Global Innovation Marketing Manager - Libertyville, IL

Hollister Incorporated; Libertyville (IL); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare company is seeking a Global Innovation Manager for its Continence Care portfolio in Libertyville, Illinois. This role involves leading product development, market research, and strategic initiatives while empowering customers to lead a dignified life. Ideal candidates will possess extensive marketing experience, strong relationship management skills, and a passion for innovation in the medical device sector.

Benefits

Employee Share Ownership Program (BESOP)

Health and life insurance

Education assistance

Paid time off programs

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience in marketing, preferably in medical device or healthcare.
• Ability to lead and influence cross functionally.
• Strong understanding of healthcare/medical devices environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Global Marketing Innovation strategy and pipeline development.
• Collaborate with R&D and Business Development for a 5 year innovation roadmap.
• Identify market innovation trends in Continence Care.

Skills

Strategic involvement

Relationship management

Analytical thinking

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, healthcare or technical discipline

Tools

Business case building experience

Job description

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Location(s):

Libertyville, IL, US, 60048-3781

Company: Hollister Incorporated

We Make Life More Rewarding and Dignified

In this strategically important role as Global Innovation Manager Continence Care, you will be in a global position to lead the future development of products, partnerships, claims and services within our Continence Care portfolio. Reporting to the Global Marketing Director, Continence Care, you will be inspired knowing you are in a leading position to help empower and enable those who need our products and services to help to them lead a more rewarding and dignified life - by personally making a difference every day.

Hollister Incorporated is operating in a hybrid working environment with a weekly 3 day onsite requirement. Travel load of up to 20% expected, primarily to R&D facility and organised team meetings.

Responsibilities:

This role will be responsible for leading the Global Marketing Innovation strategy and pipeline development; enabling GMO to deliver on high priority new product development (NPD) launches from ideation to execution. Responsibilities include:

• Collaborates with the R&D and Business Development to build a comprehensive and focused 5 year innovation roadmap and leads the delivery of products.
• Partners with the downstream marketing team (GMO and markets) to ensure that new product strategy and innovation roadmap is aligned with global and local needs.
• Identify the market innovation trends in Continence Care
• Launch and lead appropriate market research insights/generation
• Leads claims strategy development with GMO, R&D, IEP team.
• Inputs into FEI innovation process from trend gathering, consumer insight discovery to concept development and validation.
• Support product portfolio related Operations initiatives (i.e., cost savings) that have a customer/market facing component where relevant.
• Liaise and forge strong relationships with internal departments and external agencies to ensure all work is delivered on time and within budget.
• Lead collaboration with external partners on identified projects.

Essential Functions of the Role:

• Act as the voice of the customer in cross-functional business, project, and strategic decision-making.
• Written and verbal fluency in English.

Work Experience Requirements:

• Evidence of strategic involvement in previous roles
• Ability to lead and influence cross functionally.
• A creative and curious mindset with the ability to challenge the ways things are done and opportunities to improve.
• Highly proactive, passionate and tenacious, with a positive can-do attitude.
• Excellent relationship building skills across all levels.
• Commercially minded with strong analytical thinking with the ability to successfully prioritise workload.
• Capacity to create, manage and embrace business change.
• At least 8 years of experience in marketing, preferably in medical device or healthcare industry with product development experience

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, healthcare or technical discipline

Specialized Skills/Technical Knowledge:

• Strong relationship management and communications skills
• Project management and cross collaboration experience
• Business case building experience
• Ability to identify relevant insights and develop actionable concepts/opportunities.
• Robust analytical ability and understanding of forecasting process.
• Strong understanding of healthcare/medical devices environment required Solid understanding of healthcare reimbursement policies and potential impact on Hollister strategy.
• Experience developing and executing marketing plans/campaigns preferred.
• Regional or global marketing experience/ collaboration

About Hollister Incorporated
Hollister Incorporated is an independent, employee-owned company that develops, manufactures and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company spearheads the advancement of innovative products for ostomy care, continence care and critical care, and also creates educational support materials for patients and healthcare professionals. Headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, Hollister has manufacturing and distribution centers on three continents and sells in nearly 80 countries. Hollister is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Firm of John Dickinson Schneider, Inc., and is guided both by its Mission to make life more rewarding and dignified for people who use our products and services, as well as its Vision to grow and prosper as an independent, employee-owned company, and in the process, to become better human beings.

EOE Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Benefits Statement

Our Total Rewards package in aggregate is above market and includes competitive pay, paid time off programs, peer-to-peer recognition, health and life insurance, wellness programs and incentives, generous retirement savings, and a unique Benefit of Employee Share Ownership Program (BESOP).

• The anticipated base pay range for this position is $122,355 - $192,264 yearly. The actual salary varies based on applicant's location, education, experience, skills, abilities, and other legitimate business factors.
• The Company also provides a unique Benefit of Employee Share Ownership Program (BESOP) program based on earnings and length of service.
• The Company’s health and welfare benefits include medical, prescription, dental, vision, spending/savings accounts, disability, company paid (parental and caregiver) leaves, statutory leaves/disability programs, accident, life, wellbeing, education assistance, adoption assistance, and voluntary benefit programs.
• The Company’s 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan includes: auto-enrollment, ROTH, vesting and eligible participants “safe harbor” matching contributions.
• The Company’s paid time off benefits include: 11 paid holidays, paid vacation based on length of service and exempt/non-exempt status, and sick days based on statutory requirements and/or exempt/non-exempt status.
• The Company’s additional benefits include: education assistance and adoption assistance benefit programs.

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