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Job Overview
As the Portfolio Strategy for our Core Mechanical products, you will play a crucial role in building and shaping the SHL portfolio, thereby driving innovation and growth. You will be responsible for defining the portfolio strategy for the bedrock of our business: mechanical devices. Based on customer and user needs, technical limitations, and regulatory requirements, you will identify opportunities for the development and refinement of products, services, and business models. You will be an important advocate of delivering value that extends beyond that of individual offerings.
Main Responsibilities

• Portfolio analysis: Per assignment, assess the performance of the existing SHL portfolio, identifying strengths and weaknesses by considering market demand, customer feedback, competitor behavior, and profitability. In close collaboration with other organizational functions (e.g., Intelligence & Insights), determine research needs. Based on the insights generated, define the winning aspiration for a future-proof product portfolio.
• Portfolio design: Building on the portfolio analysis, lead activities directed to optimize the portfolio, which could include product improvement, new product development, service expansion, or business model redesign. Collaborate with the Product Development team to shape and prioritize respective initiatives. Assess the market potential with consideration of the competitive landscape and technological feasibility of (new) product ideas. Build the business cases to substantiate your recommendations and energize the organization to follow the direction we define.
• Performance management: Take the responsibility for defining relevant objectives and tracking the performance of the product portfolio against them. Analyze sales data, market share, profitability, and other relevant metrics to assess the success of the portfolio strategy. Identify areas for improvement and recommend adjustments to the portfolio based on performance insights.
• Functional integration: Collaborate closely with commercial teams (e.g., Customer Solutions, Intelligence & Insights, Account Management, etc.) as well as technical teams (e.g., Product Development, Product Management) on key strategic initiatives. By integrating insights and requirements of these organizational functions, ensure successful development and execution of portfolio strategies.

Minimum requirements

• Work experience: 7+ years of experience in technically driven roles in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry. Significant experience working in management roles at pharmaceutical companies in device-focused roles, especially technical ones, is preferred.
• Technical knowledge: Deep understanding of the technical aspects involved in the design, development, and manufacturing of medical devices. Ability to integrate this technical knowledge in a cross-functional development process.
• Commercial mindset: Ability to take a commercial perspective and thinking in terms of generating customer value, business profitability, and growth. Ability to combine commercial and technical knowledge.
• Visionary thinking: Not afraid to challenge conventional thinking through a combination of deep commercial expertise, a clear vision, and true passion for the topic. Acting as a sparring partner and advisor, bringing in new ideas from the outside.
• Project management: Proven ability to initiate and drive highly complex, global, strategic, and cross-functional projects in international matrix organizations. Ability to deal with and manage uncertainty.
• Stakeholder management: Ability to drive forward the commercial agenda by managing stakeholder groups from diverse cultural backgrounds, internal and external audiences, and varying levels of seniority. Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, and influence others.
• Communication and presentation: Creative personality, high attention to details and high focus on quality. Ability to structure and present quantitative and qualitative data in an easy-to-understand and convincing way.
• Driven mindset: Motivated to shape this recently established team and flexible to work with an evolving scope of responsibility.
• Mandatory English oral & written

Preferred qualifications

• Work and industry experience in strategic planning, business development, product management, and market
• Good level of German
• Bachelor’s or master’s (preferred) degree in a technical discipline, preferably engineering or a similar field.

We Offer

• An exciting opportunity in a fast-growing international medical device company
• A modern working environment, with multicultural and dynamic teams
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid remote work policy
• A centrally located office in Zug, very close to the train station

Interested in joining SHL Medical and in supporting us with your expertise and personality? Then we look forward to receiving your application including your CV, motivation letter, and all other relevant documents to our Talent Acquisition Department at Recruit CH@shl-group.com.
Please note: For this position, we do not consider applications from recruitment agencies.