Marketing Product Specialist

**Careers that Change Lives**
Bring your talents to an innovative medical technology and healthcare solutions leader. We deliver with the training, mentorship, and guidance to build your future success.

The role of marketing has never been more central to the growth for Medtronic. We value marketers with strong Customer and market insights, which are foundational to our ability to respond to customer needs. Value proposition, content, and messaging expertise are critical to drive customer engagement and acceptance. Broadening the perception of what Medtronic can deliver is vital to the growth of our new technologies and services. We strive for an integrated, seamless experience to meet our customer expectations and demands.

The Product Manager is responsible for the overall downstream product management and operational marketing activities of the whole Critical Care portfolio including the planning, coordination and execution of the marketing and sales support programs. The Product Manager also serves as a liaison between the Sales Force, the business unit leadership team, the Strategic Marketing team and Sales & Marketing Operations in the following areas: sales support activities, portfolio management and inventory management.

The role can be located anywhere in Canada

**A day in the life.**
- _Analyses inventory levels and produces appropriate reports for sales team. _
- _Formulates and reviews corporate short and long-range plans, goals, and objectives for specific product or product line. _
- _Determines the profitability and viability of new products or product enhancements. _
- _Works with other functions to improve operational efficiency of business sector. _
- _Responsible for reporting complaints and Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) _
- Executes short-term tactical marketing initiatives
- Supports field activities such as product upgrades, product evaluations and customer conversions
- Serves as contracts, tenders and RFP activities marketing representative

**Must haves.**
- _Bachelor’s degree, or Advanced degree _
- _Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, with bachelor’s degree or; _
- _No minimum years of relevant experience, with advanced degree _
- Accountable for results
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Ability to work very well independently and participate as a key member of a team
- Ability to interact and cope with multiple stakeholders
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong analytical skills and Microsoft Excel knowledge

**Nice to have.**
- MBA
- Bachelor's degree in marketing, business administration or health science
- 3 years + medical device experience in sales or marketing
- Bilingual (French and English) an asset

**Physical Job Requirements**

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers.

**About Medtronic**:
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.

We seek out and hire a diverse workforce at every level: We need fresh ideas and inclusive insights to continue to be an innovative industry leader — that’s why we make it a point to seek out, attract and develop employees who are patient-centric, passionate, and who represent the same wide variety of life experiences as our patients.