Product Manager

We are currently looking to recruit a key role in our organisation:

Product ManagerThe Product Manager is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Knee product portfolio at Symbios. This role encompasses defining product strategy, driving product development, creating marketing materials, and managing the entire product life cycle.

Working closely with R&D, Marketing, Clinical, Operations, and Sales teams, the Product Manager ensures that products meet market needs, comply with regulatory requirements, and support the company’s growth objectives.

Key responsibilities include

• Collaborate closely with the VP Marketing to defining strategic directions
• Create product strategies
• Create Launch plans
• Get market inputs
• Spend time in the field working with sales managers and understand regions, hospitals and market, differences in each country.
• Evaluation of market feedback and needs from sales teams and orthopedic surgeons.
• Build strong customer relationships with key opinion leaders (KOL)
• Surgeons included in product development
• Surgeons included in SVPProduct development:
• Work with interdisciplinary project teams for the definition and development of new products from product idea to global market launch.
• Go to market support for regulatory affairs department (FDA, MDR,….)
• Label design in collaboration with regulatory affairs
• Product life cycle management
• Phase-in and phase-out of new and existing products
• Training & Education:
• Create and contribute to global training content (internal/external).
• Be specialist during the trainings
• Create marketing materials, including brochures, surgical techniques, instrumentation datasheets, product presentations, demo’s product, banners.
• List of external providers to support creation
• Creations of webpage content
• Yearly Forecasting of marketing materials
• Profile we are looking for:
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field: Business/Marketing, Engineering (Biomedical, mechanical), life sciences or an equivalent combination of technical and business education5+ years’ experience in a similar position in the Medical technology field
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment, with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Good knowledge of WordPressExperienced with setting up Training and Education programs for surgeons and sales is a plus
• Experience in project monitoring and management
• Proactive, autonomous and organized person, ability to adapt to changes and unforeseen events
• Person with excellent interpersonal skills with customers and partners
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (writing quality, spelling and grammar)
• Native French speaker with very good knowledge of English.
• German is a plus