Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Solventum is a new healthcare company focused on innovative solutions that improve lives and support healthcare professionals. The Upstream Marketing Product Manager will drive innovation through market analysis, establish customer insight programs, and ensure cross-functional alignment in product development.
Responsibilities
- Driving front-end innovation and pipeline creation: Identify unmet needs and whitespace opportunities through market analysis, competitive intelligence, and emerging technology scouting
- Establishing a best-in-class Voice of Customer (VoC) capability: Design and execute structured VOC programs (e.g., site visits, KOL engagement, usability studies, and advisory boards)
- Translating customer insights into differentiated product requirements: Develop target product profiles, use cases, and clinical/economic value propositions grounded in validated customer needs; ensure strong linkage between VOC insights and design inputs throughout development
- Leading cross-functional alignment and governance: Partner with R&D, regulatory, clinical, quality, and commercial teams to ensure alignment on priorities, milestones, risk mitigation, and compliance within design control and stage-gate processes
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Marketing, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field and 5 or more years of relevant business experience, ideally including medical device, healthcare technologies, or adjacent regulated industries
- 4 + years in marketing, product management, or strategy roles with increasing scope and responsibility
- Experience leading new product development initiatives in the medical device industry
- Master's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Life Sciences, or related field
- Experience in global product markets (i.e. launching or marketing products in multiple geographies / cross‐border regulatory / reimbursement considerations)
- Prior exposure to highly regulated global environments (e.g. FDA, CE, etc.)
- Proven track record of delivering product launches on time, on budget, with measurable business impact
- Proven track record of successfully launching new products in the medical device segment, from concept through commercialization, with measurable business impact
- Demonstrated success in developing and executing portfolio or business strategy, balancing resource constraints with growth opportunities
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate market, customer, and competitive insights into actionable strategies
- Cross-functional leadership and influence skills, with experience partnering across R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Operations, and Commercial teams to deliver results
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health Savings Accounts
- Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Disability Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits
- Paid Absences
- Retirement Benefits
- Relocation Assistance: May be authorized
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