EPT Upstream Marketing Associate Portfolio Planning Manager

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first — developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

1. Portfolio Strategy & Long-term Planning

• Develop China EP therapies portfolio strategies and long-term pipeline plans based on market opportunities, business priorities, and clinical needs.
• Assess portfolio strengths, gaps, and growth opportunities to identify priorities for therapy and product category expansion.
• Define portfolio priorities and resource allocation to guide long-term portfolio development.

2. Global Pipeline Management

• Establish and maintain regular communication with Global Upstream, R&T, and R&D teams to track global product pipelines, emerging technologies, and key development initiatives.
• Represent China market needs and clinical insights in global product planning and R&D decisions.
• Track key product development milestones and launch timelines, identify potential risks and opportunities, and drive efforts to accelerate product launches in China.

3. Global & Local Innovation Tracking

• Establish and maintain an EPT innovation and competitive intelligence tracking system, covering global and local innovators, emerging technologies, product pipelines, and industry developments.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking of leading global medical device companies and emerging innovators, analyzing their product portfolios, technology developments, and market strategies.
• Assess market size, growth potential, competitive dynamics, and entry barriers across key market segments to identify market opportunities, portfolio gaps, and emerging innovation trends, providing strategic insights for portfolio planning.

4. New Product Opportunity Assessment & Business Case Development

• Identify and evaluate new products, emerging technology, and potential partnership opportunities based on market needs, clinical needs, competitive dynamics, and portfolio gaps.
• Conduct preliminary feasibility assessments and develop business cases covering market potential, clinical value, technical feasibility, competitive positioning, and commercial returns.
• Support the evaluation and decision-making of strategic initiatives, including new product introductions, pipeline acceleration, portfolio expansion, local partnerships, and product localization.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree or above.
• 5+ years of experience in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, or medical device industry, including 3+ years in upstream marketing, portfolio management, product management, strategic planning, or related functions.
• Experience in market research, competitive intelligence, new product development, or cross-functional strategic projects.
• Experience in the cardiovascular field is preferred, particularly in cardiac rhythm management, electrophysiology, or related medical device areas.

Core Competencies & Personal Qualities

• Strong English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical capabilities.
• Excellent market research, industry analysis, and competitive intelligence skills.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Proactive, structured, and results-oriented, with strong ownership, adaptability, and problem-solving capabilities.

岗位要求

• 产品组合战略与中长期规划

• 制定中国EPT产品组合战略及中长期管线规划，结合市场机会、业务重点及临床需求，明确产品组合发展方向。
• 评估现有产品组合的优势、缺口及增长机会，识别重点疗法及产品类别的拓展方向。
• 明确产品组合发展重点及资源配置优先级，为中长期产品布局提供战略建议。

• Global管线管理

• 建立并维护与Global Upstream、R&T及R&D团队的常态化沟通机制，跟踪全球产品管线、新技术及重点研发项目进展。
• 结合中国市场需求及临床洞察，推动中国临床需求纳入产品规划及研发决策。
• 跟进重点产品开发及上市进度，识别潜在风险与机会，推动优化产品在华上市节奏。

• 全球及本土创新追踪

• 建立并完善EPT创新疗法及竞争情报追踪体系，持续跟踪全球及本土创新企业、前沿技术、产品管线及行业动态。
• 开展全球头部医疗器械企业及新兴创新企业的竞争对标，分析其产品布局、技术发展及市场策略。
• 评估重点细分领域的市场规模、增长潜力、竞争格局及进入壁垒，识别市场机会、产品组合缺口及潜在创新方向，为产品组合规划提供战略洞察。

• 新产品机会识别与商业可行性评估

• 基于市场需求、临床需求、竞争格局及产品组合缺口，识别并评估新产品、创新技术及潜在合作机会。
• 结合市场潜力、临床价值、技术可行性、竞争定位及商业回报，开展初步可行性分析并制定Business Case。
• 支持新产品引进、管线加速、产品组合拓展、本土合作及本土化等重点战略项目的评估与决策。

经验及学历要求

• 本科及以上学历。
• 硕士或MBA学历优先。

• 5年以上医疗健康、制药或医疗器械行业经验，其中3年以上上游市场营销、产品组合管理、产品管理、战略规划或相关职能经验
• 具备市场研究、情报分析、新产品开发或跨部门战略项目经验
• 具有心血管领域工作经验者优先，熟悉心脏起搏、电生理或相关医疗器械领域者优先

核心能力与个人素质

• 良好的英语听说读写能力
• 较强的战略分析能力

优秀的市场研究、行业分析及竞争情报分析能力

• 优秀的沟通协调及影响力
• 积极主动、逻辑清晰、结果导向，具备较强的责任心、适应能力及解决问题的能力

• Develops a coordinated, long-range product plan that meets customer (payer, physician, consumer) requirements and is technically feasible.
• Assesses customer requirements through feedback from Product Managers, market research, development and execution of customer feedback programs.
• Interfaces with physicians to identify key strategic areas of focus and obtain feedback regarding current and future product plans.
• Participates with product managers and R&D teams to translate customer requirements into meaningful projects/products and negotiates trade-offs necessary to meet technical feasibility and customer requirements.
• Works with engineering teams to translate product descriptions into product specifications.

SPECIALIST CAREER STREAM: Typically an individual contributor with responsibility in a professional discipline or specialty. Delivers and/or manages projects assigned and works with other stakeholders to achieve desired results. May act as a mentor to colleagues or may direct the work of other lower level professionals. The majority of time is spent delivering and overseeing the projects – from design to implementation - while and adhering to policies, using specialized knowledge and skills normally acquired through advanced education.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Recognized expert, managing large projects or processes . Exercises considerable latitude in determining deliverables of assignments, with limited oversight from manager . Coaches, reviews and delegates work to lower level specialists.

Organizational Impact: Contributes to defining the direction for new products, processes, standards, or operational plans based on business strategy with a significant impact on work group results . May manage large projects or processes that span outside of immediate job area.

Innovation and Complexity: Problems and issues faced are difficult, moderately complex and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation . Develops solutions to moderately complex problems, and/or makes moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products independently to enhance performance of job area. Implements solutions to problems.

Communication and Influence: Represents organization as a primary contact for specific projects and initiatives; communicates with internal and external customers and vendors at various levels . May negotiate with others to reach understanding or agreement, and influence decision-making.

Leadership and Talent Management: Typically provides guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area. Typically manages major / moderately complex projects, involving delegation of work and review of work products, at times acting as a team leader.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires mastery of a specialty area and full knowledge of industry practices, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience. May have broad knowledge of project management. Requires a Baccalaureate degree (or for degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree which satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)( 4)(iii)(A) and minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

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