Senior Marketing Communications Manager

Position Summary

As a global medical technology company built on nearly five decades of experience, LivaNova is committed to improving the lives of patients worldwide. The role is based in the Cardiopulmonary Business Unit within the Global Strategic Marketing Team, focusing on ensuring seamless transitions from portfolio strategy to regional strategy and maximizing customer value throughout product lifecycles.

General Responsibilities

• Define and lead internal communication strategy and oversee strategic planning communication & messaging.
• Work with leadership to ensure regular updates are provided across all levels of the organization.
• Own branding and messaging strategy for the cardiopulmonary division and products.
• Collaborate with product and marketing managers to create consistent, accurate and engaging platform messaging for all legacy and next-generation products, including key marketing assets for commercialization.
• Act as brand champion to ensure consistent execution across regions and functions.
• Integrate corporate external communications (Public Relations, investors) and internal communications into planning as appropriate.
• Drive and guide customer and sales insights collection, through VOC and secondary market research to identify and validate business opportunities and unmet needs.
• Review and validate new concept and product requirements to align with product portfolio strategy.
• Organize customer evaluation sessions to gather feedback for new product scoping and product portfolio needs.
• Develop and deploy an annual marketing plan for the product portfolio to support regional objectives and drive execution of marketing tactics.
• Create and review marketing‑related project documents and ensure successful PDP stage‑gate reviews within the project core team structure.
• Define and deploy product launch plans involving all internal and regional stakeholders to achieve business case targets.
• Be the product portfolio go‑to person, owning all marketing‑related deliverables for the portfolio.
• Define and execute product life‑cycle portfolio management, supporting cross‑functional teams and regions.
• Collect and analyze market and competitive product portfolio intelligence and translate insights for innovation and regional teams.
• Develop and create new marketing collaterals for existing and new products.
• Establish strong working relationships across functions, industry leaders, vendors, and customers to influence product needs and enhance offerings.

Skills and Experience

• 7+ years of product management experience in the medical device industry.
• Proven track record of successful product launches and creative marketing plan development.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking, able to translate insights into actionable plans for teams.
• Experience in remote work and effective collaboration with cross‑functional virtual teams.

Education

Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Engineering, Business, Science or Marketing.