At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. **A Day in the Life** Acting as a Marketing Program Manager you will develop and execute strategic marketing programs to support the launch, promotion, and lifecycle management of medical device products. This position requires a deep understanding of the healthcare ecosystem, including regulatory and compliance considerations, to ensure all marketing activities meet industry standards. The ideal candidate will drive cross-functional collaboration with product management, clinical, regulatory, and sales teams to create targeted campaigns that engage healthcare professionals, hospital systems, and patients. With a strong focus on project management, market research, and data-driven decision-making, the Marketing Program Manager will lead initiatives that enhance brand visibility, support commercial objectives, and contribute to improve patient outcomes. Your role will cover all Latin America, requiring travel within the region (up to 30-40% of the time) to support regional initiatives and engage with stakeholders. We also offer the flexibility of the hybrid working model, which combines in-office and remote work, offering a balanced professional environment. **Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:** + Direct the development of company market requirements for Cardiac Surgery product lines. + Lead and coordinates product planning, product launches, product management, market development and market research activities + Interact directly with Global and local teams to identify new marketing opportunities + Work individually or with a team in recommending action, scheduling and planning projects, estimating cost and managing projects to completion + Identify unmet customer requirements and new business opportunities and provides vision and focus to move products from idea to marketplace + Facilitate and coordinates marketing activities with geographic areas to increase teamwork and build partnerships + Coordinate 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 + Create and implement marketing strategies tailored to the unique market dynamics of Latin America, considering cultural, economic, and healthcare system differences across the region. + Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including KOLs (Key Opinion Leaders), healthcare professionals, hospital administrators, and distributors, to drive advocacy and adoption of our products. + Conduct in-depth competitive analysis to identify market trends, opportunities, and threats, and recommend strategies to maintain a competitive edge. + Collaborate with clinical science, medical education and sales teams to develop training programs and educational content for surgeons and healthcare professionals, ensuring proper understanding and utilization of products. + Leverage digital marketing tools and platforms to enhance brand presence and track campaign performance, implementing data-driven optimizations. + Manage marketing program budgets, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and alignment with business objectives. **Required Knowledge and Experience:** + Bachelor’s degree + Minimum of 7 years relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience + Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese, both written and verbally + Proven experience in the healthcare or medical device industry, with a focus on surgical or cardiovascular products being a strong advantage. + Familiarity with Latin American regulatory environments and healthcare compliance standards. + Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence decision-making in a matrixed environment. **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.  **Benefits & Compensation** **Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package** A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. **About Medtronic** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. **We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. **We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. **This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… + **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world + **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities + **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: **Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. **Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. **Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. **Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. 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