Global Director, Pipeline Marketing (NPWT)

Andover, MA (Remote)

$158K/yr – $292K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the voice of the customer across global innovation, translating clinical insights into strategic product opportunities and aligning R&D, marketing and operations.

  • Lead customer insight activities and translate varied viewpoints into clear recommendations.
  • Partner with R&D and cross-functional teams to shape future concepts, roadmaps and investment decisions.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • In this highly visible global role, you will become the voice of the customer within the innovation process.
  • You'll develop strong relationships with leading healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders across international markets, creating a deep understanding of clinical needs, treatment challenges and future opportunities.
  • You will lead customer insight activities and translate diverse viewpoints, market dynamics and clinical feedback into clear strategic recommendations.
  • Partnering closely with R&D and cross functional stakeholders, you'll help define future product concepts, target product profiles and innovation roadmaps that support long term business growth.
  • As opportunities move through the development process, you will act as a trusted advisor who brings people together, challenges thinking when required and ensures customer needs remain at the heart of investment and product development decisions.

Requirements

  • - Significant experience within the medical device industry, ideally gained in areas such as upstream marketing, customer insight, product strategy, innovation management, product management, market development or adjacent functions.
  • - Proven ability to engage healthcare professionals, surgeons, clinicians and key opinion leaders to uncover meaningful customer insights and translate those insights into product development opportunities, strategic recommendations and business cases.
  • - Experience working closely with innovation, product development or R&D teams, helping to shape future products by translating customer, market and clinical needs into clear requirements and priorities.
  • - Strong commercial and analytical judgement with the ability to interpret complex information, identify patterns and opportunities, and convert insight into compelling recommendations that influence decision making.
  • - Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to collaborate with and constructively challenge senior leaders whilst building alignment across marketing, commercial, R&D and operational functions.
  • - Experience operating within global or multinational organisations would be advantageous, particularly where customer insight, innovation and product development are closely connected.
  • - Significant experience within the medical device industry, ideally gained in areas such as upstream marketing, customer insight, product strategy, innovation management, product management, market development or adjacent functions.

Preferred

  • Experience operating within global or multinational organisations would be advantageous, particularly where customer insight, innovation and product development are closely connected.

Benefits

  • Your Future: Generous annual bonus and pension Schemes, Save As You Earn share options, and a car allowance.
  • Work/Life Balance: Flexible Vacation and Time Off, Paid Holidays and Paid Volunteering Hours, so we can give back to our communities!
  • Your Wellbeing: Private Health and Dental plans, Healthcare Cash Plans, Income Protection, Life Assurance and much more.
  • Flexibility: Hybrid Working Model (For most professional roles).
  • Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised, Mentorship.
  • Extra Perks: Discounts on Gyms and fitness clubs, Salary Sacrifice Bicycle and Car Schemes and many other Employee discounts.
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Smith+Nephew

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Smith+Nephew is a global medical technology company. We design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. We support healthcare professionals to return their patients to health and mobility, helping them to perform at their fullest potential.From our first employee and founder, T.J. Smith, to our team today, it’s our people who make Smith+Nephew a unique place.Yes, we love to innovate and develop exciting technologies, and we offer competitive salaries and progressive benefits. But it’s our culture - of Care, Collaboration and Courage - that really sets us apart.Through a spirit of ownership and can-do attitude, we work together to win..We’re a company of people who care about each other, about our customers and their patients, and about our communities. Together, we fulfill our shared purpose of Life Unlimited. Please note: not all products referred to may be approved for use or available in all markets.

Watford, England, GBR
19K employees (755 in marketing)
81% recommend to a friend
85% CEO approval

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$158K/yr – $292K/yr

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Global Director, Pipeline Marketing (NPWT)

Smith+Nephew · Andover, MA · Remote