[Remote] Senior Director, Product Marketing, Innovation, Infection Prevention, Global
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Olympus Corporation is a global medical technology company that has been enhancing people's lives for over 100 years. The Senior Director of Product Marketing, Innovation will lead the global endoscopic reprocessing innovation portfolio, shaping the product vision and ensuring solutions meet clinical and regulatory standards while achieving commercial success.
Responsibilities
- Own global portfolio success by translating customer, market, regulatory, and business needs into clear product and development requirements and ensuring effective execution across new product development programs
- Lead and develop a high‑performing Product Management team by setting expectations, conducting performance reviews, providing coaching and recognition, and building talent depth to support current and future portfolio needs
- Build deep market and customer insight through structured market research, direct engagement with healthcare professionals, field visits, and participation in trade fairs and congresses to inform innovation and R&D decisions
- Drive strategic portfolio leadership by monitoring market dynamics, competitive landscapes, and key performance indicators including market size, procedure volumes, reimbursement, pricing, competitive activity, and market share
- Sponsor new product development initiatives by defining customer and business requirements, shaping business cases and revenue forecasts, establishing positioning strategies, and leading the creation of differentiated value propositions
- Collaborate closely with R&D, Innovation, and OEM partners to integrate voice‑of‑customer insights and technical expertise into product decisions that address unmet clinical needs and deliver meaningful differentiation
- Lead cross‑functional product core teams to ensure customer needs, documentation, and program deliverables are completed with quality, clarity, and timeliness across the full development lifecycle
- Partner with global and regional commercialization teams to define strategic marketing plans, enable evidence‑based messaging and training, and ensure revenue, profitability, and market performance align with business case expectations
- Own lifecycle management by guiding product enhancements, change management, and phase‑out decisions informed by market feedback, complaint trends, post‑market surveillance, and competitive analysis
Skills
- University degree with technical and/or economical background (with high technical affinity) or equivalent
- Training in user needs based design
- Additional product marketing qualifications
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience
- Seasoned product management and marketing professional
- International experience
- Customer-facing experience
- Proven expert in application or technology field
- Strategic business development
- Fluency in English
- MS Office skills
- Project management in medical device development
- Presentation, moderation and didactic skills
- Strategy development and business planning
- Entrepreneurial skills
- Motivating others
- Managing cultural communication
- Working independently
- Leading cross-functional teams
- Maintaining composure under pressure
- Written communication
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Collaboration
- Creativity
- Critical thinking
- Data driven
- Team player
- Problem solving skills
- Cultural awareness
Benefits
- Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k) with company match
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage effective on start date
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Free live and on-demand Wellbeing Programs
- Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time
- Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
- 12 Paid Holidays
- On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center
- Work-life integrated culture that supports an employee centric mindset
- Offers onsite, hybrid and field work environments
- Paid volunteering and charitable donation/match programs
- Employee Resource Groups
- Dedicated Training Resources and Learning & Development Programs
- Paid Educational Assistance
- US Only
- Center Valley, PA and Westborough, MA
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