New Product Planning Manager - Cardiac Solutions

CMS

At ZOLL, we're passionate about improving patient outcomes and helping save lives. We provide innovative technologies that make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Our medical devices, software and related services are used worldwide to diagnose and treat patients suffering from serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions.

ZOLL Cardiac Management Solutions offers a unique portfolio of novel technologies designed to deliver better insights and better outcomes. On any given day, clinicians utilize these ZOLL products for tens of thousands of cardiac patients around the world:

• LifeVest, the world's first wearable defibrillator, has been trusted to protect more than 1M patients at risk of sudden cardiac death.
• HFMS (Heart Failure Management system) is a non-invasive, patch-based device that monitors pulmonary fluid levels and has been shown to reduce heart failure readmissions rates by 38 percent.
• TherOx Super Saturated Oxygen (SSO2) Therapy is the first FDA-approved therapy since the stent 20+ years ago to reduce infarct size in patients with the most severe heart attacks.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. At ZOLL, your work will help to ensure cardiac patients get the life-saving therapy they need.

ZOLL has been Pittsburgh's Manufacturer of the Year, one of Western PA's Healthiest Employers, and even one of Pittsburgh's Coolest Offices. But it's our unique opportunity to impact people's lives that makes ZOLL the ideal place to build your career.

Job Summary

The New Product Planning Manager for Cardiac Solutions LifeVest Product portfolio is a critical role that will lead the creation of breakthrough strategies to solve complex patient and clinician problems in the diagnoses and treatment of heart disease. The position will also be focused on identifying, specifying, and implementing integrated solutions to support the strategy. This is a highly strategic role that is essential to the short and long-term success of ZOLL Cardiac Management Solutions.

Essential Functions

• Support and execute global strategies and tactics to drive continued adoption of LifeVest offerings as standard of care, meeting or exceed the revenue plan and profit objectives, through close partnership with the R&D team, regulatory team, product marketing team, medical and clinical affairs team, monitoring center (IDTF) team, and reimbursement team.
• Partner with New Product Planning manager to define, launch, and build profitable solutions that transform the ZOLL LifeVest product portfolio.
• Lead and perform comprehensive market research patients and clinicians who are part of cardiac care workflows.
• Generate compelling market insights based on research, data, and other acquired inputs.
• Co-Develop short and long-term strategies based on derived insights, business objectives, and other identified patient, clinical, and technology trends.
• Work closely with new product development, regulatory, clinical, marketing, and external partners to develop and commercialize solutions.
• Create key marketing requirement documents to enable successful development
• Develop business requirements for new product and enhancements to existing products; work with R&D on functional specifications and feature/function prioritization
• Develop business cases for new products and solutions for consideration in the portfolio planning process
• Obtain global customer requirements via market research activities, market analysis, and on-going communication with global marketing and sales

Required/Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in business or engineering related discipline required and
• MBA preferred
• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in new product planning, product management, or strategy
  required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Cardiology new product planning experience preferred
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, and strong business acumen required
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, and well-honed interpersonal and leadership skills are required.
• Independent thinking and a high level of initiative and the ability to interact well with patients, physicians, customers, and key opinion leaders are essential.
• Demonstrated knowledge of new product planning and strategic planning processes required.
• Must be an effective leader in a matrixed environment.
• Demonstrated leadership in product development (taking solutions from conception to release), product management, and project management, required.
• Working knowledge of wireless communication technologies, clinical systems and their application in the healthcare environment, preferred.
• Ability to interpret and convey clinical data required.
• Approximately 30% travel required.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Working Conditions

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• It is anticipated that this will be a hybrid work environment with an in office requirement in Pittsburgh and remote/work from home components. The distribution of this work location will be dependent on the needs at the time and will need to remain flexible. Employee is expected to work collaboratively with team members, as well as able to work independently with limited supervision. Work will require significant computer and telephone work. Overnight travel is expected approximately 30% of the time and may involve international as well as domestic travel. Travel may be by airplane, automobile and/or train.

ZOLL is a fast-growing company that operates in more than 140 countries around the world. Our employees are inspired by a commitment to make a difference in patients' lives, and our culture values innovation, self-motivation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Join us in our efforts to improve outcomes for underserved patients suffering from critical cardiopulmonary conditions and help save more lives.

The annual salary for this position is:

$130,000.00 to $145,000.00

This position is eligible for an annual bonus in accordance with the company's bonus plan. Factors which may affect starting salary include geography, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate. Details of ZOLL's comprehensive benefits plans can be found at www.zollbenefits.com.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until this position is filled. For fully remote positions, compensation will comply with all applicable federal, state, and local wage laws, including minimum wage requirements, based on the employee’s primary work location.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

ADA: The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.