Senior Director, Portfolio & Product Management

📍 Global Role in Zurich | MedTech Industry

We are partnering with a leading MedTech client to find a Senior Director of Portfolio & Product Management to drive the strategic direction of a global consumer product portfolio. This is a senior leadership role with significant impact across innovation, commercial strategy, and organizational alignment.

About the Role

As Senior Director, you will shape and execute the global portfolio and product strategy across the full consumer lifecycle. You will lead innovation, portfolio evolution, and commercialization initiatives to deliver sustainable growth, accelerate market impact, and strengthen competitive positioning.

This role requires a highly consumer-centric leader with a proven ability to translate customer insights into winning products and business outcomes. You will play a critical role in accelerating innovation pipelines, shortening time-to-market, and driving go-to-market readiness across global markets.

Acting as a key connector across commercial, R&D, operations, finance, and regional teams, you will ensure rapid cross-functional alignment and effective execution of strategic priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute a global portfolio strategy aligned with growth ambitions, consumer needs, and brand positioning
• Build, prioritize, and accelerate a high-impact innovation pipeline based on consumer insights, market trends, and emerging opportunities
• Drive excellence in portfolio and product management across the entire product lifecycle
• Accelerate time-to-market and improve go-to-market readiness through effective prioritization, decision-making, and stakeholder alignment
• Lead portfolio optimization initiatives to maximize growth, profitability, and long-term value creation
• Conduct market, consumer, and competitive analysis to inform strategic investment decisions
• Ensure global alignment across regions for product roadmaps, launches, commercialization plans, and execution priorities
• Drive data-based decision-making through analytics, financial modelling, business cases, and performance tracking
• Develop and implement consumer-centric pricing and value proposition strategies in collaboration with commercial teams
• Foster a culture of agility, innovation, and continuous improvement across the organization
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing global product management team
• Oversee the global category budget, ensuring strong ROI and disciplined investment allocation
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, quality, and operational requirements

Experience & Background

• 15+ years of experience in global marketing, portfolio management, or product management within international organizations
• Proven track record of leading global portfolios, accelerating innovation pipelines, and driving successful commercialization strategies
• Strong experience within MedTech, Consumer Healthcare, Healthcare SMEs, FMCG, or other consumer-focused B2C environments
• Demonstrated success in shortening development cycles, accelerating product launches, and improving speed-to-market
• Strong commercial acumen, including pricing strategy, financial modelling, portfolio management, and business case development
• Experience leading complex cross-functional and international teams
• Familiarity with regulated industries and global product environments

Education

• Master’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or related field
• Additional certifications in marketing strategy, market research, or pricing are a plus

Skills & Leadership

• Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset with strong execution capabilities
• Consumer-centric leader with deep understanding of customer behavior and market dynamics
• Proven ability to drive innovation acceleration and commercial excellence
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing capabilities
• Ability to lead effectively in complex, matrixed global organizations
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• Fluent English required; German is a plus

Other Details

• Flexible working model (hybrid)
• International travel required

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