Upstream Marketing Director, Assurance

Upstream Marketing Director, Assurance & Monitoring Solutions – Remote Join Solventum, the new company born from 3M Healthcare's spin‑off. We enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a Marketing Director – Upstream, you’ll partner with leading minds in healthcare to develop innovative solutions that integrate technology, compassion, and empathy. Job Description The role focuses on building and leading portfolio strategy, guiding new product development, overseeing M&A evaluations, and delivering cross‑functional alignment. The Impact You’ll Make Build and lead portfolio strategy for your area, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs. Identify organic and inorganic growth opportunities, prioritize them in alignment with strategic goals. Conduct in‑depth market assessments, customer and competitive analyses to evaluate opportunities before allocating resources to new product development projects. Lead evaluation of M&A targets to assess strategic, customer and business alignment. Manage and develop a team of upstream product managers to execute projects, ensuring new products meet unmet customer needs and align with the portfolio strategy. How You Will Make An Impact Partner cross‑functionally with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Finance and downstream marketing to align portfolio and NPD projects with business goals and deliver value. Bring an external perspective by cultivating deep customer, market and competitive insights to guide investment decisions and portfolio priorities in connection with the business and portfolio strategy. Your Skills and Expertise Demonstrated success in developing and executing portfolio or business strategy, balancing resource constraints and opportunity. Proven track record of successfully launching new products in the medical device segment, from concept through commercialization, with measurable business impact. 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. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or higher in Marketing, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences or related field and at least 10 years of relevant business experience, ideally in medical device, healthcare technologies or adjacent regulated industries. 7+ years in marketing, product management or strategy roles with increasing scope and responsibility. 5+ years of experience leading new product development initiatives in the medical device industry, taking projects from concept through launch. 3+ years managing direct reports, including mentoring or developing product or upstream marketing talent. Additional Qualifications Master’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Life Sciences or related field. Experience in global product markets (e.g., launching or marketing products in multiple geographies with cross‑border regulatory and reimbursement considerations). Prior exposure to highly regulated global environments (e.g., FDA, CE). Proven track record of delivering product launches on time, on budget, with measurable business impact. Location and Travel Work location: RemoteTravel: May include up to 35% domestic and international travelRelocation assistance: May be authorizedLegal authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for an employment visa status (e.g., H1B). Supporting Your Well‑Being Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life—physically and financially. We benchmark compensation and benefits with comparable companies. Equal Employment Opportunity A 3M não discriminará nenhum candidato baseado em sua raça, cor, idade, religião, gênero, orientação sexual, identidade ou expressão de gênero, nacionalidade ou deficiência. Solventum is an Equal Opportunity Employer; race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, and other protected categories are not a basis for employment decisions. Additional Information Contact and application: Job applications must be submitted through Solventum’s official careers site. All email communications regarding job opportunities will come from an @solventum.com domain. Please verify domains to avoid fraudulent postings. #J-18808-Ljbffr