With a passion for life

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers – and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.

Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

Hybrid role, two days a week in OH.

Job Overview

The purpose of the role is to define (in cross functional partnership with other product areas as appropriate), communicate and execute the long-term vision and strategy for ACT Digital Solutions product portfolio, ensuring alignment with ACT goals and objectives as well as with product area priorities

Job Responsibilities And Essential Duties

Strategic leadership

Define and communicate the long-term vision and strategy for ACT Digital Solutions’ product portfolio, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and objectives
Drive enterprise-level oversight of product strategy to deliver Valuable, Usable, Feasible, and Viable solutions across the business.
Champion innovation and customer-centricity while balancing regulatory, compliance, clinical, technical, and financial requirements.
Develop and update long-term strategic plan annually. Partner with cross-functional partners to develop the product strategy road map, develop global brand marketing and product launch programs, and support regional market introduction or expansion programs, as needed.
Monitor product pricing and costs; recommend opportunities that optimize market dynamics

Product management excellence

Lead, mentor, and scale the global product management function across three sites (US, Sweden, Germany) to cultivate a culture of accountability and outcome-driven product development.
Embed the accountability principle for product managers at all levels: delivering products that delight customers while meeting business objectives (lives saved, market share growth, financial outcomes).
Ensure every product delivered is:
Valuable: solves real customer problems.
Usable: intuitive and human-centered in design.
Feasible: technologically achievable within customer’s and Getinge’s capabilities.
Viable: compliant with regulatory, legal, and financial standards.
Provide technical input for customer communications related to products, including promotions, complaints, and/or field actions in partnership with R&D.
Monitor and update organization on market trends and upcoming publications or presentations related to portfolio products or business area.
Interact with internal and external customers and clinical affairs to develop and maintain KOL relationships, attend conferences/conventions and professional medical education events and participate in field travel to support portfolio activities and monitor accurate product positioning and promotion.

Business & Market impact

Own the roadmaps for digital products in for ACT (Acute Heart and Lung segment)
Ensure that the ACT Digital Solutions’ product portfolio is set up to become impactful (as measured in number of lives saved), profitable and financially sustainable, as well as aligned with the overall division goals and P&L
Partner with cross-functional leaders (engineering, clinical, regulatory, finance, sales, and marketing) to drive organizational alignment and capture potential synergies between ACT Digital Solutions and other ACT products (e.g., ventilation, mechanical support, extracorporeal life support)
Anticipate market trends and customer needs to ensure competitive differentiation and global growth
Represent marketing on cross-functional product development teams. Provide market requirement specifications by integrating voice of customer, competitive intelligence, and an understanding of best practices for the specialty to define market needs and product requirements
Manage products within portfolio to maximize gross profitability, launch products and plan/predict product life cycle events.

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

Exceptional Leadership: Proven ability to inspire, develop, and lead diverse teams across geographies and in cross-functional settings
Visionary Influence: Strong organizational presence with the ability to set direction and gain alignment at the executive level
Customer-Centric Innovator: Demonstrated track record of championing innovation while ensuring products are customer-driven and market-relevant; proactive mindset – striving to incorporate customer needs in everything we do
Deep knowledge of healthcare IT, regulatory frameworks, cybersecurity requirements and clinical workflows across the intensive care unit and the operating room
Strong financial and business acumen, with robust understanding of P&L for product portfolios
Hands-on experience from developing, selling and/or deploying healthcare IT products in a US hospital context is a strong advantage
Experience developing product-level strategic plans and executing upon them; consistently going above and beyond role and expectations to exceed business goals.
Product launch experience desired.

Personal Qualities

The Global Head of Product Management personifies the Getinge values of being a forward thinker, game changer and team player
The candidate is reliable in all situations and operates with the highest levels of professionalism in customer facing- as well as internal contexts

The candidate is a strong communicator, fully fluent in business English, and takes pride in operating in a transparent manner

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business or science (MBA preferred)
5+ years of experience in a regional or global product management or marketing role in the healthcare, medical device, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industries.
English language fluency is required.
Experience developing and launching medical devices in both U.S. and global markets
Experience working in global environment preferred

Quality Requirements

Build Quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements.

Ensure compliance to all FDA and Worldwide Quality & Compliance regulations (As applicable to the job function).
Must have the education and experience to understand and comply with U.S. and Worldwide medical device regulations (As applicable to your job function).
Attend all required Quality & Compliance training at the specified interval.
Adopt the “Beyond Compliance Quality Culture” in the work environment; always meet and exceed requirements.
Build Quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all relevant quality requirements; liaising closely with R&D to ensure that requirements are met – with particular emphasis on cybersecurity and data privacy

Environmental/Safety/Physical Work Conditions

Hybrid office environment with a minimum of two days a week on site in Ohio on average.
Ensures environmental consciousness and safe practices are exhibited in decisions.
Use of computer and telephone equipment and other related office accessories/devices to complete assignments.
May work extended hours during peak business cycles.
Standing and sitting for long periods of time during presentations or travel.
The role requires domestic or international travel not in excess of 30-50% of time.

The physical demands described here are a representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervision/Management Of Others

The Global Head of Product Management ACT Digital Solutions will supervise and be the line manager for the product management function within ACT Digital Solutions. Direct line management of 5-10 team members, some of which are leaders with teams reporting into them

Internal And External Contacts/Relationships

The Global Head of Product Management will have direct contacts with customers in the US and globally, ensuring that customer and patient needs are at the center of what we do
The Global Head of Product Management will also have direct contacts with thought leaders in the field; including organizing e.g. advisory boards, academic collaborations etc.
The Global Head of Product Management will be instrumental to business partnerships, in the technology domain as well as in clinical settings

Key internal contacts include product management functions across other product areas in ACT and Getinge, as well as with marketing & sales, R&D- and regulatory functions

Annual Salary of 190K to 229K with 30% STIP

About Us 

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.  

Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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