Senior Product Manager (Maternity Cover) - Continence Care Pipeline & Portfolio

Are you ready to make a real difference in the lives of people with intimate healthcare needs by shaping future innovation and driving commercially critical decisions in Continence Care? Do you thrive in strategic, cross functional environments where you influence direction, engage senior stakeholders and help bring meaningful solutions to users around the world?

Then this Senior Product Manager (maternity cover) in Continence Care Pipeline & Portfolio might be the perfect next step in your career. 

Join Us: Continence Care Pipeline & Portfolio 

At our headquarters in Humlebæk, you will join the Continence Care Pipeline & Portfolio team. Our team manages and owns the full product life cycle in Continence Care, from early idea generation to global market introduction and all the way to discontinuation. This includes short term, mid term and long term innovation, as well as lifecycle management of existing solutions. 

We are commercially driven, but our users are always at the core of what we do. Every day, we go to work to make bladder management easier for our users, and we believe that strong commercial decisions and deep user understanding go hand in hand. 

You will collaborate closely with colleagues across the organization, including Marketing, Customer Experience, Supply Chain, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs and local markets to influence the direction of future opportunities in the Continence Care portfolio. The role offers: 

• High exposure to senior leadership 
• A central position in shaping the future of continence care  
• A unique opportunity to build deep business understanding 
• A strong platform for advancing your career within Coloplast 

This is a role for someone who enjoys working analytically and strategically, navigating complexity and driving alignment across diverse stakeholders. 

With direct report to Pernille Wraae Valsted, Senior Director of Continence Care Pipeline & Portfolio, you will be responsible for leading the commercial workstream on strategically important innovation projects. You will define unmet needs, shape positioning and ensure that new solutions are anchored in compelling value propositions. 

You will own the commercial ambition for specific innovation projects and drive the forecasting process with our markets, ensuring that global targets are ambitious, aligned and grounded in strong commercial logic. 

You become a part of a core team of specialists who collectively guide the direction of our innovation efforts. In this role, you act as the commercial lead within R&D innovation projects and ensure that commercial perspectives are integrated throughout the project. You lead and drive the full commercial track of the project, including colleagues from Marketing, Market Access, Pricing, Medical Affairs, and close collaboration with our markets, to secure strong commercial anchoring and prepare solutions for future global success.  

Specifically, you will: 

• Lead the commercial track of key innovation projects ranging from short term to long term horizons 
• Define unmet needs, positioning and claiming strategy for your innovation projects 
• Own the commercial ambition for your innovation projects and drive the forecasting process with markets to support ambitious global targets 
• Define global roll-out plan and timings  
• Collaborate closely with R&D, Marketing, Customer Experience, Supply Chain, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, local markets and more to ensure alignment and momentum 
• Travel approximately 20 days per year to engage with subsidiaries and customers around the world 

Experienced and Strategic Commercial Professional 

You posses strong strategic and analytical capabilities, a commercial mindset and the ability to communicate clearly and influence stakeholders at all levels. You thrive in dynamic environments, enjoy working with complexity and are motivated by shaping the future of a global business area. 

Furthermore, you bring: 

• A commercial master’s degree or equivalent 
• 5+ years of experience in product management, consulting, business development, strategic commercial roles or other market oriented functions 
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills 
• A genuine interest in improving life for users and creating solutions that make a meaningful difference 
• Experience in healthcare or medical devices is an advantage 
• Fluency in English 

This position gives the opportunity to grow into broader commercial leadership and gain deep exposure to the strategic core of Continence Care. 

Interested? 

For more information, contact Pernille Wraae Valsted, Senior Director of Continence Care Pipeline & Portfolio, at dkpsor@coloplast.com. 

This position is a 12month maternity cover. While we cannot guarantee a permanent role afterwards, we are committed to supporting strong talent, and it is also in our interest to find good longterm solutions when the fit is right. Our team is dynamic and continuously evolving, and opportunities to stay in this or a similar role often arise. It is a valuable opportunity to gain experience in a high profile, strategically important position. 

We will review candidates on an ongoing basis, so please apply as soon as possible. 

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.

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