Global Product Manager

Global Product Manager,
Pressure Monitoring Portfolio for our Critical Care Business
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Opportunity Snapshot:
Our Critical Care business represents almost 1/3 of Edwards revenue. This is a mature business which is a highly respected brand with key physician groups globally. As the population ages, demand for Critical Care rises inexorably and this is one of the fastest growing specialties in healthcare. Play a key role in contributing to the transformation of 1/3 of Edwards's business to achieve higher growth and profits.

Our Team at a Glance:
Edwards Lifesciences is a global leader in products and technologies to treat advanced cardiovascular disease, the global leader in acute hemodynamic monitoring and the number-one heart valve company in the world. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Edwards has more than 5,000 employees worldwide, selling medical technologies in more than 100 countries. Edwards Lifesciences leverages its research, design, development and marketing expertise through five main product categories: Heart Valve Therapy, Critical Care, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Therapy, and Percutaneous Heart Valve Interventions.

We leverage our research, design, development, and marketing expertise to produce products that address specific cardiovascular opportunities including heart valve disease, peripheral vascular disease, and critical care technologies. As the market leader in our industry, we are both a highly evolved, well-established company, and a fast-paced entrepreneurial organization with a culture of constant innovation and aggressive growth.

This excerpt from our Credo sums up our culture well: "We will celebrate our successes, thrive on discovery, and continually expand our boundaries. We will act boldly, decisively, and with determination on behalf of people fighting cardiovascular disease.

You're Role at Edwards:
In this position, you will manage the global marketing strategy and tactics for the Pressure Monitoring portfolio within the Critical Care business. Use your operational, marketing & project management skills to increase product line growth, develop new product opportunities, assess and manage the global business line and engage in manufacturing operations.

Additional responsibilities:

Ensure product line profit and growth consistent with corporate objectives
Tactical support to regional marketing partners (e.g., product sales training design, preparation, and implementation)
Identify, develop, implement, and evaluate sales support tools (including the need for marketing studies)
Develop and disseminate educational tools for product utilization
Promote higher-margin, differentiated products
Promote unique attributes and capabilities

Develop new product opportunities
Product line extensions
New product requirements
Unmet customer needs (ensure customer driven design of new products/line extensions)
Opportunities for revenue growth
Execute new product development with a cross-functional team and market launches with regional sales and marketing partners

Assess and manage the global business line
Competitive market analysis
Product positioning and promotion; packaging and pricing
Provide strategic direction for post-market trials
Market communication strategy and tactical direction

Engage in manufacturing operations
Product planning and supply
Manufacturing (including initiatives in manufacturing)
Quality
Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
REQUIREMENTS
Essential Equipment:
Qualified candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of three years related experience; experience in a Critical Care business is preferred. Requires solid organizational skills; strong interpersonal and presentation skills; ability to deal in a multicultural environment and interface with various country organizations. Dynamism, positivism, ability to motivate and convince are all essential.


Keys to Success:

To excel in this role you'll need:
Integrity
Vision
Ability to build strong working relationships in a matrix environment
Strong work ethic
Aggressive, persistent pursuit of goals
Intuitive understanding of business fundamentals
Tools to do the work (e-mail, voice-mail, Microsoft Office applications)

Contact Information:
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