Product Manager

**Requisition Number**: EMEA10444

**Employment Type**: Full-time

**Location**: Zug

**What Is It Like To Work at Zimmer Biomet**:
At **Zimmer Biomet**, we believe in **The Power of Us**, which means that we are stronger together. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered, and celebrated.

**Zimmer Biomet Offers You An Exciting Position With Good Career Prospects in a Fast-growing International Business, And a Competitive Remuneration Package**
- Possibility to grow, develop, and be promoted within a Team
- Friendly, warm and creative atmosphere
- Healthy, inspiring, and international work environment
- Ongoing coaching and talent development
- Access to future career opportunities
- Hybrid work model
- Competitive reward packages
- Annual bonus
- Social and CSR events
- Wellbeing initiatives

**What You Can Expect**:
Identifies market trends, issues and competitive environment and forms strategic plans for product brand or sub-segment. Leads the effort to initiate new product strategies in the form of supporting existing brands and/or sub-segment and creating new products.

Evaluates the needs of product marketing and sales personnel on a global basis and initiates strategies that meet regional and worldwide requirements.

**How You Create Impact**:
Leads the marketing development effort to bring new products from concept through commercialization including market exit
Actively participates in assigned project teams. Acquires product information through market research and regional input to assure projects meet the needs of the intended markets
Works across multiple internal and external groups such as design, packaging and labeling, regulatory claims, surgical technique generation, advertising, sales force education, etc
Maintains high level of product category knowledge through staying current in published information, regional market contacts, surgeon interaction, and industry educational meetings
Own major brands and/or sub-segment of the portfolio
Responsible for cultivating strategy at the brand and/or sub-segment level
Ensures execution of key strategies for the brand and/ or sub-segment level
Interact closely with Marcom teams to define clear messaging for the brands/sub-segments
Define clinical evidence plan with the clinical strategic lead for the bands and/or sub-segment.

**What Will Make You Stand Out**:

- A./B.S. required, preferably including formal studies in Business or Engineering
- 6-8 years of marketing experience required, prior internship/co-op within medical device preferred.
- Familiarity with Zimmer Biomet products, procedures, and promotions preferred
- Orthopaedic experience is preferred.
- Experience in both Sales and Commercial Marketing is preferred.

**What Will Make You Successful**:

- Uses knowledge of existing products, new developments and market needs to formulate strategic and creative marketing plans.
- Develops a firm understanding of financial trends and performance in specific brand lines.
- Prepares forecasts and identifies market shifts and threats.
- Uses and understands technical medical language to interact with internal and external customers. Translates technical language and discusses it internally in business terms.
- Assesses brand viability relative to existing products with new product offerings to enhance overall brand offering. Champions the brand through a comprehensive understanding of customer and end-user needs and product positioning relative to the competition.
- Builds and maintains long-term relationships with high level surgical consultants, key strategic customers and regional sales teams to promote and support the Zimmer brands.

**Who We Are**:
**Zimmer Biomet** is a world leader in musculoskeletal health solutions. Our team members are part of a company with a heritage of leadership, a focus on shaping the future, and a mission dedicated to _alleviating pain and improving the quality of life for people around the world_.
- Looking to make an impact? Join us and make a difference._