Sr. Marketing Manager, Core Surgical Innovations

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A Day in the Life

The Sr. Marketing Manager leads marketing strategy and execution for the Core Surgical Innovations portfolio, translating customer and market needs into plans that support portfolio growth and meaningful improvements in surgical care. This role is a people manager, responsible for developing a high-performing marketing team and aligning cross-functional partners around shared priorities.

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

• Lead portfolio strategy, annual planning, positioning, and execution across assigned Core Surgical Innovations businesses.
• Guide product lifecycle activities, including market insights, launches, demand generation, customer engagement, and performance assessment.
• Partner with Sales, Clinical, Medical Affairs, Regulatory, Quality, and global marketing teams to deliver coordinated, customer-focused programs.
• Build strong understanding of customer needs, market dynamics, and competitive activity; translate insights into clear business recommendations.
• Lead, coach, and develop direct reports; set priorities, strengthen capabilities, and foster an inclusive, accountable team culture.
• Ensure marketing plans and materials are evidence-based and aligned with applicable policies, regulatory requirements, and Medtronic standards.
• Facilitates and coordinates marketing activities with geographic areas to increase teamwork and build partnerships.
• Responsibilities may also include: coordinating trade show activities, website development, developing future e-commerce strategies, and tracking of marketing campaigns to evaluate results and provide recommendations for future marketing promotions.

Travel Requirements: Up to 30% including customer visits and national events.

Hiring Range: $140,480 - $175,600

PLEASE NOTE:

• We use artificial intelligence (AI) to review resumes of candidates and assess their fit based on the criteria outlined in the job posting. We do not use AI to make any final hiring or interview decisions.
• This posting reflects a current, genuine vacancy that we are actively recruiting to fill.

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

• The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers.

Medtronic Canada strives through our vision to build a culture of inclusiveness through our commitment to employment equity and diversity. Discrimination is prohibited on any grounds protected under Canadian Human Rights legislation. Employment applications are encouraged from all members of our community. Upon request, candidates with disabilities will be accommodated during the recruitment process.

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONAL CAREER STREAM: Management and supervisory professionals with one or more employees who are focused on tactical, operational and some strategic activities within a specified area. Levels within the management career stream typically have six or more direct reports. The majority of time is spent overseeing their area of responsibility, managing performance, developing talent, engagement and inclusion, communicating business and operational developments, planning, prioritizing and / or directing the responsibilities of direct reports. Goal achievement is typically accomplished through performance of direct and / or indirect reports. A key responsibility of roles in this career stream is managing people. which includes: accountability for mentoring, developing and coaching staff on meeting/exceeding performance expectations and defined objectives, providing leadership to staff ensuring the prioritization of strategic and department level initiatives to include defining performance goals and targets, conducting performance reviews, and staff 1:1s to guide performance management and employee development efforts and manage toward departmental goals.

DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS

Autonomy: Manages large team which would typically consist of both experienced professionals and managers. Turns the department strategy into a commercial reality by developing, communicating and implementing business plans to achieve business results . Receives assignments in objective oriented terms; has latitude to reinterpret objectives.

Organizational Impact: Initiates programs or projects based on identified business and / or tactical needs. Decisions impact projects or operations, affect the deadlines, resources, and funds, and the achievement of organizational objectives. Typically has budget or P&L accountability for a department, function or geography.

Innovation and Complexity: Develops new objectives, new operating policies, products, processes and standards in support of the job function strategy. Problems and issues faced are complex, difficult and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem.

Communication and Influence: Communicates with internal and external customers and vendors concerning ongoing operations, programs or processes. Influences across functions and businesses while balancing divergent objectives to gain cooperation of other parties . May interact on issues that have externally divergent objectives.

Leadership and Talent Management: Manages at least one (department, function, geography) typically comprised of other People or Program managers and / or supervisors and experienced professionals. Recommends strategies, goals and plans for a group. Authorizes hiring, firing, promotion and reward within own area.

Required Knowledge and Experience: Requires broad management knowledge to lead project teams in one department.

Typically has mastery level knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with broad understanding of other areas within the job function.

Requires a Baccalaureate degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience with 5+ years of managerial experience

OR advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with 5+ years of managerial experience.

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.

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Benefits & Compensation

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