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At MicroPort, we relentlessly strive to master every detail of our medical solutions with the purpose of prolonging and reshaping the lives of patients everywhere. We welcome motivated and talented people who want to join our dynamic and inclusive company, working together to deliver meaningful medical breakthroughs. In order to accomplish this, we hold true to our core values of Quality, Integrity, Accountability, Efficiency, Innovation, Aspiration, Dedication & Collaboration. Come and join Team MicroPort!
Why You’ll Love MicroPort
You will find our team atmosphere challenging and rewarding. In addition to working with a world-class team, receiving a competitive base salary and bonus opportunities, our U.S. employees also enjoy the following benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Maternity Leave, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Bereavement, 401(k) (up to 4% match with vesting from day 1), PTO, Paid Holidays, Employee Assistance Program, Education Assistance...and more! At MicroPort, we care about our employees and encourage them to make healthy lifestyle choices and embrace wellness opportunities to maintain their very best health and wellbeing.
*Hybrid Working Schedule Available*
Overall Summary
The Associate Product Manager’s primary role is to plan, implement, and control all marketing related aspects of applicable products. This includes both long-range strategic planning and short-term tactical execution. The Associate Product Manager is expected to meet or exceed product line budget objectives by collaborating with key internal personnel to bring innovative new products to market, by serving as the market expert in their area of expertise and guiding key internal business processes, and by actively supporting the field sales force.
The Associate Product Manager must be able to prioritize activities and allocate resources for greatest effectiveness.
Your duties will include:
- Develop short term and long-range budgets for area of product responsibility.
- Maintains ongoing awareness of performance to budget and takes corrective action as needed.
- Develops comprehensive plans for bringing major new products to market and actively leads the development effort.
- Analyze product line performance from both a quantitative and qualitative standpoint to determine which products should be iterated, line extended, discontinued, etc.
- Conduct product training for field sales force.
- Based on product line analysis reports, take corrective actions as needed to ensure acceptable profitability.
- Develop positioning strategies for new and existing products.
- Seek out, validate, and define new product concepts.
- Travel required: 30%
Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
About You
We might be a great match if you have:
- A high degree of initiative, interpersonal skills, sense of urgency, and analytical skills are required. he Associate Product Manager is expected to identify customer needs based upon routine field work, prior experiences, input from colleagues, and analysis of market trends and reports. This knowledge must be clearly reflected back into the business to guide key processes and priorities.
- Excellent computer skills
- Excellent presentation skills
YOUR EDUCATION
Required: Bachelor’s Degree business, science, or engineering
Preferred: Master’s Degree strongly preferred
YOUR EXPERIENCE
2 years of successful sales and marketing experience in the medical device industry, with demonstrated progressive levels of accomplishment.