Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Olympus Corporation is a global medical technology company focused on advancing medical technologies and elevating patient care. The Senior Director of Product Marketing, Innovation will lead the global endoscopic reprocessing innovation portfolio, defining long-term product vision and ensuring market success while managing a team of Product Managers.
Responsibilities
- Own global portfolio success by translating customer, market, regulatory, and business needs into clear product and development requirements and ensuring effective execution across new product development programs
- Lead and develop a high‑performing Product Management team by setting expectations, conducting performance reviews, providing coaching and recognition, and building talent depth to support current and future portfolio needs
- Build deep market and customer insight through structured market research, direct engagement with healthcare professionals, field visits, and participation in trade fairs and congresses to inform innovation and R&D decisions
- Drive strategic portfolio leadership by monitoring market dynamics, competitive landscapes, and key performance indicators including market size, procedure volumes, reimbursement, pricing, competitive activity, and market share
- Sponsor new product development initiatives by defining customer and business requirements, shaping business cases and revenue forecasts, establishing positioning strategies, and leading the creation of differentiated value propositions
- Collaborate closely with R&D, Innovation, and OEM partners to integrate voice‑of‑customer insights and technical expertise into product decisions that address unmet clinical needs and deliver meaningful differentiation
- Lead cross‑functional product core teams to ensure customer needs, documentation, and program deliverables are completed with quality, clarity, and timeliness across the full development lifecycle
- Partner with global and regional commercialization teams to define strategic marketing plans, enable evidence‑based messaging and training, and ensure revenue, profitability, and market performance align with business case expectations
- Own lifecycle management by guiding product enhancements, change management, and phase‑out decisions informed by market feedback, complaint trends, post‑market surveillance, and competitive analysis
Skills
- University degree with technical and/or economical background (with high technical affinity) or equivalent
- Training in user needs based design
- Additional product marketing qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience
- Seasoned product management and marketing professional
- International experience
- Customer-facing experience
- Proven expert in application or technology field
- Strategic business development
- Fluency in English
- MS Office skills
- Project management in medical device development
- Presentation, moderation and didactic skills
- Strategy development and business planning
- Entrepreneurial skills
- Motivating others
- Managing cultural communication
- Working independently
- Leading cross-functional teams
- Maintaining composure under pressure
- Written communication
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Collaboration
- Creativity
- Critical thinking
- Data driven
- Team player
- Problem solving skills
- Cultural awareness
Benefits
- Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k)* with company match
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage effective on start date
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Free live and on-demand Wellbeing Programs
- Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time
- Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance*
- 12 Paid Holidays
- On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center**
- Work-life integrated culture that supports an employee centric mindset
- Offers onsite, hybrid and field work environments
- Paid volunteering and charitable donation/match programs
- Employee Resource Groups
- Dedicated Training Resources and Learning & Development Programs
- Paid Educational Assistance
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