Medtronic
Senior Upstream Product Manager, Nellcor Marketing
Medtronic, Lafayette, Colorado, United States, 80026
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Nov 2025
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
The Acute Care and Monitoring (ACM) operating unit (OU) is committed to excellence in innovation and commercialization to pursue our vision and long-term business growth. The ACM organization is refining its product delivery, innovation, and commercialization approach to enable product leadership across all segments of our product portfolio. This will require enhancing our innovative processes and refining our design and delivery approaches to deliver an integrated, comprehensive portfolio that enables product development excellence across ACM. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable for doing our work. We're working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite in our Lafayette, Colorado office as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. We are seeking a strategic and experienced Senior Upstream Product Manager to drive our portfolio strategy and product innovation for our flagship Nellcor business. This role is responsible for assessing market opportunities, developing new product concepts, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams from ideation through commercialization to ensure that we lead the market with our best‑in‑class technology and market access. Key responsibilities include:
Drive upstream marketing activities, including market research, customer segmentation, and identification of unmet customer needs.
Develop concepts in alignment with portfolio strategy, long‑range planning, and innovation roadmap.
Build and validate business cases for new product opportunities, including market sizing, financial modeling, and competitive analysis.
Partner with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, and downstream marketing to integrate customer insights into product development.
Actively foster a culture of innovation and accountability.
Present portfolio strategies and recommendations to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
Ensure alignment with global and regional marketing teams for successful product launches and lifecycle management.
Flexible for Global travel, approximately 30 – 40 % Must Have:
Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Engineering, or similar; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
Minimum of 7 years of experience in marketing, product management, or strategy, or 5 years of experience with an advanced degree.
Must have upstream marketing experience, including product strategy and portfolio management.
Nice to Have:
10+ years of experience in marketing, product management, or strategy, preferably in the medical device or healthcare industry.
Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and communication skills.
Experience working in a regulated environment (Patient monitoring or other Med Tech experience).
Track record of bringing new products from concept to market.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities and skills. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. For Office Roles: while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile and interact with a computer and peers. Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions and share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Salary ranges for U.S. (excl. PR) locations (USD): $134,400.00 – $201,600.00. This position is eligible for a short‑term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States. Benefits include Health, Dental, vision insurance; Health Savings Account; Flexible Spending Account; Life insurance; Long‑term disability leave; Dependent daycare spending account; Tuition assistance/reimbursement; and a global well‑being program. Additional compensation includes incentive plans, 401(k) plan and match, short‑term disability, paid time off, paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non‑qualified Retirement Plan Supplement, and Capital Accumulation Plan (for VP and above). About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission—to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart—putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves, and solves. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here. It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, genetic information, marital status, public assistance status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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The Acute Care and Monitoring (ACM) operating unit (OU) is committed to excellence in innovation and commercialization to pursue our vision and long-term business growth. The ACM organization is refining its product delivery, innovation, and commercialization approach to enable product leadership across all segments of our product portfolio. This will require enhancing our innovative processes and refining our design and delivery approaches to deliver an integrated, comprehensive portfolio that enables product development excellence across ACM. At Medtronic, we bring bold ideas forward with speed and decisiveness to put patients first in everything we do. In-person exchanges are invaluable for doing our work. We're working a minimum of 4 days a week onsite in our Lafayette, Colorado office as part of our commitment to fostering a culture of professional growth and cross-functional collaboration as we work together to engineer the extraordinary. We are seeking a strategic and experienced Senior Upstream Product Manager to drive our portfolio strategy and product innovation for our flagship Nellcor business. This role is responsible for assessing market opportunities, developing new product concepts, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams from ideation through commercialization to ensure that we lead the market with our best‑in‑class technology and market access. Key responsibilities include:
Drive upstream marketing activities, including market research, customer segmentation, and identification of unmet customer needs.
Develop concepts in alignment with portfolio strategy, long‑range planning, and innovation roadmap.
Build and validate business cases for new product opportunities, including market sizing, financial modeling, and competitive analysis.
Partner with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, and downstream marketing to integrate customer insights into product development.
Actively foster a culture of innovation and accountability.
Present portfolio strategies and recommendations to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
Ensure alignment with global and regional marketing teams for successful product launches and lifecycle management.
Flexible for Global travel, approximately 30 – 40 % Must Have:
Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Engineering, or similar; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
Minimum of 7 years of experience in marketing, product management, or strategy, or 5 years of experience with an advanced degree.
Must have upstream marketing experience, including product strategy and portfolio management.
Nice to Have:
10+ years of experience in marketing, product management, or strategy, preferably in the medical device or healthcare industry.
Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and communication skills.
Experience working in a regulated environment (Patient monitoring or other Med Tech experience).
Track record of bringing new products from concept to market.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities and skills. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. For Office Roles: while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile and interact with a computer and peers. Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions and share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. Salary ranges for U.S. (excl. PR) locations (USD): $134,400.00 – $201,600.00. This position is eligible for a short‑term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP). The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States. Benefits include Health, Dental, vision insurance; Health Savings Account; Flexible Spending Account; Life insurance; Long‑term disability leave; Dependent daycare spending account; Tuition assistance/reimbursement; and a global well‑being program. Additional compensation includes incentive plans, 401(k) plan and match, short‑term disability, paid time off, paid holidays, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee Assistance Program, Non‑qualified Retirement Plan Supplement, and Capital Accumulation Plan (for VP and above). About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission—to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life—unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart—putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab to the factory floor to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves, and solves. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here. It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, genetic information, marital status, public assistance status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
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