The Role
Directs product strategy and lifecycle management for medical devices, translating customer needs into roadmaps, requirements, specifications, usability studies, risk analyses, and go-to-market activities. Leads product characterization, training, competitive monitoring, human factors work, FDA submission support, and global customer and sales support. Collaborates with R&D, marketing, sales, distributors, and clinical stakeholders from product inception through commercialization.
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Description
Serve as the interface between the market (the voice of the customer) and Magenta’s R&D organization. Help define product roadmaps, including requirements, specifications, risks, hazards, pre-clinical testing, and go-to-market activities.
Responsibilities
- Lead usability testing activities, lead product training efforts.
- Participate in marketing activities related to the product.
- Gather needs for current and future products, identify optimized solutions, lead strategic & tactical product roadmaps.
- Own and responsible for full product lifecycle.
- Responsible for characterization of new products and features.
- Responsible to monitor competitive activity, ranging from IP, through technical features, to market performance and marketing activities.
- Provide input to product training and marketing activities/materials.
- Provide support for products that are sold in mass numbers, interface with sales reps, distributors, and end-customers worldwide.
- Responsible for characterization of all product-related risks and hazards.
- Responsible for verification of ease-of-use.
- Definition of use-scenarios for the product.
- Responsible for user-interface interactions.
- Procure accessories and relevant off-the-shelf products for evaluation/assessment.
VP R&D
Requirements- M.Sc. in a relevant field.
- Relevant M.A. and/or M.B.A. - an advantage.
- Ph.D. or MD - an advantage.
- Desirable to have at least 8 years of experience in product management (preferably B2B) or shorter R&D experience.
- Experience with FDA submissions and FDA human factors/usability studies.
- Experience defining user interfaces, product requirements, product specifications, and hazard analyses.
- Experience presenting scientific and clinical data before advisory boards.
- Advantages to experience in adjacent disciplines/roles, such as: Product Marketing / Marketing / Business Development / R&D Developer / Team Leader / Program Management / Project Management.
- Thorough understanding of organizational processes - experience working with internal stakeholders from product definition to launch.
- End-to-end product lifecycle experience from inception to scale marketing.
- Experience with sophisticated, data-rich products with a significant customer base, products or systems that combine hardware and software - an advantage.
- Strong experience with cardiovascular or structural heart devices preferred.
- Experience with Class III medical devices and pre-commercial stage companies - an advantage.
Preferred Skills
- English - full proficiency. Native speaker - an advantage.
- Excellent verbal and writing skills.
- High capacity and motivation for self-learning.
Skills Required
- M.Sc. in a relevant field
- At least 8 years of product management experience, preferably B2B, or shorter R&D experience
- Experience with FDA submissions and FDA human factors/usability studies
- Experience defining user interfaces, product requirements, product specifications, and hazard analyses
- Experience presenting scientific and clinical data before advisory boards
- Thorough understanding of organizational processes from product definition to launch
- End-to-end product lifecycle experience from inception to scale marketing
- Full proficiency in English
- Relevant M.A. and/or M.B.A.
- Ph.D. or MD
- Experience with sophisticated, data-rich products combining hardware and software
- Strong experience with cardiovascular or structural heart devices
- Experience with Class III medical devices and pre-commercial-stage companies
- Experience in product marketing, marketing, business development, R&D development, team leadership, program management, or project management
- Native English speaker
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The Company
What We Do
Magenta Medical is a Class III medical-device company developing the Elevate™ System, described as the world’s smallest and most powerful heart pump. The system is intended to provide minimally invasive support during acute episodes of heart dysfunction. Its multidisciplinary work spans mechanical and electrical engineering, materials science, software, algorithms, and advanced catheter fabrication, as the company moves toward commercial manufacturing and market introduction.
