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

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.   The Aortic Business is integral to Medtronic's mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life for patients with aortic disease globally. We are committed to advancing aortic patient care globally with evidence-based, intelligent solutions throughout the disease continuum.   

We are seeking a driven, passionate, and global-minded Associate Strategic Marketing Specialist to support the transformation of our Aortic business. This role will help shape the future of our aortic business and reports directly to the Global Strategic Marketing Group Manager.  The Associate Strategic Marketing Specialist will be responsible for the execution of innovative marketing strategies to advance aortic patient care worldwide. This role is considered remote but is based in Italy. The position may require up to 20% travel.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Support Development and Execution of Global Marketing Strategies - Assist in implementing marketing strategies focused on data and services to drive global impact. Collaborate with regional marketing partners, including Western Europe, to gather insights on global market trends. Support integrated planning efforts, including value proposition frameworks, campaign launches, and messaging development for both global and Western European initiatives. Work with analytics and research teams to analyze key data and insights, enabling business analysis and data-driven decision-making. Ensure customer feedback is incorporated to identify innovative engagement opportunities.
• Support Marketing Programs & Campaigns - Assist in developing marketing briefs and contributing to comprehensive Integrated Marketing Plans within the Data & Services domain. Provide support in the execution of marketing activities for prioritized congresses and customer engagement initiatives. Collaborate with Medical Education, Data & Services, and Downstream Marketing teams on region-specific programs. Help develop omnichannel campaigns, ensuring necessary approvals by partnering with Regulatory, Compliance, and Clinical teams to maintain a cohesive and compliant customer experience.
• Support Cross-Functional Collaboration - Aid in building and strengthening relationships across cross-functional teams to ensure seamless collaboration on marketing campaigns. Teams include Downstream Marketing, Upstream Marketing, Integrated Marketing Communications, Regulatory, R&D, Clinical, Sales, Legal, and more. Support alignment with key geographies, such as Western Europe, and contribute to driving business outcomes and enhancing brand perception through the execution of impactful campaigns. Work closely with the team to ensure all marketing and communication activities align with regulatory and compliance standards.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• 3-5 years of Marketing experience with BSc or business-related degree OR 1-2 years of Marketing experience with Advanced degree in relevant field 
• Very good language skills in English 
• General understanding of healthcare systems 
• Desire to make an impact on patients’ lives 
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams 

Proven strategic thinking and strong business acumen, along with a solid understanding of the Aortic market and related disease areas is considered a plus. Additionally, experience in campaign and product marketing is preferred.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

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. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

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. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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