Product Manager, Acute Therapies
Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.
We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.
Position: Product Manager, Acute Therapies
Type: Permanent
Work Location: Head Office in Victoria Cross, Sydney (Preferable)
Flexibility: Intentionally Hybrid WFH/ Office
Report: Marketing Manager, ANZ
Job Scope: This position is responsible for the portfolio’s strategic direction through market positioning and opportunity assessment; tactical and commercial support, including launch planning and life cycle management; internal team training; account support and development and online education. The product portfolio includes innovative technologies spanning continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) therapy, Sepsis management and digital enablement with cloud-based analytics
Key Responsibilities:
Establish and drive the strategic direction of the Acute Therapies portfolio, in alignment with local requirements, regional and global guidelines.
Manage product life cycle: introduction, discontinuation and in-market product changes.
Review proposed product introductions, conduct market research to determine suitability for local markets.
Develop annual marketing plan in concert with Marketing Manager
Coordinate product launches including market preparation, launch, training activities and metrics.
Manage product positioning and pricing, support contract and tender submission.
Conduct market insight activities to enhance knowledge and understanding of emerging therapies market.
Monitor post market product feedback and provide local SME input to global marketing to help drive innovation.
Build strong relationships with Demand Planning and Supply Planning and actively engage in Sales Inventory and Operations Planning (SI&OP) to develop short-term and long-term product sales forecasts.
Manage Vantive Learning Services for the Acute Therapies portfolio.
Develop marketing and education collateral in collaboration with Global Marketing and Medical Affairs.
Create and manage campaigns and content and deliver through effective channel mix.
Work closely with QA in the product complaint process and support prompt communication to customers where required.
Manage trade show messaging and presence.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in nursing, biomedicine, or a related field (e.g., health sciences) (highly desirable).
Marketing qualifications and/or proven experience in medical device marketing (essential).
3+ years of experience within the medical device industry (highly desirable) AND device interoperability experience (highly desirable).
Proven product launch experience and digital enablement/cloud-based services in the critical care segment.
Demonstrated proficiency in omnichannel strategy execution (including customer journey mapping, and channel transitioning for unified experience).
Creative/design thinking.
Positive, proactive approach to solving complex and/or unusual clinical or technical problems.
Experience within acute therapies is desirable.
Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects.
Ability to interact professionally and effectively with customers, physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals.
Ability to travel up to 30% as needed to collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders.
Key Attributes
Inclusive Leadership – actively listens, empowers and collaborates, leverages diversity, leads effectively without authority
Strategic Thinking - Solid ability to understand market trends, complex financial data, and customer needs to help define advanced planning/positioning strategies that create value/drive growth
Customer Centric – A passion to uncover the Voice of Customer and understand unmet market needs/cost-effective solutions
Therapy and Product Expertise – Strong ability to translate therapeutic goals/practices, along with technical product details, into easy-to-understand messaging via effective channels
Motivated Team Player – Balances collaboration with autonomy, reliably delivers on commitments and contributes to a high-performance culture
Exercises cultural agility across a matrixed environment and builds credible and trusting collaborative relationships with a diverse group of cross-functional team members including technical service, quality, regulatory, supply chain, customer service, transportation, industry partners, and commercial team
Communications - Ability to develop/execute verbal and written communication plans, messaging, and brand campaigns across multiple stakeholders, organization levels and functions
Demonstrates learning agility (incl. AI curiosity and working knowledge of digital Marketing tools)
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