Product Manager - Total Ankle

Zimmer GmbH; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 125,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in medical devices is seeking a Product Manager to drive marketing activities for the Total Ankle product line. This individual contributor role requires expertise in product understanding and strategic planning, ensuring successful product launches and marketing efforts. The ideal candidate will have a BA/BS and at least four years of relevant experience.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus eligibility

Company conferences and training programs

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in a sales or classical marketing function.
• Advanced understanding and experience with assigned products.
• Demonstrated expertise in executing marketing and launch plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead global product launch planning and execution.
• Develop and implement strategic marketing plans.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams for product promotion.

Skills

Communication

Planning

Analytical Skills

Education

BA/BS in marketing, biology, business administration, or related field

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Valued Team member: We are glad you are exploring new opportunities within Zimmer Biomet!

What You Can Expect

The Product Manager – Total Ankle is responsible for driving the marketing activities for the assigned products. This position will also have substantial ownership for various ankle replacement solutions currently in development or planned for future development. This is an individual contributor role.

How You'll Create Impact

• Lead global product launch planning, including business objectives, product positioning, and key selling messages (including economic messages).
• Develop and implement strategic and annual marketing plans to include short term, mid-term, and long-term goals and objectives for the respective product family. This includes situational analysis of products, revenue forecasts, competitive analysis, and identification of key opportunities and threats.
• Lead field marketing efforts tied directly to product goals assigned by Director of Total Ankle
• Data gathering on company customers as to how they buy and their buying criteria; be the expert on the competition and how to ethically and professionally win their business from them.
• Work as a member of cross functional team including development engineering, quality and process engineering, clinical studies, and marketing from initiation to launch and downstream promotion of the product.
• Point of contact for trade shows, conferences and/or courses.
• Coordinate with internal and external resources as required to execute product promotional efforts, live surgeries, workshops or other activities associated with the event
• Develop and maintain all marketing collateral materials, including but not limited to, surgical techniques and brochures, sales training materials, physician training materials, video production, product samples and demos, etc.
• Develop product marketing bulletins on new and current products. Provide regular communication to sales team on market released products. Communicate the value proposition of the products to the sales team and develop the sales tools to support the selling process of products.
• Travel to meet with and educate customers and sales team, attend and coordinate trade show presence for associated products, attend training programs, coordinate surgeon meetings, and other related travel as determined by the company.
• Prepare long range, annual, quarterly, and monthly forecasts for each assigned product line. Analyze forecast variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Answer technical calls regarding Paragon 28’s products, both during and outside of regular business hours.
• Other duties as assigned

Your Background

• BA/BS in marketing, biology, business administration, or related field required plus 4+ years of experience in a sales or classical marketing function; may consider commensurate combination of education and experience
• Must have advanced understanding and experience in assigned products as a sales representative or marketing specialists
• Demonstrated proficiency in the development and execution of marketing and launch plans
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Must be willing to work out of corporate headquarters in Englewood, Colorado
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work cross functionally with limited supervision
• Excellent planning, organization and analytical skills
• Demonstrated clinical and technical aptitude
• Demonstrated experience in building strong partnerships between cross functional teams such as sales, marketing, clinical, R&D, operations and/or other key functional stakeholders to deliver business objectives
• High paced growth environment-need to be comfortable managing many different roles within the organization
• Fluent in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Travel Expectations

30-40% overnight travel required

Compensation Data

Salary Range: $125,000 - $135,000 USD annually. Eligible for discretionary bonus based on established metrics.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability