Insurance / Benefits on Day 1
Clean & Climate controlled environment
We love what we do! At Aspen Surgical we live our values of Respect ,Transparency, Speed, Empowerment, Passion and Fun every day. Our dedication to these values helps us build exceptional products that drive the industry standard to create a real and lasting impact on people’s lives around the world. We strive to be the best, providing innovative tools, resources, and support needed to set our team members up for success. Do you want to be appreciated for your hard work? Be a member of a dynamic, fast-growing organization? View your job as a joy rather than a burden? Then we have a position for you!
Aspen Surgical offers competitive benefits on Day One including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and 401K with company match as well as annual merit increases and discretionary annual bonus potential.
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
To develop and execute the global product business strategy in order to maximize revenue and profitability in the Aspen portfolio.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: – Other duties may be assigned and product categories of responsibility changed to meet the needs of the business
- Manages the product lifecycle from inception, concept, design to defining product lifecycle actions such as retiring products and phase in/out
- Oversees the product performance during the customer lifecycle, including profitability
- Drives the development and execution of product roadmaps, requirements and profitability plans integrating inputs from sales, marketing, engineering, sourcing, and other cross-functional stakeholders
- Identifies and sets product line extensions and market expansion opportunities into motion in coordination with engineering and sales leadership
- Coordinates with Corporate Accounts to leverage portfolio for new business opportunities
- Coordinates with Director of M&A to identify portfolio gaps that could be addressed by acquisition. Participates in commercial due diligence activities and acquisition integration as appropriate
- Involved with measuring the effectiveness of the overall product portfolio and programs within the assigned category; helps translate strategic plans into tactical activities with measurable objectives
- Specifies market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by on-going visits to customers and non-customers
- Leads the international product strategy including defining priorities for product registrations and supporting international sales with sales trainings and market intel as needed
- Leads/oversees the development of overarching strategic plan for market launches, sales product training, messaging, and positioning in coordination with marketing communications team
- Prepares and/or oversees the preparation of new product forecasting
- Leverages customer insights from the field to inform product line extension and/or acquisition pipeline for this category. Provides voice of the customer support to engineering and other departments as necessary
- Conducts/oversees regular reviews of product data to ensure that the field force is kept up to date on new developments regarding the companies or competitors’ products
- Provides the sales team with necessary technical expertise to enable them to sell the product
- Provides sales support to National Accounts: bids & tender support, technical sales support, customer meetings for roadmap presentations
- Serves as the internal and external presenter for the products of responsibility, occasionally working with the sales channel and key customers
- Approximately two trips per month making customer visits to obtain product insights or traveling with sales reps to support trails, evaluations, or in-service activities.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
- 5-8 though 8-10 years of professional experience preferred with some combination of consulting, sales, product management, marketing, and/or R&D (preferably with labor & delivery or women’s health products)
- Experience working within a regulated industry or knowledge of ISO13485 preferred
- Technical understanding and skills to transmit market requirements to R&D
- Deep and broad marketing expertise including previous roles in product management
- Knowledge of OR environment and procedures preferred
- Strong communication skills, both written and oral, and ability to facilitate large group meetings to a successful outcome
- Proven ability to influence others, including those globally dispersed, in other functions, and in more senior positions
- Strong multi-tasking ability and comfort with leading initiatives across multiple areas at the same time
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Comfort with ambiguity
- Ability to lead change including Identifying and driving organizational and cultural changes needed to adapt strategically to changing market demands, technology, and internal initiatives; catalyzing new approaches to improve results by transforming organizational culture, systems, or products/services
