Applied Medical

Overview

Job Description

Do you have a clinical background? Are you passionate about improving healthcare for patients and surgeons?

Are you looking for a role where you can use your project management skills, organization, and customer-oriented approach?

We might have the job for you!

We are looking for a proactive Associate Product Manager to join our Clinical Development team at Applied Medical. In this full-time position, you will be responsible for understanding and defining our customers’ clinical needs and assisting with the development and implementation of solutions. As a product expert, you will be responsible for supporting all phases of the product life-cycle. Additionally, you connect on a personal level with thought leaders that share the same values as our team. You will work closely with healthcare professionals and different internal departments to position technologies and define new opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the clinical and economic needs of our customers (i.e. surgeons and hospitals) and work with multiple departments to develop and implement solutions
• Support all phases of the product life cycle (e.g. the development, launch, training, positioning, changes, and obsolescence of products)
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of key surgical procedures and products through observation in the operating room, discussions with clinicians, congress & trade show attendance, literature searches, etc.
• Identify and understand emerging surgical procedures and technologies and help to facilitate the adoption of new surgical techniques and practices
• Understand the healthcare systems, market dynamics, and competitive landscapes in the various countries we support
• Identify and help evaluate opportunities to support surgeon-led clinical research
• Support product sales by answering requests from the field for product information, understanding the sales challenges and working with multi-functional groups to develop and implement solutions

Please note that this is a fixed-term position with a one-year contract, with the possibility of extension.

Requirements

• Bachelor/Master's degree, related to healthcare
• Proven experience within healthcare and/or in a similar type of role
• Excellent English, both written and spoken
• Availability to travel frequently (~30%), including occasional evenings and weekends

The following qualifications are desirable, but not mandatory:

• Knowledge of colorectal, general, bariatric, urologic, and/or gynecologic surgery and products
• Knowledge of European healthcare systems and dynamics

We Offer

• An international working environment, fueled by respect and a healthy work-life balance tailored to the business and team member’s needs
• 27 paid vacation days (based on fulltime contract) with option to purchase five additional days
• This is mainly an on-site role with hybrid options
• Commuting allowance of €0,23/km or an NS Business card subscription
• A wide variety of internal trainings and development possibilities and a tuition program for external trainings
• The opportunity to pro-actively work on your vitality and fitness
• State-of-the-art facilities, including green areas, in-house restaurant and gym

Additional benefits, such as:

• • Attractive pension scheme (your contribution at 4%, ours at 12%)
  • €50 net monthly health insurance contribution
  • Two (paid) days per year dedicated to volunteering activities
  • Several fun company events and meaningful initiatives organized throughout the year

At Applied Medical, we are committed to make a meaningful, positive difference, each and every day. Within our European headquarters in Amersfoort (NL), we develop, manufacture and support the implementation of our advanced medical devices across Europe and the MENA region. Applied’s team members enjoy working in an environmentally friendly and international environment, in which people of diverse backgrounds are valued, challenged, and acknowledged. We support our team members by giving them opportunities of ongoing learning and education, possibilities to take part in community volunteering activities and a variety of onsite exercise classes and health activities.

If you are passionate about working in an organization that allows you to make decisions based upon what is right for the patient, customer, community and environment, Applied Medical is the place for you.

Interested?

Would you like to be part of our expanding team? If the answer is yes, we'd love to get to know you and look forward to hearing from you!

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