Director, Global Strategy Planning, Strategic Marketing, GI-ET
Location
United States
Posted
12 days ago
Salary
$141K - $212K / year
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Working Location: NATIONWIDE; MASSACHUSETTS, WESTBOROUGH
Workplace Flexibility: Remote
For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling.
Every day, we live by our philosophy, True to Life, by advancing medical technologies and elevating the standard of patient care so people everywhere can fulfill their desires, dreams, and lives.
Our five Core Values empower us to achieve Our Purpose:
Patient Focus, Integrity, Innovation, Impact and Empathy.
Learn more about Life at Olympus: https://www.olympusamerica.com/careers.
Job Description
The Director of Strategy Planning, Strategic Marketing is a key member of the global business segment leadership team.
This position will lead the strategy development and execution for the overall business segment, including global upstream product marketing strategies. The incumbent will drive growth by identifying new or expanding market opportunities for Olympus products and creating proposals and strategies for optimizing those opportunities. This position will collaborate with peers across the globe on market research and analysis and will lead initiatives to drive our business objectives.
As the Director of Strategy Planning, Strategic Marketing working on the GI-ET team, you will be empowered and inspired to do your best work. You will contribute to our mission by driving the evaluation of new growth opportunities, establishing a consistent format for evaluating investments and representing the GI-ET Business Unit interests in the overarching Olympus strategic planning processes.
Job Duties
- Maintain a comprehensive understanding of customer needs, market trends, competitive landscape, technology trends, identification and assessment of significant growth opportunities.
- Develop key strategies for global markets looking beyond the existing product portfolio.
- Support the Business Segment Leader to create the vision and mission and layout the overall.
- Global Portfolio Strategy and Strategic 5 year plan to successfully achieve targets.
- Identify and execute market research activities to drive business portfolio decisions.
- Analyze market data in order to develop insights, identify trends, and establish a roadmap of actions to capitalize on identified opportunities.
- Prepare business case including technology assessment, target market assessment, financial modelling and related due diligence.
- Provide input on new product development, market/business intelligence and related stakeholder functions, providing voice-of-the-customer and expertise to drive decision making.
- Engage with Olympus R&D, Operations, and Manufacturing to coordinate global product road maps ensuring strategic fit, alignment and prioritization.
- Working with Medical Affairs and program teams, prioritize and lead market development and evidence generation strategy, including clinical and health economic considerations.
- Working with Business Development, identify potential areas and companies for strategic partnership, distribution, or M&A activity.
- For early stage and/or high complexity/impact projects, either act as a core team member or stay intimately close to the project to ensure adequate input and direction.
- Work with the Global Marketing team in an effort to develop and effectively execute the strategy and prioritization for life cycle management and sustaining activities.
- Through extensive external research, lead the development of early stage business cases and project proposals as well as setting the direction for the Global Product Marketing team and R&D Discovery teams to ensure resource allocation is coordinated with business growth opportunities that aligned with the strategy.
- Serve as the GI-Endotherapy Division representative for the Business Segment in the Strategic Business Planning meetings, Global Product Approval Board Meetings, and Business Unit Meetings, influencing and driving the development of the associated long term system level strategy, road map and commercial plan (capital and devices developed throughout Olympus).
- Lead and/or direct all exploratory initiatives through decision making and proposal milestones and collaborate heavily with the Business Development team in all M&A and external due diligence efforts serving as the Business Representative or assigning and coaching someone from the Global Marketing team in this capacity.
- Work closely with the Global Market Intelligence team to ensure that the right market data and competitive landscape assessments are available for the segment specifically and that there is a plan to fill gaps for key areas of focus (product segments) in all key regions of existing business and planned expansion.
- Maintain expertise by attending procedures, courses, workshops, tradeshows, and staying abreast of market dynamics, competitive landscape and global industry changes and technological advancements.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in medical device marketing or engineering required.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
- Extensive experience in establishing and managing annual and long-term commercial business plans as a key leader with a strong preference in healthcare.Creative thinker and strategic planner with a profound commercial acumen related to the sales and marketing of medical devices.
- Good negotiating, problem solving and project management skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- Adept at delivering appropriate messages to employees at all levels of the organization as well as to the senior management of healthcare facilities from physicians to administration.
- Skilled at customer relationship building and maintenance.
- Skilled at managing through influence.
Preferred:
- Master’s or MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of Marketing experience preferred.
- Technical Marketing experience preferred.
- Understanding of GI disease states preferred.
- Experience in strategy management consulting or similar, highly preferred.
Why join Olympus?
We offer a holistic employee experience supporting personal and professional well-being through meaningful work, equitable offerings, and a connected culture.
Equitable Offerings you can count on:
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Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k)* with company match
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Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage effective on start date
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24/7 Employee Assistance Program
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Free live and on-demand Wellbeing Programs
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Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time
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Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance*
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12 Paid Holidays
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On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center**
Connected Culture you can embrace:
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Work-life integrated culture that supports an employee centric mindset
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Offers onsite, hybrid and field work environments
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Paid volunteering and charitable donation/match programs
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Employee Resource Groups
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Dedicated Training Resources and Learning & Development Programs
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Paid Educational Assistance
*US Only
**Center Valley, PA and Westborough, MA
Are you ready to be a part of our team?
Learn more about our benefits and incentives: https://www.olympusamerica.com/careers/benefits-perks.
The anticipated base pay range for this full-time position is $141,361.00 - $212,041.00 / year, plus potential for annual bonus (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements). This pay range represents the National Average of the range, and may vary depending on the location of the individual.
Olympus considers a variety of factors when determining actual compensation for this position, including level of experience, working location, and relevant education and certifications.
At Olympus, we are committed to Our Purpose of making people’s lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling. As a global medical technology company, we partner with healthcare professionals to provide best-in-class solutions and services for early detection, diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment, aiming to improve patient outcomes by elevating the standard of care in targeted disease states.
For more than 100 years, Olympus has pursued a goal of contributing to society by producing products designed with the purpose of delivering optimal outcomes for its customers around the world.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Olympus employs more than 31,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries and regions. Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Olympus Corporation, is headquartered in Center Valley, Pennsylvania, USA, and employs more than 5,200 employees throughout locations in North and South America. For more information, visit www.olympusamerica.com.
You Belong at Olympus
We are deeply committed to fostering a respectful, fair, and welcoming workplace for all individuals, perspectives, and lifestyles. We believe in fostering a non-discriminatory, inclusive work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging, in full compliance with legal standards. Empathy and unity are core to our company culture, empowering employees to contribute fully and flourish. We warmly encourage all who wish to bring their talents to Olympus to apply.
Applicants Requesting Accommodations: Olympus is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Olympus will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact OCAAccommodations@olympus.com. If your disability impairs your ability to email, you may call our HR Compliance Manager at 1-888-Olympus (1-888-659-6787).
Let’s realize your potential, together.
It is the policy of Olympus to extend equal employment and advancement opportunity to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship status, religious creed (including dress and grooming practices), age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth and/or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability (physical or mental) and/or a medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, veteran status or service in the uniformed services, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Posting Notes: || United States (US) || Pennsylvania (US-PA) || Center Valley || Marketing
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in medical device marketing or engineering required.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
- Extensive experience in establishing and managing annual and long-term commercial business plans.
- Creative thinker and strategic planner with a profound commercial acumen related to the sales and marketing of medical devices.
- Good negotiating, problem solving and project management skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- Adept at delivering appropriate messages to employees at all levels of the organization.
- Skilled at customer relationship building and maintenance.
- Skilled at managing through influence.
- Master’s or MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of Marketing experience preferred.
- Technical Marketing experience preferred.
- Understanding of GI disease states preferred.
- Experience in strategy management consulting or similar, highly preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries, annual bonus and 401(k) with company match.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage effective on start date.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.
- Free live and on-demand Wellbeing Programs.
- Generous Paid Vacation and Sick Time.
- Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance.
- 12 Paid Holidays.
- On-Site Child Daycare, Café, Fitness Center.
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