Assistant Product Manager (Interventional Systems)

About the Company

As a global medical device company originating from Japan, we pursue reliable quality and technology to contribute to healthcare in more than 160 countries and regions around the globe. We promise to walk alongside healthcare professionals to continue to make great contribution to society, now and into the future.

Summary of the Role

The Assistant Product Manager supports the management and growth of the Interventional Oncology and Peripheral portfolio across Terumo Interventional Systems Asia Pacific. Working with the Regional Product Manager, this role takes ownership of assigned marketing initiatives, identifies business opportunities, and proactively supports launch execution, training, and cross-country activities.

Key Focus Areas

• Regional product and portfolio management
• Product launches, campaigns, and commercial excellence
• Market insights, forecasting, and KPI tracking
• Stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration

Key Functions / Responsibilities

1. Product & Portfolio Management

• Take ownership of assigned product marketing initiatives and contribute ideas to regional business and portfolio plans.
• Develop and localize product positioning, value propositions, key messages, and customer-segment strategies.
• Coordinate assigned launch workstreams, including readiness, training, sales tools, KPIs, and post-launch review.
• Proactively identify business opportunities, recommend practical actions, and follow through on agreed activities with country and cross-functional teams.

2. Downstream Marketing (70%) 

• Plan and execute regional campaigns, congress activities, digital initiatives, educational program, and commercial tools
• Partner with country teams and distributors to adapt program to local market needs and improve execution.
• Coordinate product, clinical, and commercial training for product, marketing, sales, and distributor teams.
• Engage healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders, track program KPIs, and support marketing-budget management.

3. Upstream Marketing (30%)  

• Monitor customer needs, therapy trends, new technologies, reimbursement, and competitor activity.
• Conduct market research and voice-of-customer activities and provide regional insights to Global Marketing.

4. Business Planning & Analytics

• Analyze market, customer, competitor, campaign, and business-performance data.
• Translate insights into action plans and contribute to budgeting, forecasting, demand planning, and S&OP.

5. Collaboration & Project Management

• Build effective relationships with country teams and functions including Regulatory, Medical, Legal, Finance, Supply Chain and IT.
• Work with stakeholders to align priorities and deliver assigned projects, using influence and collaboration rather than direct authority.
• Take ownership of assigned initiatives, identify practical improvement opportunities, and follow agreed actions through to completion.

Technical & Functional Skills

• Strong commercial acumen, strategic thinking, and analytical skills.

• Ability to translate market and customer insights into actionable marketing initiatives.

• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to identify opportunities, take ownership of assigned responsibilities, and contribute to business growth.

• Ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities, respond flexibly to new situations, and work effectively with stakeholders to achieve shared goals in a dynamic regional environment.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills across countries and cultures.

• Ability to communicate complex clinical and commercial information clearly to internal and external audiences.
• Ability to build collaborative relationships, engage stakeholders, and encourage progress towards shared goals.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in science, healthcare, nursing, business, marketing, or a related field.

• Minimum five years of sales, product marketing, product management, or relevant commercial experience in medical devices or healthcare.

• Sales or product marketing experience with embolization devices or related procedure-driven interventional therapies.

• Interventional Oncology, Peripheral Intervention, regional, or multi-country experience is preferred.
• Travel frequency: Approximately 50% regional travel and field-based work is expected.

 

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Terumo does not recognize candidate submissions from any recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for payment of any recruitment fees due to the hiring of candidates whose resumes were submitted to Terumo employees or offices without the recruiting team's acknowledgement.