At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.
As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.
What You Can Expect
The Product Manager – Total Ankle is responsible for driving the marketing activities for the assigned products. This position will also have substantial ownership for various ankle replacement solutions currently in development or planned for future development. This is an individual contributor role.
How You'll Create Impact
Lead global product launch planning, including business objectives, product positioning, and key selling messages (including economic messages).
Develop and implement strategic and annual marketing plans to include short term, mid-term, and long-term goals and objectives for the respective product family. This includes situational analysis of products, revenue forecasts, competitive analysis, and identification of key opportunities and threats.
Lead field marketing efforts tied directly to product goals assigned by Director of Total Ankle
Data gathering on company customers as to how they buy and their buying criteria; be the expert on the competition and how to ethically and professionally win their business from them.
Work as a member of cross functional team including development engineering, quality and process engineering, clinical studies, and marketing from initiation to launch and downstream promotion of the product.
Point of contact for trade shows, conferences and/or courses.
Coordinate with internal and external resources as required to execute product promotional efforts, live surgeries, workshops or other activities associated with the event
Develop and maintain all marketing collateral materials, including but not limited to, surgical techniques and brochures, sales training materials, physician training materials, video production, product samples and demos, etc.
Develop product marketing bulletins on new and current products. Provide regular communication to sales team on market released products. Communicate the value proposition of the products to the sales team and develop the sales tools to support the selling process of products.
Travel to meet with and educate customers and sales team, attend and coordinate trade show presence for associated products, attend training programs, coordinate surgeon meetings, and other related travel as determined by the company.
Prepare long range, annual, quarterly, and monthly forecasts for each assigned product line. Analyze forecast variances and recommend corrective actions.
Answer technical calls regarding Paragon 28’s products, both during and outside of regular business hours.
Other duties as assigned
Your Background
BA/BS in marketing, biology, business administration, or related field required plus 4+ years of experience in a sales or classical marketing function; may consider commensurate combination of education and experience
Must have advanced understanding and experience in assigned products as a sales representative or marketing specialists
Demonstrated proficiency in the development and execution of marketing and launch plans
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Must be willing to work out of corporate headquarters in Englewood, Colorado
Ability to manage multiple projects and work cross functionally with limited supervision
Excellent planning, organization and analytical skills
Demonstrated clinical and technical aptitude
Demonstrated experience in building strong partnerships between cross functional teams such as sales, marketing, clinical, R&D, operations and/or other key functional stakeholders to deliver business objectives
High paced growth environment-need to be comfortable managing many different roles within the organization
Fluent in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Travel Expectations
30-40% overnight travel required
Compensation Data
Salary Range: $125,000 - $135,000 USD annually. Eligible for discretionary bonus based on established metrics.
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability