Product Manager - Upstream

Upstream Product Marketing Manager

Bay Area - 4 days onsite (required)

Join a marketleading medical technology company shaping the future of surgical innovation. This organization blends the stability of a longstanding industry leader with the energy of a fastmoving, missiondriven team. If you're passionate about influencing product direction before it takes shape, this is where you can make real impact.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep market research to identify unmet clinical needs and earlystage product opportunities.
• Lead voiceofcustomer (VOC) initiatives and translate insights into product requirements and concepts.
• Build business cases, market models, and strategic recommendations for new product investments.
• Partner with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, and Engineering teams during early product development.
• Support prototype evaluations, field testing, and customer feedback cycles.
• Define upstream value propositions, positioning, and strategic rationale for future product launches.
• Communicate insights and recommendations to senior leadership and drive crossfunctional alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• 3+ years upstream product marketing or earlystage product management experience
• Medical Device experience required, preferably in orthopedics, spine, and wound care
• Strong skills in market analysis, competitive research, and customer insights development.
• Proven ability to translate clinical and market insights into structured product requirements.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence crossfunctional teams.
• Comfortable operating in a fastpaced, collaborative environment;
• Ability to work onsite 4 days/week.