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Senior Manager – Upstream Marketing, Market Development & Intelligence
About Aerogen:
Headquartered in the vibrant city of Galway, Ireland, with offices around the world, Aerogen is proud to be the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery. Recognised through multiple MedTech awards and eight-time winner of the Zenith award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America, collectively our employees make a difference to patients’ lives every day, having already reached 20 million patients in over 80 countries.
Our talented and skilled team collaborate to innovate, challenge and test not only in relation to our products but every facet of how we work. We lead the way, finding innovative solutions to even the most complex problems, all in the name of delivering better patient care.
Our business is growing rapidly across the globe and as we grow, our core culture of “We Care” universally connects us. We believe that your ambition and integrity fuels ours and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential through tangible investment in their careers. Join us as we continue to #discoverbetter.
What is the Role?
Aerogen is seeking a strategic and dynamic Upstream Marketing Manager for North America to lead the commercialization of new products, support M&A initiatives, drive new segment exploration and penetration, and deliver market intelligence on our core business. You’ll be the voice of the customer and market for North America and collaborate with our global team to lead product strategy from ideation through early-stage development and to commercialization. In this role you will thrive if you like operating in the center of clinical insight, market trends, and innovation. You will be a key player in driving innovation and influencing the long-term success of our products and company.
What are the key responsibilities?
• Market Research and Analysis: Conduct market research to identify unmet needs, trends, and opportunities for our core portfolio, new market segments and for new potential innovations.
• Market Analysis: Conduct competitive assessments, market sizing, segmentation, and forecasting to inform strategy.
• Product Strategy and Development: Collaborate with our global team to define North American product requirements, product roadmaps, translate needs into concepts, and create business cases.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building: Build relationships with KOLs and healthcare professionals to gather insights. Communicate customer input to global technical and NPC teams.
• Launch Planning and Commercialization: Partner with global and North America downstream marketing for product launch plans and developing key deliverables and tools.
• M&A: Help lead M&A initiatives such as market segmentation and analysis, customer insights, and commercialization planning/execution
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with global, R&D, Regulatory, Clinical, and downstream marketing to align strategies and timelines.
• Business Case Development: Create and present robust business cases for new product investments to senior leadership.
• Other: Continuously evaluate product performance and represent the company at events. Stay updated on industry developments.
What education and experience are required?
• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred
• 7+ years in Medical Device Marketing/Product Management or related work experience required
• 5+ years in medical respiratory devices and/or DME segments preferred
• Previous work experience in a similar role in MedTech is strongly preferred
• Marketing, Business or related field degree/experience preferred
• Experience working with patient e-commerce devices preferred
• Sales Experience preferred
What key skills will make you great at the role?
• Demonstrated leadership in leading and working on cross-functional teams
• Must be energetic, self-motivated, detail-oriented, creative, strategic, and highly accountable
• Must have excellent communication – written and oral, and strong analytical skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, prioritize assignments and multi-task
• Proven experience in creating a strategic work plan and executing programs to achieve specific goals
• Experienced in working cross-functionally with people with diverse backgrounds
• Hands-on experience with project management and budgeting
• Able to stay organized, operate independently with high quality and attention to detail
• Environmental Conditions: Typical office environments, with work also performed in hospital clinical environment
• Location : Chicago
• Ability to travel ~50% of the time
What is it like to work at Aerogen?
Our purpose is to transform patient lives and our ethos is to #discoverbetter. This also translates to how we look after our people. We want talented, passionate and engaged people to join Aerogen and build your career with us. We understand that your life evolves through different stages, and we are here to support our global team with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. There’s something for everyone! Here is an idea of what we offer:
• Excellent medical care.
• Bonus & Pension.
• ‘Aerogen Connect’ – our employee led programme which supports our global teams to unite and have fun.
• We pledge 1% of profits and time to charities and organisations
Aerogen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace. If you have any difficulty using our application process, please contact us by emailing careers@aerogen.com. Please include your name and preferred method of contact
Headquartered in the vibrant city of Galway, Ireland, with offices around the world, Aerogen is proud to be the world leader in acute care aerosol drug delivery. Recognised through multiple MedTech awards and eight-time winner of the Zenith award for Respiratory Care Excellence in North America, collectively our employees make a difference to patients’ lives every day, having already reached 20 million patients in over 80 countries.
Our talented and skilled team collaborate to innovate, challenge and test not only in relation to our products but every facet of how we work. We lead the way, finding innovative solutions to even the most complex problems, all in the name of delivering better patient care.
Our business is growing rapidly across the globe and as we grow, our core culture of “We Care” universally connects us. We believe that your ambition and integrity fuels ours and we are committed to supporting our employees to reach their full potential through tangible investment in their careers. Join us as we continue to #discoverbetter.
What is the Role?
Aerogen is seeking a strategic and dynamic Upstream Marketing Manager for North America to lead the commercialization of new products, support M&A initiatives, drive new segment exploration and penetration, and deliver market intelligence on our core business. You’ll be the voice of the customer and market for North America and collaborate with our global team to lead product strategy from ideation through early-stage development and to commercialization. In this role you will thrive if you like operating in the center of clinical insight, market trends, and innovation. You will be a key player in driving innovation and influencing the long-term success of our products and company.
What are the key responsibilities?
• Market Research and Analysis: Conduct market research to identify unmet needs, trends, and opportunities for our core portfolio, new market segments and for new potential innovations.
• Market Analysis: Conduct competitive assessments, market sizing, segmentation, and forecasting to inform strategy.
• Product Strategy and Development: Collaborate with our global team to define North American product requirements, product roadmaps, translate needs into concepts, and create business cases.
• Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Building: Build relationships with KOLs and healthcare professionals to gather insights. Communicate customer input to global technical and NPC teams.
• Launch Planning and Commercialization: Partner with global and North America downstream marketing for product launch plans and developing key deliverables and tools.
• M&A: Help lead M&A initiatives such as market segmentation and analysis, customer insights, and commercialization planning/execution
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with global, R&D, Regulatory, Clinical, and downstream marketing to align strategies and timelines.
• Business Case Development: Create and present robust business cases for new product investments to senior leadership.
• Other: Continuously evaluate product performance and represent the company at events. Stay updated on industry developments.
What education and experience are required?
• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred
• 7+ years in Medical Device Marketing/Product Management or related work experience required
• 5+ years in medical respiratory devices and/or DME segments preferred
• Previous work experience in a similar role in MedTech is strongly preferred
• Marketing, Business or related field degree/experience preferred
• Experience working with patient e-commerce devices preferred
• Sales Experience preferred
What key skills will make you great at the role?
• Demonstrated leadership in leading and working on cross-functional teams
• Must be energetic, self-motivated, detail-oriented, creative, strategic, and highly accountable
• Must have excellent communication – written and oral, and strong analytical skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, prioritize assignments and multi-task
• Proven experience in creating a strategic work plan and executing programs to achieve specific goals
• Experienced in working cross-functionally with people with diverse backgrounds
• Hands-on experience with project management and budgeting
• Able to stay organized, operate independently with high quality and attention to detail
• Environmental Conditions: Typical office environments, with work also performed in hospital clinical environment
• Location : Chicago
• Ability to travel ~50% of the time
What is it like to work at Aerogen?
Our purpose is to transform patient lives and our ethos is to #discoverbetter. This also translates to how we look after our people. We want talented, passionate and engaged people to join Aerogen and build your career with us. We understand that your life evolves through different stages, and we are here to support our global team with a range of financial and non-financial rewards and benefits. There’s something for everyone! Here is an idea of what we offer:
• Excellent medical care.
• Bonus & Pension.
• ‘Aerogen Connect’ – our employee led programme which supports our global teams to unite and have fun.
• We pledge 1% of profits and time to charities and organisations
Aerogen is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace. If you have any difficulty using our application process, please contact us by emailing careers@aerogen.com. Please include your name and preferred method of contact
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Chicago, USA
Chicago, USA
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Commercial
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Senior Manager – Upstream Marketing, Market Development & Intelligence
Senior Manager – Upstream Marketing, Market Development & Intelligence
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