* Develops new products in conjunction with Marketing, Engineering and Sales Management personnel.
* Manages day to day progress of product
* Participates in overall product strategy, research and development requirements, development, and manufacturing coordination for new and emerging products.
* Coordinates technical product development, estimates of potential profits, and release to production specific to product line
* Collaborates with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and operations to develop and provide product definitions responsive to customer needs and market opportunities.
* Provides technical expertise and training to other departments in support of product development.
* Conducts marketing analysis to develop product definitions.
* Develops and maintains a prioritized list of customer and market requirements for product.
* Coordinates and develops marketing, sales, engineering, and financial plans for product line.
* Provides financial and technical justification for product selection and definition.
* Prepares product development objectives and schedules for all phases of product development and introduction to market.
* Conducts market research and identifies and tracks market trends in company's industry.
* Produces competitive analysis materials comparing product with its key competitors.
* Identifies partnering opportunities for complementary third-party products to broaden company's product line.
* Participates in key sales situations for the product.
* Maintains communications and contacts to collect and analyze technical, financial, schedule, and sales information for product line.
* Identifies market potential, establishes pricing and market strategies, estimates potential sales, introduces market, distribution/channel issues, and manages mature product through phase-out.
* Provides expertise in particular product area and develops strategies and applicable portions of the company business plan.
* Plans, organizes, and coordinates assigned programs to ensure accomplishment of financial/budgetary goals and optimum allocation of resources.
* Manages resources to execute assigned programs.
* Coordinates details of program within the organization with a wide range of functions and individuals.
* Coordinates product introduction and market exploitation with marketing and sales organizations to ensure maximum penetration of market segment.
* Provides continuing product surveillance and management of established product to obtain financial objectives.
* Responsible for tracking product development through the development process from product concept, design, prototype to actual release by resolving issues that arise.
* Drives and champions development requirements and ensures that project risk is minimized. Submits reports and status updates to senior management.
* Determines the initial production quantities and twelve month moving forecast.
* Acts as the primary interface with assigned customers and its agents for all matters.
* Responsible for maintaining communication with the customer to maintain and control project scope as applies to defined design, budget, quality and schedule agreements.
* Provide technical assistance with complex customer issues as well as consulting services to streamline customer internal management processes.
* Confers with project staff to outline/negotiate work plans, assign duties and responsibilities, determine schedules and define scope of authority.
* Reviews/analyzes status reports prepared by the project team personnel and modifies schedules and/or plans as required. Monitors financial activities to ensure team compliance to budget parameters.
* Establishes project plans, scope of work and accompanying definitions.
* Prepares technical and financial reviews of the assigned projects and presents information to Senior Managers, business unit management, customer and project team personnel as required.
* Prioritize staff workloads in order to meet customer needs/objectives in all areas.
* Develop and train staff to ensure high skill levels.
* Assigns and monitors program staff, providing technical support and direction.
* Establishes operational and project objectives and assignments and delegates assignments to project team.
* Directs and coordinates the activities of project team personnel (engineering, manufacturing, procurement, marketing and quality) to ensure projects progress on schedule and within prescribed budget.
* Performs market analysis, product strategy and research and development.
* Conducts surgeon and sales rep product and procedure training. Collaborates with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and operations to develop and provide product definitions responsive to customer needs and market opportunities.
* Manages the development stage of the product life cycle.
* Responsible for ensuring that all customer requirements are met including the monitoring of test reports, documentation of instructions, etc.
* Defines promotional activities, publicizing the product through the press, sales force, and alternate distribution channels.
* Establish and maintain relationships with key surgeons.
* Ability to work with cadavers in a lab setting