Associate Product Manager, Foot & Ankle

Associate Product Manager

Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company and a leader in new product development and medical education. We are a privately held company that strives to accomplish our corporate mission of helping surgeons treat their patients better. We are committed to delivering uncompromising quality to the health care professionals who use our products, and ultimately, the millions of patients whose lives we impact.

Job Description

• Manage and lead initiatives in our Foot & Ankle portfolio.
• Build relationships with key customers and internal departments to help drive new product innovation and manage existing product lines.
• Participate in overall marketing, product strategy, research and development requirements, development, and manufacturing coordination for new and emerging products.
• Work on technical product development, estimates of potential profits, and release to production.
• Assist in the management of day-to-day progress and maintenance of products.
• Provide technical expertise and training to other departments in support of product development.
• Collaborate with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and operations to develop and provide product definitions responsive to customer needs and market opportunities.
• Develop and maintain a prioritized list of customer and market requirements for the product.
• Coordinate and develop marketing, sales, engineering, and financial plans for the product line.
• Provide financial and technical justification for product selection and definition.
• Establish product development objectives and schedules for all phases of product development and introduction to market.
• Conduct market research and identify and track market trends in the company's industry.
• Produce competitive analysis materials comparing the product with its key competitors.
• Identify partnering opportunities for complementary third-party products to broaden the company's product line.
• Participate in key sales situations for the product.
• Maintain communications and contacts to collect and analyze technical, financial, schedule, and sales information for the product line.
• Identify market potential, establish pricing and market strategies, estimate potential sales, introduce market, distribution/channel issues, and manage mature products through phase-out.
• Define promotional activities, publicizing the product through the press, sales force, and alternate distribution channels.
• Provide expertise in particular product areas and develop strategies and applicable portions of the company business plan.
• Plan, organize, and coordinate assigned programs to ensure accomplishment of financial/budgetary goals and optimum allocation of resources.
• Manage resources to execute assigned programs.
• Coordinate details of programs within the organization with a wide range of functions and individuals.
• Coordinate product introductions and market exploitation with marketing and sales organizations to ensure maximum penetration of market segments.
• Provide continuing product surveillance and management of established products to obtain financial objectives.
• Support offsite surgical cases and provide field team support. Travel will be required 25% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; preferably in business, marketing, engineering or clinical.
• 1 year of medical device sales and/or marketing and/or product management and/or engineering and/or clinical experience OR a Master's degree is required.
• Orthopedic experience is preferred.
• Excellent public speaking and presentation skills are required.
• Knowledge of surgical orthopedics.
• Highly organized, dependable, detail-oriented with excellent time management and communication skills.
• Ability to work with cadaver specimens and ability to speak in front of large groups.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-provided life insurance
• Voluntary life insurance
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Supplemental insurance plans (accident, cancer, hospital, critical illness)
• Matching 401(k) retirement plan
• Annual bonus
• Wellness incentive program
• Free onsite medical clinics
• Free onsite lunch
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Trip of a lifetime
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Volunteer PTO
• Employee assistance provider (EAP)

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