Senior Strategic Planning Associate - Market & Competitive I

Company: Medtronic GmbH
Location: Plymouth
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

Senior Strategic Planning Associate - Market & Competitive Intelligence for Surgical Innovations Careers that Change Lives Position can be based onsite in Plymouth MN, Boulder, CO or North Haven CT. This position is a remote-based position on interim basis due to Covid19 Pandemic. Upon approval of 'Return to Office" site guidelines, this role will require the individual to work onsite. If you are looking to expand business impact by leading high-visibility projects, leveraging partnering skills, and increasing influencing capabilities, come join our Surgical Innovations Strategy & Business Development team! In this role you will provide key support related market and competitive insights and is a key contributor to the strategic planning process across Surgical Innovations (SI), the largest Operating Unit in Medtronic driving nearly $6B of annual revenue. This role is at the forefront of informing the organization of key dynamics and trends (competitive, market, environmental, etc.) to inform and enable critical decisions across the organization

• Drive cross-functional processes to develop robust market & revenue model projections for Surgical Innovations through extensive collaboration globally and cross-functionally
  • Align on macro, technology, procedural, and competitive trends and how our markets are influenced as a result
  • Incorporate internal and external market research as needed and play a key role in partnering with the business/regions to conduct market studies
  • Manage and improve upon tools and dashboards where over 500 users leverage the data to support their work
  • Support competitive monitoring programs driving insights as it relates to traditional and emerging competitors around the world and communicating timely on key impacts to the Global SI business.
  • Partner with key business stakeholders to guide and assist them in thinking through strategic scenarios across market and environmental trends through a series of forums (e.g. strategic projects, War Games, 3rd party engagements, etc.) A Day in the Life Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
    • Ability to perform in depth data analyses while deriving meaningful insights across market and competitive data.
    • Strong project management skills including stakeholder management, effective communication, and driving for results
    • Conduct environmental scans, organizational positioning analyses and other studies. Coordinates input from all major business units/regions to facilitate the integration of individual business unit plans with the Surgical Innovations plan
    • Communicate effectively with business partners to provide timely insights of relative market and competitive dynamics and align on collaborative business point of view
    • Participate in various war gaming/ scenario planning projects across markets to define strategic maneuvers and opportunities to win against our competitors
    • Utilize primary and secondary market research in support of Surgical Innovations' market objectives. Knowledgeable regarding the array of primary research methodologies and can design, implement and analyze results efficiently. Knowledgeable regarding available secondary market research and can utilize these to provide analyses of the market, referrers, payers and competitors, etc.
    • Characteristics include self-starter who takes initiative, interpersonal capabilities that lend themselves to working collaboratively toward productive ends, ideally some demonstrated and meaningful project management and/or product development skills, understanding of finance and valuation analytics, motivator for others, ability to interface with senior executives (including ability to define and structure problems). Must Have: Minimum Requirements
      • Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years of experience in finance, marketing analytics, management consulting, and/or other roles focused on data-driven analysis and execution (Advanced Degree with 2+ years) Nice to Have
        • MBA
        • Experience in medical devices and/or healthcare industry
        • Experience in a high performing consulting, strategic planning, or finance environment, demanding a sophisticated approach to understanding strategic needs, financial/market models, competitive trends and business impact
        • Hands-on proficiency with Excel macros, and the potential to use advanced decision support analytical tools (e.g., decision analysis software, Power BI, etc.)
        • Strategic agility, structured thinking, and intellectual curiosity
        • Ability to deal with ambiguity and translate complex concepts into actionable insights
        • Collaborative approach, familiarity with matrix organizations and how to successfully work cross-functionally About Medtronic
          
          Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
          
          We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let's work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients' lives. Help us shape the future.
          
          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. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America) The bonus target for this position is 10%. Benefits summary can be found at benefits.medtronic.com. 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. This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here .

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