Sr. Upstream Product Manager - Structural Heart

Medtronic plc

Minneapolis, Northern (MN, KY)

Hybrid

USD 134,000 - 202,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Job summary

Medtronic est à la recherche d’un Senior Upstream Product Manager dans le domaine Structural Heart. Vous dirigerez les pipelines TAVR et TPV, influencent les décisions cliniques, techniques et commerciales, et travaillerez avec des équipes multi‑fonctionnelles pour faire avancer les produits de manière stratégique.

Ce rôle exige une forte capacité d’analyse, de communication et de gestion de projets dans un environnement matriciel, avec mobilité possible et engagement envers l’innovation et la

Qualifications

  • Baccalauréat requis. 7+ années dans marketing, ventes, stratégie ou ingénierie (5+ années avec Master).
  • Expérience en gestion de projets exigée.
  • MBA ou Master technique apprécié.

Responsibilities

  • Construire une expertise thérapeutique sur les états pathologiques et les parcours de traitement.
  • Représenter le marketing upstream dans les équipes de développement produit et prioriser les exigences.
  • Collaborer avec R&D, clinique, réglementation et commercial pour différencier les produits.
  • Analyser le Voice of Customer et le marché pour orienter la stratégie et les investissements.
  • Préparer des plans d’affaires et des évaluations de marché pour les concepts de produits.

Skills

Strong communication skills
Bachelor’s Degree

Education

Bachelor’s Degree
MBA

Job description

## Sr. Upstream Product Manager - Structural HeartPostuler: Sur site: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America: Santa Ana, California, United States of America: Temps plein: Offre publiée aujourd'hui: Date de fin : 18 septembre 2026 (Il reste 6 jour(s) pour postuler): R72721We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 18 Sep 2026Chez Medtronic, vous pouvez entamer une longue carrière d’exploration et d’innovation tout en aidant à soutenir l’accès aux soins de santé et l’équité pour tous. Vous dirigerez avec détermination en surmontant les obstacles à l’innovation dans un monde davantage connecté et compatissant.**Journée type**If you are inspired by transformative innovation and strive for outstanding results and collaboration, have a strong inner drive and excellent communication skills, join our team! Be a catalyst for growth and transformation in Transcatheter heart valve therapies and live the Medtronic Mission by alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life, while acting with quality, integrity, and respect for employees, customers, and communities. **Careers That Change Lives**We are hiring a Sr Product Manager (principal product specialist) to join the fast-paced, high-visibility Structural Heart Upstream Marketing Team, focusing on the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) pipeline and Transcatheter Pulmonic Valve (TPV) pipeline within Medtronic’s Structural Heart business. This role is designed for someone who wants to grow as an upstream product manager and be at the center of where clinical insight, technology strategy, business opportunity, and product development come together.Structural Heart is one of Medtech’s most exciting therapy areas and one of Medtronic’s most important growth drivers. In this role, you will help define the direction of future products, why they matter clinically and commercially, and how cross-functional teams align to bring them forward to treat patients. The work is intellectually demanding, highly collaborative, and visible to senior stakeholders. Success in this role requires curiosity, analytical rigor, technical learning agility, business judgment, and the ability to influence stakeholders across R&D, clinical, regulatory, commercial, finance, and physician communities.**A Day in a Life*** Build deep therapy expertise across disease states, treatment pathways, physician workflows, current and emerging therapies, existing and future technologies, market trends, adoption barriers, and unmet clinical needs.* Represent upstream marketing on product development teams, helping translate customer insight and business strategy into product requirements, program priorities, and trade-off decisions.* Partner closely with R&D, clinical, regulatory, medical affairs, commercial, finance, and other key functions to shape differentiated products that are technically feasible, clinically meaningful, and commercially compelling.* Collect, analyze, and synthesize Voice of Customer (VOC), Voice of Business (VOB), market research, competitive intelligence, and internal stakeholder input to identify where Medtronic can make unique and worthy contributions.* Translate unmet needs into clear product requirements, value propositions, evidence needs, and business recommendations while negotiating priorities and trade-offs across technical, clinical, regulatory, and commercial objectives.* Actively engage physician key opinion leaders (KOLs), current and potential customers, internal stakeholders, and third-party market research groups to identify strategic areas of focus and pressure-test product concepts.* Develop business plans, market models, and opportunity assessments that evaluate new product concepts, pipeline investments, market potential, competitive differentiation, and strategic fit.* Monitor emerging technologies, competitive moves, treatment trends, and external market developments to inform portfolio strategy and future innovation choices.* Help define the future innovation and evidence pipeline and participate in strategic portfolio planning activities that influence long-term product and therapy direction.Deliver clear, compelling presentations to internal business partners, senior leaders, and external physician experts to communicate insights, recommendations, and portfolio strategy.**Other Responsibilities*** Build trusted relationships with key opinion leaders, current and future customers, and internal experts by engaging deeply on clinical, scientific, technical, and market-related topics.* Collaborate with cross-functional partners to move complex projects forward with speed, decisiveness, quality, and appropriate stakeholder alignment.* Bring a product-manager mindset to ambiguity by framing problems, clarifying assumptions, identifying decision points, and creating practical paths forward.* Identify and champion new approaches to business, technology, operations, and marketing challenges where better insight or stronger alignment can improve outcomes.* Provide senior management and cross-functional partners with updates, reports, content, and presentations that clearly articulate priorities, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations.* Manage a broad stakeholder environment where perspectives may differ, priorities may compete, and influence is often required without direct authority.This is a robust upstream product management role for candidates who enjoy complex, ambiguous problems and want to operate at the intersection of technology, strategy, and stakeholder leadership. The role requires comfort learning technical concepts, evaluating business opportunities, engaging physicians and internal experts, and influencing decisions across a matrixed organization. Candidates should expect to be challenged intellectually and should be energized by work that requires both independent strategic thinking and strong collaboration.**Must Have:*** Bachelor’s Degree* 7+ years in a marketing, sales, strategy or engineering role (5+ years with Masters)* Project management experience**Nice to Have:*** MBA or technical Master’s Degree.* Upstream or strategic marketing experience, including innovation strategy, product pipeline development, evidence planning, and portfolio planning activities.* Experience translating customer needs, clinical insights, and technical trade-offs into product requirements, business cases, or strategic recommendations.* Strong experience interfacing with physician customers both individually and in group settings.* Track record and passion for effectively partnering with cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.* Experience influencing stakeholders without direct authority, including situations with competing priorities or incomplete information.* Strong business and strategic acumen* Excellent communication and relationship skills* Ability to thrive in ambiguity* Able to travel up to 35%Medical device or other healthcare industry experience.Pour les diplômes de baccalauréat obtenus en dehors des États-Unis, un diplôme qui satisfait aux exigences de la réglementation 8 C.F.R. § 214.2 (h) (4) (iii) (A) est requis.**Exigences physiques du poste**Les déclarations ci-dessus visent à décrire la nature générale et le niveau du travail effectué par les employés affectés à ce poste, mais elles ne constituent pas une liste exhaustive de toutes les responsabilités et compétences requises pour ce poste.Les exigences physiques décrites dans la section Responsabilités de cette fiche de poste sont représentatives de celles auxquelles un employé doit satisfaire pour remplir correctement les fonctions essentielles du poste. Des ajustements raisonnables peuvent être apportés pour permettre aux personnes en situation de handicap de remplir ces fonctions essentielles. Rôles administratifs : dans l’exercice de ses fonctions, l’employé est régulièrement appelé à se déplacer de façon autonome. Il est également amené à utiliser un ordinateur et à communiquer avec ses pairs et ses collègues. Contactez votre responsable ou votre service RH local pour connaître les conditions de travail et les exigences physiques spécifiques à chaque rôle.**Autorisation de travail et parrainage** Chez Medtronic, nous nous engageons à favoriser un environnement dans lequel les employés peuvent s'épanouir et avoir un impact significatif. Conformément à notre approche de planification de la main-d'œuvre à l'échelle de l'entreprise, le parrainage d'autorisation de travail aux États-Unis (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) est proposé exclusivement pour les postes de niveau Principal et supérieur, où l'expertise spécialisée s'aligne sur les besoins métier à long terme. Les postes en dessous du niveau Principal exigent que les candidats possèdent une autorisation de travail américaine sans restriction au moment de l'embauche et pour la durée de l'emploi. Rejoignez-nous et aidez-nous à accomplir notre mission, à savoir soulager la douleur, rétablir la santé et prolonger la vie, en valorisant votre expérience et votre perspective uniques.**Alerte de fraude au recrutement** Nous avons pris connaissance de l’existence d’arnaques de type phishing visant les personnes à la recherche d’un emploi. Veuillez garder les points suivants à l’esprit : Postulez uniquement via les canaux officiels de Medtronic. Toutes les communications légitimes de recrutement de Medtronic proviennent de plateformes Medtronic approuvées et d’adresses e-mail officielles se terminant par @medtronic.com. Medtronic ne demande jamais de paiement ni d’informations personnelles sensibles (telles que des coordonnées bancaires ou des informations de sécurité sociale) au cours des premières étapes du processus de recrutement. Toute demande de ce type n’est pas légitime. Si vous recevez un message suspect prétendant provenir de Medtronic, n’y répondez pas, ne cliquez sur aucun lien et n’ouvrez aucune pièce jointe. Si vous avez des questions ou des préoccupations concernant l’authenticité d’une communication prétendument faite par ou au nom de Medtronic, veuillez nous contacter immédiatement à l’adresse AskHR@medtronic.com.**Avantages sociaux et rémunération****Medtronic offre un salaire compétitif et un ensemble d’avantages sociaux flexibles** Le cœur de nos valeurs est animé par un engagement envers nos employés. Nous saluons leurs contributions et partageons avec eux le succès qu’ils ont contribué à créer. Nous offrons un large éventail d’avantages, de ressources et de régimes de rémunération concurrentiels conçus pour vous soutenir à chaque étape de votre carrière et de votre vie personnelle.Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$134,400.00 - $201,600.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).## ## The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).The following benefits and additional compensation are available to those regular employees who work 20+ hours per week: Health, Dental and vision insurance, Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, Life insurance, Long-term disability leave, Dependent daycare spending account, Tuition assistance/reimbursement, and Simple Steps (global well-being program). The following benefits and additional compensation are available to all regular employees: Incentive plans, 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match, Short-term disability, Paid time off, Paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums), and Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums). Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.
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