Product Manager MDS UKI - Vascular Access Devices

BD; Winnersh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

BD is recruiting a Product Manager to develop and execute portfolio strategies for Advanced Access Devices. This role is responsible for overseeing the product life cycle and ensuring alignment with regional guidelines.

The successful candidate will need at least 3 years of experience in product management within the MedTech or Life Sciences industry and strong analytical and strategic skills. BD offers a collaborative culture where associates can grow and thrive.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in product and/or marketing management in MedTech or Life Sciences industry.
• Experience working in a large matrix organization.
• Fluent presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Developing and executing portfolio and platform strategies.
• Overseeing the product life cycle from commercialization to discontinuation.
• Driving product success through customer engagement tools.

Skills

Product management

Technical marketing foresight

Analytical skills

Strategic skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business or marketing

Job description

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

Job Description

About the role

The Product Manager is responsible for developing and executing portfolio and platform strategies for Advanced Access Devices and PIVC platforms, ensuring alignment with global and regional guidelines. This role oversees the product life cycle from commercialisation to discontinuation, including registration requests, with support from PLC operations at the cluster level. Additionally, craft and implement relevant value propositions and portfolio strategies based on market segments and channels. By leveraging expertise in branding, marketing communication, and market planning, they drive deep market and customer insights, consolidating competitive intelligence to enhance the overall portfolio's success.

Key responsibilities include translating portfolio strategies into localised content, optimising sales support, and ensuring effective customer engagement tools. Provide product training, pricing guidance, and strategic input on portfolio development while managing campaign planning, execution, and forecasting. Additionally, support opportunity management and performance tracking through KPIs and milestones, ensuring successful commercialisation and market positioning. Working closely with omnichannel specialists and customer-facing teams, you will play a crucial role in driving product success and competitive advantage.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Portfolio/platform strategies and tactics development and execution in line with global and regional guidance.
• Develop and apply deep market and customer insights and consolidate insights on overall portfolio and competitors.
• Translates and develops relevant value proposition and overall portfolio strategy by segment/channel.
• Localizes and develops portfolio-relevant content and materials / optimizes sales support, including tender criteria value drivers and positioning to win.
• Ensures relevant tools to drive customer engagements.
• Provides training on products and applications, key supporting evidence and general product expertise.
• Provides pricing guidance to customer-facing teams in line with global and regional guidance.
• Drives campaign planning and execution based on segmentation and targeting aligned with overall solution offers and regional campaigns, working closely with the Cluster omnichannel specialist.
• Supports planning process and opportunity management.
• Portfolio demand and forecasting guidance/performance management and tracking, including FSA
• PLCM – from commercialization to discontinuation ownership, incl. registration requests, supported by PLC operations at the cluster level

About you:

• 3+ years in product and/or marketing management in MedTech or Life Sciences industry.
• Proficient in technical marketing foresight.
• Experience working in a large matrix organisation.
• Good analytical and strategic skills.
• Must be a skilled communicator with fluent presentation skills.
• Committed to achieving goals and taking responsibility for tasks to achieve results
• Ability to influence without authority, using relationships and networks within the BD matrix to influence strategies within the region, cluster, country level
• Bachelor’s degree in business or marketing is a distinct advantage.
• Clinical experience is a distinct advantage.

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Why Join Us?

To find purpose in the possibilities, we need people who can see the bigger picture, who understand the human story that underpins everything we do. We welcome people with the imagination and drive to help us reinvent the future of healthcare. At BD, you’ll discover a culture in which you can learn, grow and thrive.

We believe that when people connect in person, we learn faster, collaborate more deeply, and build a stronger culture. Join us and enjoy a culture where face‑to‑face collaboration supports your learning, your progress, and your success.

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