Senior Product Specialist

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the LifeThe Senior Product Specialist will be responsible for managing the Diabetes product line to ensure the success and implementation of the Business Unit's strategies, building a vision and direction for this innovative line and related services. Among this professional's responsibilities, a key highlight is his/her sales-driven mindset, being responsible for working collaboratively with other departments to promote our product, increase market share, and engage with the pharmacy channel. The role is dynamic and requires availability for frequent travel, with an expectation of at least 30% travel time, covering national scope and possibly international trips.

This position is an exciting opportunity to work with Medtronic's Diabetes business. Medtronic has announced its intention to separate the Diabetes division to promote future growth and innovation within the business and reallocate investments and resources across Medtronic, subject to applicable information and consultation requirements. This separation provides our team with a bold opportunity to unleash our potential, enabling us to operate with greater speed and agility. As a separate entity, we anticipate leveraging increased investments to drive meaningful innovation and enhance our impact on patient care.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned: 

• Formulate and review short- and long-term corporate plans, goals, and objectives for the portfolio, including product launches and trade marketing
• Manage the product lifecycle, creating strategies that ensure portfolio sustainability, profitability, and market share growth
• Monitor the market and competitors, conducting research to identify trends in consumer and stakeholder behavior
• Support the development and launch of new products, providing market insights, customer needs, and go-to-market strategies
• Actively manage the pharmacy channel initiatives to increase product penetration in the retail pharmacy sector
• Design and execute programs to develop and engage physicians and healthcare professionals, including training, scientific events, and relationship-building initiatives to promote the adoption of Medtronic therapies
• Oversee product inventory management, monitoring stock levels and collaborating with logistics and supply chain teams to ensure proper supply and prevent stock-outs
• Partner with other departments—such as Sales, Trade, Clinical, Market Access, Finance, Logistics, Bids and Tenders and others—to ensure the execution of strategic planning

Required Experience and Knowledge:

• Bachelor's degree in related fields (Marketing, Business Administration, Communications, etc.).
• Minimum 2 years of experience in trade marketing.
• Valid category B driver's license.
• Availability for travel (approximately 30% of the time, both domestic and international).
• Advanced English.
• Advanced Spanish.

Previous experience at medical device companies for Diabetes are considered important differentiators.

We Offer

Medtronic is recognized by the Great Place to Work (GPTW) and, in 2022, reached tenth place in the ranking of best companies to work for in the industry and services category. This recognition reinforces our ongoing commitment to the well-being of our employees. Our benefits are carefully designed to promote quality of life, and this is why we work with the best suppliers on the market. Find out more about what we offer in our benefits package:

Private Pension Plan, Transport voucher, reimbursement for charter or parking, Flexible meal voucher, medical assistance and Dental assistance (for you and your legal dependents (spouses, children and stepchildren), Life insurance, Gympass, childcare assistance, pharmacy discount, ESPP (discounted share purchase program), educational subsidy + idiom program.

Wellness programs:

- Birthday Day Off

- Maternity leave 6 months + Paternity leave 20 days

- Paid Family Leave Program of up to 6 weeks.

- Work 4 weeks from anywhere.

NOTE: OPTION of transportation + hybrid work will not be available for positions in the clinical and sales areas, as well as for positions that do not have working time control.

Our Commitment

Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued for who they are and the life experiences they contribute. We know equity starts beyond our workplace, and we must play a role in addressing systemic inequities in our communities if we hope to have long-term sustainable impact. Anchored in our Mission, we continue to drive ID&E forward both to enhance the well-being of Medtronic employees and to accelerate innovation that brings our lifesaving technologies to more people in more places around the world.

About Medtronic

Bold thinking. Bolder actions. We are Medtronic.

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. Powered by our diverse knowledge, insatiable curiosity, and desire to help all those who need it, we deliver innovative technologies that transform the lives of two people every second, every hour, every day. Expect more from us as we empower insight-driven care, experiences that put people first, and better outcomes for our world.

In everything we do, we are engineering the extraordinary.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here  
 

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