary within this range will be determined based on objective, job-related criteria, including relevant experience, skills and qualifications, in accordance with our compensation framework.

Company Culture

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ 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.

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That's who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team. With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will.

Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities

Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

Experiences that put people first

Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.

Life-transforming technologies

No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world

Here, it's about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight-driven care

Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

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