Product Manager - Johnson and Johnson

Abiomed, part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech, is a leading provider of medical devices that provide circulatory and respiratory support, with a mission of recovering hearts & saving lives. We are recruiting for Product Manager in a hybrid or remote role based out of Danvers, MA.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Insight Generation:

• Build deep understanding of target markets, including evolving technology and healthcare trends, competitive dynamics, unmet needs, and geographic-specific factors
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to identify growth opportunities and unmet patient, clinician and business needs
• Gain actionable customer insight, testimonies and recommendations by executing primary/secondary research, visiting customers, conducting advisory board and engaging internal/external stakeholders
• Work with early adopters through FIM, pilot sites and LMR to collect feedback and refine our product offering and market approach

Roadmap & Business Plan Development:

• Collaborate on the development of product portfolio long term vision & roadmap, evaluation of strategic and financial attractiveness of growth opportunities to improve patient outcomes
• Develop business plan, initial value proposition, go-to-market approach, marketing specifications, partnership opportunities for new solutions and enhancements to existing solutions in collaboration with cross-functional team
• Manage upstream portfolio planning activities in various stages of the product life cycle from launch through phase out

World-Wide Product Plan Execution:

• Help advance new product/solution opportunities from ideation to active product development
• Represent marketing on cross-functional product development teams to ensure strategic rationale and requirements including financial assumptions are aligned
• Development of go-to-market strategy, value proposition and key claims
• Successful commercial and operational introduction of new products and services ready for a full market release

Required Education & Experience

• 5 years of proven full-cycle (concept to launch) Program/Product Management experience
• Bachelor's degree, MBA preferred
• Device Industry or Clinical background in Interventional Cardiology preferred. Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cardiac ICU, Cath Lab experience a plus
• Solid business acumen and knowledge of medical device or biotechnology environment
• Track record with a variety of voice of the customer (VOC) collection methodologies; skilled at VOC interpretation in order to define market requirements
• Familiarity with medical device product development process/methodology highly preferred
• Experience with product development efforts involving close collaboration with clinical advisors or advisory board preferred

Required Skills & Abilities

• Strong analytical and data-interpretation skills - demonstrates comfort making data-supported recommendations and building a strong business case/justification to gain organizational support
• Able to effectively influence and collaborate with multiple stakeholders
• Strong individual contributor - speaks up when important information or questions must be raised, and acts when issues must be addressed
• Good organizational skills and ability to meet tight deadlines in an environment of competing priorities
• Able to routinely work on multiple tasks, with multiple people, while effectively prioritizing
• Able to develop strong relationships with internal and external customers, clinical & sales partners

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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