Director, Marketing (Interbody)

SeaSpine is uniquely transforming Spinal Surgery with safe, fast, real-time solutions that give surgeons and hospital partners the confidence to deliver better outcomes to improve patient lives-NOW. If you are interested in being a part of our amazing journey and a member of the Marketing Team. Please read on!

The Director of Marketing is responsible for managing the marketing of the specified product franchises. This position is accountable for establishing a long-term global product strategy, developing and executing corresponding annual strategic commercialization plans, planning and coordinating the launch of new products and achieving revenue targets.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead and develop a highly motivated product marketing team to achieve business goals
• Direct a cross-functional operating team responsible for the commercial success of the business. This involves development of strategies, resolution of complex business issues and conflicts, maintenance of a viable product pipeline, and identification of new technologies and development of innovative service offerings
• Identify market problems, quantify opportunities, and create product and service strategies that achieve company revenue and profitability objectives
• Translate market problems into market requirements to be used as a roadmap during the product development process
• Ensure products meet market needs via management of rigorous pre-clinical and clinical validation activities
• Manage upstream marketing activities for franchise such as ongoing assessment of new ideas, market research, marketing plan/buying process, product positioning and segmentation, pricing strategy, and financial valuations
• Direct the development and successful execution of the tactical marketing plan for existing and new commercial products/programs for the market segment, including: pricing, promotional strategy, advertising, KOL relationships and interactions, trade show exhibitions, and other marketing related activities such as use of the web and sales training.
• Drive development of global commercialization & launch plans for selling fixation Interbody products to achieve revenue targets
• Define sales training and medical education requirements for the successful sale and adoption of fixation Interbody products
• Facilitate ongoing customer feedback mechanisms and use the information to make continuous improvements (e.g. regional input, global customer advisory groups).

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, engineering or related discipline -MBA preferred
• Minimum of 7 years of product marketing experience in the medical device industry
• Proven ability to lead and/or mentor product marketing colleagues
• Direct marketing responsibility for a complex product portfolio
• Executed comprehensive global marketing plans in concert with multiple commercial stakeholders
• Implemented strategic marketing plans for a business segment that have achieved financial goals
• Track record of successfully leading product commercialization from new idea to market release
• Experience getting first-hand customer information and using it for improvements (e.g. KOLs, market research, VOC)
• Performed quantitative analysis to guide global/regional performance and decision making
• Ability to travel 30% of time
• Spine experience strongly preferred
• Medical device sales experience a plus
• Experience working with a best in class repeatable marketing methodology is a plus

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