Product Manager

About OSSIO

Ossio is an orthopedic medical device company founded in Israel in 2014 with the vision to completely transform the orthopedic experience for physicians, patients, and payors. Ossio’s mission is to replace metal implants as the standard of care in the $10B+ orthopedic fixation market (screws, pins, plates) with an intelligent bone regeneration technology. OSSIOfiber represents a breakthrough material platform for orthopedic and podiatric surgeons who seek a more biologically friendly way to restore mobility with nothing permanent left behind. Our products have the mechanical strength needed for easy insertion and secure fixation while enabling the body to regrow bone, completely incorporating and replacing the implant without the adverse inflammation and weakness often seen in “bio-resorbables”.

Team Dynamics:

The candidate will join a team of marketing professionals that work in both remote and in-office settings.  OSSIO has a small business mindset with tons of energy due to ambitious growth targets. We focus on customer-centric initiatives and high impact projects that are aligned to our business priorities. A successful candidate can thrive in an environment with both direction and some ambiguity. This individual will report to the Director of Marketing and Medical Education.

Job Description:

The Product Manager’s primary role is to plan, implement, and control all marketing related aspects of assigned products. This includes both upstream project planning and downstream tactical execution. The ability to collaboratively develop and manage timelines and milestones is a prerequisite. The Product Manager is expected to meet or exceed product line budget objectives by collaborating with R&D to bring innovative new products to market, by serving as the market expert in their segment and actively supporting the field sales force. The Product This position is directly responsible for management and achievement of budgets, forecasts, training plans, and strategic scope of product offering. This position influences manufacturing operations as well as research and development priorities and projects. The Product Manager must be able to prioritize activities and allocate resources for greatest effectiveness. Experience conceptualizing, developing and launching medical device utilizing a diverse design team is desired.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Help to uncover unmet needs by participating in various methods of surgeon feedback
• Travel with field-based teams to see opportunities and challenges
• Assist in coordination and setup of cadaveric labs related to product development
• Help prepare and present the marketing VOC inputs for a given project
• Ensure the development team(s) are continuously striving to meet the voice of the customer by being the marketing representative on various projects
• Assist in high-level forecasting for a given project(s)
• Develop product launch strategies and detailed plans to drive product penetration, brand awareness, an enthusiastic loyal customer following, and high stakeholder satisfaction
• Define, implement and conduct product materials & training for HCPs and Field Sales Force
• Research pricing of similar category product lines to help develop internal pricing strategies
• Maintain product dashboards and use sales analytics to monitor execution and adjust plans when appropriate
• Manage and track to assigned budgets
• Be present at society meetings as the tradeshow booth resident expert to gather leads

Candidate requirements:

• Education: A four-year bachelor’s degree, with strong science, marketing, and/or sales background. Either an MBA or successful commercial experience is desired.
• Experience: Orthopedic medical device experience (Sports Medicine experience preferred).
• Technical: Must be comfortable with medical device concepts and terminology. Working knowledge of the technical aspects of device(s) in the medical field.
• Selling and Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and interpersonal skills, presentations, and promotional/technical writing. Must be able to communicate & listen effectively to key opinion leading surgeons and salespeople. Experience presenting to senior leadership or a group
• Financial: Demonstrated ability to estimate markets and forecast potential sales/market share for medical device and instrumentation. Expertise in XLS and financial modeling required.
• Other: Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects. Enjoys and works well with a cross-functional team environment. Self starter. Experience in a cadaveric lab setting. Be accepting with the occasional assigned task outside normal job functions. Ability to work in a high energy, small start-up environment

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