$143,000–$220,000 Per Year
Business Administration, Business Plan, Capital Markets, Continuous Improvement, Customer Acquisition, Demand Forecasting/Planning, Demand Generation, Finance, Fitness, Forecasting, Leadership, LinkedIn, Market Entry Strategy, Market Segmentation, Marketing, Marketing Plan, Marketing Strategy, Mentoring, Orthopedics, Partner Sales, Performance Analysis, Performance Metrics, Process Improvement, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Management, Product Pricing, Revenue Planning, Robotics, Sales, Standards Development, Stock Purchase Plans, Supply Chain Management, Technical Strategy, Willing to Travel
Director, U.S. Marketing - Platform Technologies
Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew, we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living.
The Director, U.S. Marketing - Platform Technologies will lead the downstream marketing strategy for enabling technology platforms, including robotics and digital solutions. This role is responsible for building and executing a unified platform strategy that drives adoption, commercial performance, and long-term growth across multiple orthopedic indications.
Operating at the intersection of strategy and execution, this leader will define go-to-market approaches, optimize commercial models, and ensure successful product lifecycle management across the U.S. market.
Platform Strategy & Marketing Leadership
- Define and lead U.S. platform-level marketing strategy across robotics and digital technology solutions
- Shape value propositions, positioning, and demand generation strategies
- Develop annual and long-range marketing plans, including segmentation and targeting
- Align platform strategy with indication-based marketing teams
Go-to-Market & Commercial Strategy
- Own go-to-market strategies for capital and enabling technologies
- Develop pricing and commercial models (capital, service, software, value-based)
- Drive adoption across key customer segments including IDNs and ASCs
- Partner with sales teams to enable effective commercialization
Forecasting & Business Planning
- Lead demand forecasting, revenue planning, and performance tracking
- Establish and monitor KPIs tied to adoption, utilization, and growth
- Partner with Finance and Supply Chain on planning and capital deployment
- Provide insights and updates to senior leadership
Product Lifecycle Management
- Lead full lifecycle management including launches, upgrades, and phase-out strategies
- Drive installed base optimization and asset utilization strategies
- Ensure seamless customer transitions and minimal disruption
Launch Excellence Leadership
- Build and lead a U.S. downstream Launch Excellence capability
- Develop standardized frameworks, tools, and governance for launches
- Ensure alignment across marketing, sales enablement, and training
- Drive continuous improvement through post-launch performance tracking
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- Significant experience in marketing, product management, or commercial strategy
- Leadership experience within MedTech; robotics or digital solutions strongly preferred
- Proven track record in downstream marketing, go-to-market strategy, and lifecycle management
- Strong financial acumen, including forecasting and pricing strategy
Travel Amount: 50%
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- Your Future: 401k Matching Program, 401k Plus Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Tuition Reimbursement
- Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Paid Holidays, Flex Holidays, Paid Community Service Day
- Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account (Employer Contribution of $500+ annually), Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave, Fertility and Adoption Assistance Program
- Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model (For most professional roles)
- Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, Mentorship
- Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!
Smith+Nephew is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Smith+Nephew will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please alert the recruiter if you are selected to move forward.
The anticipated base compensation range for this position is $143,000 - $220,000USD annually. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role at Smith + Nephew. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate. In addition to base pay, we provide competitive bonus and benefits, which include medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k, tuition reimbursement, medical leave programs, parental leave, and generous PTO, paid company holidays annually and 8 hours of Volunteer time and a variety of wellness offerings such as EAP.
Smith+Nephew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
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Smith & Nephew Plc
The Group has a history dating back 160 years to the family enterprise of Thomas James Smith who opened a small pharmacy in Hull, England in 1856. On his death in 1896, his nephew Horatio Nelson Smith took over the management of the business.
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A few days after the declaration of World War 1 in 1914, Horatio Nelson Smith (the nephew of the company founder T. J Smith) met with an envoy of the French President in London. The company was awarded a contract to supply £350,000 of surgical and field dressings, to be delivered in five months.
By the late 1990s, Smith & Nephew had expanded into being a diverse healthcare conglomerate with operations across the globe, including various medical devices, personal care products and traditional and pioneering woundcare treatments.
In 1998, Smith & Nephew announced a major restructuring to focus management attention and investment on three business units — wound management, endoscopy and orthopaedics — which offered high growth and margin opportunities.
Smith & Nephew was incorporated and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1937 and in 1999 the Group was also listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
In 2001, Smith & Nephew became a constituent member of the FTSE-100 index in the UK. This means that Smith & Nephew is included in the top 100 companies traded on the London Stock Exchange measured in terms of market capitalisation.
Today, Smith & Nephew is a public limited company incorporated and headquartered in the UK and doing business in many countries around the world.