Product Sr Manager at Zimmer Biomet
Chicago, IL 60290
About the Job
At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient's mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.
As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered, and recognized.
What You Can Expect
As a senior product manager, you will be responsible for supporting the strategic and marketing plan for the Smart Implant platform. This position is the liaison between the Knee Development organization and all business units, including R&D, clinical strategy, market access and downstream marketing teams. This includes the development and execution of comprehensive strategic plans, marketing plans, programs, new product development pipelines, and portfolio roadmaps specific to Smart Implants. We are looking for those unique individuals that blend a mind for creative, user-centered product strategy, with strong clinical, market access, business, and technical skills needed to bring industry-shaping products from ideation to global adoption.
Come join us in building game-changing technology that leverages and delivers value across our industry-leading ecosystem to reshape what's possible in musculoskeletal health.
How You'll Create Impact
- Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap in support of the broader arthroplasty and technology strategy:
- Develop and maintain product line technical expertise and contacts with key surgeons and customers of product responsibility by observing surgery, attending medical/scientific meetings, presentations, and seminars while gathering competitive information.
- Maintain a high level of collaboration with domestic and international sales leaders to drive product line market adoption.This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
What Makes You Stand Out
Your Background
Travel Expectations
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability
As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered, and recognized.
What You Can Expect
As a senior product manager, you will be responsible for supporting the strategic and marketing plan for the Smart Implant platform. This position is the liaison between the Knee Development organization and all business units, including R&D, clinical strategy, market access and downstream marketing teams. This includes the development and execution of comprehensive strategic plans, marketing plans, programs, new product development pipelines, and portfolio roadmaps specific to Smart Implants. We are looking for those unique individuals that blend a mind for creative, user-centered product strategy, with strong clinical, market access, business, and technical skills needed to bring industry-shaping products from ideation to global adoption.
Come join us in building game-changing technology that leverages and delivers value across our industry-leading ecosystem to reshape what's possible in musculoskeletal health.
How You'll Create Impact
- Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap in support of the broader arthroplasty and technology strategy:
- User Research, Segmentation, Journey Mapping, and Clinical Needs Assessment
- Market Research and Analysis, Product Strategy and Positioning
- Product Ideation, Capability Prioritization, and Road-mapping
- Evaluate the technical requirements when crafting the user journey through story mapping and creating detailed requirements through user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Develop clear business cases and product briefs to support the execution of products on the roadmap
- Partner with development teams and users to refine product design and develop comprehensive requirements
- Identify and develop clinical/marketing claims matrix
- Partner with a cross-functional team of data science, development, clinical, health economics, regulatory, quality, operations, privacy, legal, compliance, and commercial team members to deliver new products to successful global launches.
- Develop and maintain product line technical expertise and contacts with key surgeons and customers of product responsibility by observing surgery, attending medical/scientific meetings, presentations, and seminars while gathering competitive information.
- Maintain a high level of collaboration with domestic and international sales leaders to drive product line market adoption.This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
What Makes You Stand Out
- User research, needs analysis, and journey mapping
- Value proposition development and translation to product features, benefits, and clinical claims development, including concept and experimentation to reduce ambiguity
- Product Strategy and Roadmap development
- Competitive and Market Analysis
- Business Case Creation (in collaboration with finance)
- Analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands and viewpoints.
- Establishing and tracking metrics for product success
- Ability to communicate both orally and in a written form clearly and concisely. Excel at making business presentations.
- Collaborator and capable of thriving in a matrix organization.
- Ability to develop, maintain and grow relationships with key customers, including surgeons and sales teams
- Knowledge and experience with new product development, especially as it relates to medical device technology.
- Energizes all levels of the organization to deliver on business goals and objectives.
Your Background
- B.A./B.S in Business, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or other relevant 4-year degrees. MBA Preferred.
- Minimum five (5) years of product management, product development, or relevant experience required, preferably in healthcare and/or software products and technologies
- Experience working with marketing concepts, portfolio strategies, product promotion, market analysis, and forecasting.
- Hands-on experience with Agile development methods preferred
- Experience within commercial software product management preferred
- Experience in both marketing and medical device product development preferred
Travel Expectations
- Up to 30%
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability