Career Opportunities

 

Tekscan, Inc. leads the tactile pressure and force measurement industry by producing the most accurate, user-friendly, thin and flexible tactile pressure and force sensors in the marketplace.  Our force sensors and pressure mapping systems help engineers and researchers improve product design, and assist healthcare professionals in improving clinical outcomes through quantified force and pressure feedback.

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Tekscan, Inc. proudly supports Affirmative Action. Tekscan is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. Applicants are encouraged to confidentially self-identify when applying. Only applicants whose profiles closely match requirements will be contacted during the search.

 

Job Openings:

 

 

Medical Product Manager

 

Tekscan, Inc. is seeking a motivated and qualified Medical Product Manager to join our team.

 

The Medical Product Manager will be responsible for specifying new products and features and managing the product life cycle from a marketing perspective.This role requires leadership in a multi-disciplinary environment: leveraging podiatric and other medical research, understanding sensors and measurement technology, and initiating development of software that is both easy to use and analytically intensive.

 

Job Responsibilities

  • Monitor and coordinate all aspects of the product lifecycle, including market analysis, product strategy, product planning, and product marketing.
  • Perform market analysis including market research, technology assessment, and competitive analysis.
  • Develop product strategies that include incorporating innovation, clarifying the business case, defining product requirements and specifications, and deciding to buy, build or partner, and pricing.
  • Conduct product planning that includes positioning, market requirements, product roadmap, user personas, and use scenarios.
  • Understand market needs, uncover market problems, determine and prioritize product feature sets, and communicate market problems and requirements to development in a meaningful way so the final product requirement matches market needs.
  • Understand why our customers buy our products and why our non-customers don’t buy our products.
  • Introduce new products and new applications for existing products to penetrate new markets and increase revenues and profits
  • Implement a product-oriented project portfolio management process to ensure that the portfolio delivers value, is balanced, contains very high value projects, and is aligned with the business's objectives.
  • Develop positioning statements for communicating the product message internally and externally including the primary message, product description, and product name that resonates with the different buyers.
  • Work with Tekscan’s customers, engineering, and sales to determine the product’s future direction.
  • Refine features so products are easy to use
  • Define software that provides intuitive operation and powerful analysis
  • Define content of both promotional material and technical documentation
  • Care for and feed industry thought leaders
  • Support medical research studies to establish product efficacy
  • Facilitate introduction of new products including write introductory material, flyers, manuals, train sales people, and answer questions.
  • Act as a resource for sales people: answer questions, create sales presentations and demos, and help with issues.

 

Desired Qualifications

  • Bachelors Degree. A technical degree and/or an MBA would be helpful.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Ability to recognize important technical and market trends, distill disparate inputs into a coherent proposal, and gain the cooperation of others to make things happen.
  • Completing detailed projects in a multi-tasking environment is important.
  • Two or more years of related experience in the durable (non-disposable) medical device industry. Experience in biomechanics, chiropractic, physical therapy, podiatry is desired.
  • Experience with software and sensor–based products would be helpful.
  • Involvement with establishing the accepted standard of care and obtaining third party reimbursement for new CPT codes would be helpful.
  • Some travel is involved, including exhibiting at tradeshows, assisting at major accounts, training representatives and customers, and advising medical researchers.

 

We offer a competitive salary, based on experience and skills, and an excellent benefits package. Interested candidates please e-mail resumes and compensation requirements to job17@tekscan.com. No phone calls please.