Solventum is looking for an Upstream Marketing Director to lead portfolio strategy and new product development for Vascular Access Solutions. You will identify growth opportunities, conduct market assessments, and manage a team of upstream product managers, partnering closely with cross-functional teams to drive innovation that improves healthcare.
What You'll Do
- Build and lead the portfolio strategy for your area of responsibility, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs.
- Identify opportunities for organic growth (new product development) and inorganic growth (e.g. licensing, M&A) and prioritize them in alignment with strategic goals.
- Conduct in‐depth market assessments, customer & competitive analyses to evaluate opportunities before allocating resources to NPD projects.
- Lead evaluations of M&A targets to assess strategic, customer, and business alignment.
- Manage and develop a team of upstream product managers to execute NPD projects, ensuring that new products meet unmet customer needs and align with the portfolio strategy.
- Partner cross-functionally with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Finance, and downstream marketing to ensure portfolio and NPD projects are aligned to business goals and deliver value.
- Bring the external perspective into the organization by cultivating deep customer, market, and competitive insights to guide investment decisions and portfolio priorities.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree or higher, in Marketing, Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.
- 10 years of relevant business experience, ideally including medical device, healthcare technologies, or adjacent regulated industries.
- 7+ years in marketing, product management, or strategy roles with increasing scope and responsibility.
- 5+ years of experience leading new product development initiatives in the medical device industry—taking projects from concept through launch.
- 3+ years managing direct reports, including mentoring/developing product or upstream marketing talent.
- Demonstrated success in developing and executing portfolio or business strategy, balancing resource constraints and opportunity.
- Proven track record of successfully launching new products in the medical device segment, from concept through commercialization, with measurable business impact.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate market, customer, and competitive insights into actionable strategies.
- Cross-functional leadership and influence skills, with experience partnering across R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Operations, and Commercial teams to deliver results.
- Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Life Sciences, or related field.
- Experience in global product markets (i.e. launching or marketing products in multiple geographies / cross‐border regulatory / reimbursement considerations).
- Prior exposure to highly regulated global environments (e.g. FDA, CE, etc.).
- Proven track record of delivering product launches on time, on budget, with measurable business impact.
Team & Environment
You will manage and develop a team of upstream product managers.
Work Mode
This is a remote position.
All qualified candidates will be considered for employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or military status.
