Senior Upstream Product Manager, Intracept

Boston Scientific - Osseo, MN

Full-time - Mid Level

Osseo, MN

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Upstream Product Manager at Boston Scientific is responsible for developing and driving key marketing and business objectives for the Neuromodulation Portfolio, particularly focusing on the Interventional Spine franchise. This role involves monitoring competitive activity, identifying customer needs, and collaborating with engineering and clinical teams to create differentiated solutions. The position requires a strong background in marketing highly technical and clinical products, with a focus on franchise management and product development from concept to commercialization.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains a comprehensive competitive intelligence framework to monitor competitors' strategies, products, market activities, and performance in the back pain solutions space.
• Determines clear and specific priorities for the development of new products and product enhancements by defining customer needs and working with other internal functional groups.
• Leads voice-of-customer (VOC) and voice-of-business (VOB) activities for current and proposed investments.
• Formulates recommendations on translating data collected and ardently advocates for customer needs while collaborating on product inputs and clinical benchmarks.
• Constructively garners input and challenges assumptions with Global counterparts to refine product decisions.
• Makes recommendations on product launch cadence leveraging a broad organizational, technical capability and competitive perspective.
• Positively represents the company by visiting accounts and users to solicit feedback on company products and services.
• Consolidates and disseminates a deep understanding of the competitive global interventional spine therapy landscape.
• Contributes to understanding key industry dynamics in formulating technology, clinical and commercial strategies.
• Supports regional training of marketing and sales teams.
• Develops and leverages marketing insights to simplify segmentation, product positioning, message development, channel identification, tool creation, and execution to meet business objectives.
• Collaborates with senior management to contribute to the formulation of both annual and mid-term operating plans with finance team.
• Proposes the allocation of resources to assist in managing products' life cycle from concept through retirement by assessing long-term needs and objectives.
• Supports execution of recommendations.
• Networks with colleagues in other divisions and cross-functional departments to align strategies and opportunities.
• Demonstrates a primary commitment to patient safety and product quality.
• Understands and complies with all regulations governing the quality systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Science, Healthcare/Biomedical fields.
• 5+ years of professional experience in the medical device industry.
• 3+ years in research, engineering or product development roles.
• Experience with market and revenue modeling.
• Ability to collaborate with and influence key stakeholders without direct authority.
• Flexibility to travel up to 20% in support of tradeshows, internal meetings and customer programs as required.

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced degrees, including M.S, PhD or MBA.
• Specific medical device experience in low back pain solutions.
• Outstanding customer service skills, both internal and external to the organization.
• Previous clinical support or trial experience.
• Proven track record of Physician and KOL engagement.
• Single use device and capital product launch experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively to meet deadlines and manage all aspects of product development with a high degree of attention to detail.

Benefits

• Access to the latest tools, information, and training to advance skills and career.
• Support in progressing career ambitions.