Product Manager

Olympus Urology

Olympus Urology is a specialized division within Olympus Corporation that focuses on developing and providing advanced medical devices and solutions for urological care.

Olympus is known for its innovation in endoscopic technology, which helps urologists perform precise and effective interventions for conditions such as bladder stones, prostate issues, kidney stones, and other urological disorders.

Job Opportunity

We are looking for a Product Manager to join the Urology portfolio covering the UK to work closely with the Olympus Urology Business Unit to analyse the market for medical devices and solutions within the Urology product portfolio.

Key Duties

• Partnering with the Senior Manager to support the creation and dissemination of an effective marketing and sales strategy and implementing this to achieve the greatest return on investment from Olympus resources.
• Coordinating product lifecycle management for the portfolio, including product introduction and discontinuation, delivery of product related training to the salesforce and Olympus customer base, and planning / product forecasting.
• Acting as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for your product/clinical area, taking ownership for all aspects of your product or solution portfolio and providing information, support and training for Territory Managers and other colleagues.
• Creating and executing the BU specific 3 year plan, working closely with the RBUD, and having responsibility for execution of the go to market model and effective communication of this to the sales teams and wider commercial functions.
• Driving key account engagement serving as a sponsor for our Olympus Healthcare Professional Experts (HCPEs). Identifying and maintaining details of HCPEs, relevant Healthcare Organisations and professionals working within the relevant product/clinical speciality and in collaboration with Territory Managers, creating an engagement plan.
• Proactively leading on communicating BU Specific 3 year plan to internal stakeholders e.g. Professional Education, Pricing, Legal etc on topics including (but not exclusive to) pricing, professional education, sales enablement tools etc.
• Representing the company in customer facing environments including hospitals, clinical procedure rooms, congresses and events.
• Supporting engagement with Healthcare Professional Experts (HCPEs) to enable identification of and provide feedback on unmet needs.
• Leading on the company’s customer facing activities at key congresses, events and courses where appropriate.
• Supporting tender, bids and framework agreement submissions.
• Professionally liaising with suppliers, both verbally and in writing, to obtain and maintain all relevant information required for the company’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems introduction, change and discontinuation procedures.
• Coordinating product introductions, including effective and professional communication of product position, key sales messages, marketing strategy and competitive environment to the sales teams and company through written communication and presenting in informal and formal environments.
• Responsible for management of the product discontinuation process including ensuring effective communication to internal and external customers.