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A Day in the Life
We are seeking a strategic and collaborative Principal Product Specialist to manage our Vascular Portfolio. This role will guide and align marketing initiatives across stakeholders in the territory, ensuring consistency with regional and global strategy while adapting to local market dynamics. This is a hybrid role based in São Paulo, Brazil, with 50% of the time allocated to travel. This is a Principal role, which means you will hold a leadership position without having direct reports.
Responsibilities
* Serve as a strategic partner to sales teams, offering clear guidance, actionable insights, and tactical support, while cultivating strong relationships with vascular surgeons, medical societies, and Key Opinion Leaders.
* Ensure brand consistency and message alignment across the country by leading campaigns that boost product visibility, generate demand, and create new business opportunities, continuously evaluating performance and providing strategic recommendations for future initiatives.
* Collaborate with Regional Marketing to adapt product launches, promotional content, and educational initiatives to regional needs and cultural nuances, partnering closely with Supply Chain, Regulatory Affairs, and other internal stakeholders to ensure flawless execution and market capture.
* Lead and coordinate the development and execution of local marketing plans aligned with regional and global strategy, overseeing the full product lifecycle from launch to phase‑out, conducting competitive analysis, market research, pricing and positioning strategy, and ensuring clear communication across sales channels.
* Identify unmet customer requirements and new business opportunities, providing vision and focus to move products from idea to marketplace, supporting Sales Training, Medical Education, and Clinical Affairs to design and deliver training programs for internal teams, healthcare professionals, and distributors, and managing budgeting and compliance with annual policies.
* Ensure strategic alignment and execution through sales teams, supplying tactical and action plans toward business objectives, and work closely with FP&A management to achieve finance targets such as margins and operating profit.
* Plan and support scientific workshops, congresses, seminars, and other key events, providing technical and exhibition support, and contributing to budgeting, logistics, and on‑site execution.
Required Knowledge and Experience
* Completed bachelor’s degree in relevant fields such as Marketing, Business, Communications, Engineering, or Life Sciences.
* Minimum of 8 years’ experience in the healthcare industry, preferably in marketing or strategic roles; portfolio management skills or an MBA in marketing is a differentiator.
* Advanced proficiency in English is required; fluency in Spanish and Portuguese is considered a strong asset.
* Valid and up‑to‑date CNH B driver’s license.
Benefits & Compensation
* Competitive salary with flexible benefits package.
* Private pension plan.
* Transport voucher, reimbursement for charter or parking.
* Flexible meal voucher, medical and dental assistance for you and eligible dependents.
* Life insurance, Gympass, childcare assistance, pharmacy discount, ESPP (discounted share purchase program).
* Educational subsidy and idiom program.
* Wellness programs: Birthday Day Off, Maternity leave 6 months, Paternity leave 20 days, Paid Family Leave Program up to 6 weeks.
* Hybrid work availability (subject to position type).
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.
Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (ID & E)
Our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity means zero barriers to opportunity within Medtronic and a culture where all employees belong, are respected, and feel valued. We believe equity starts beyond the workplace, and we strive to address systemic inequities in our communities.
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