Company: KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (KSEA)
Job Code: 11964
Pay Grade: US-C18
Description
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG based in Tuttlingen, Germany, is a family-owned, global company committed to benefiting humanity by advancing medical technology through innovation and education.
For more than 75 years, KARL STORZ has been dedicated to earning its international reputation as a leader that designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets all its products with an emphasis on visionary design, precision craftsmanship, and clinical effectiveness.
KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG based in Tuttlingen, Germany, is a family-owned, global company committed to benefiting humanity by advancing medical technology through innovation and education. For more than 70 years, KARL STORZ has been dedicated to earning its international reputation as a leader that designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets all its products with an emphasis on visionary design, precision craftsmanship, and clinical effectiveness.
KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. (KSEA), an affiliate of KST, is headquartered in El Segundo, California, and is responsible for all U.S. distribution and sales of endoscopes, instruments, imaging systems, electromechanical devices, and OR1 operating room integration technologies.
Summary:
Interested in a chance to shape the future of surgery? You’re in the right place.
Video Integration is the management of video and audio streams in an Operating Room and throughout a hospital’s networked enterprise. KARL STORZ has been innovating in this space for 20 years.
Now we are looking for a techy, driven Associate Marketing Manager to help us continue innovating with AIDA, the product responsible for documentation and archival of surgical recordings. This is a fast paced, challenging role but for the right person, it’s a dream job.
As the OR1 Associate Technical Marketing Manager, you will own the strategy behind AIDA. From product roadmap to customer installation, you are here to make AIDA the best documentation product on the market.
Responsibilities:
- Upstream Responsibilities:
- Filter and track market feedback for product roadmap
- Research market trends and current product performance to anticipate new customer requirements
- Manage product life cycle strategy
- Collaborate with engineering, product management and regulatory
- Product manage accessories in the AIDA portfolio and for OR1 as a whole
- Manage administrative tasks associated with product portfolio (part numbering, quoting tools, etc.)
- Downstream Responsibilities:
- Develop launch material for product and new feature releases (training plans, marketing material, demos etc.)
- Present passionately to customer groups and/or KARL STORZ employees
- Train and provide on-site support during implementation and go-live as well as post-go live support
- Maintain competitive information relative to product portfolio
- Provide backup to technical services when issues escalate
- Collaborate and assist sales, technical services, and field operations on all things AIDA
Desired Skills and Experience:
- A minimum education level of a Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 1-2 years’ work experience specific to B2B sales, medical device sales, medical device marketing, OR integration, or healthcare IT experience;
- Technical competency in video standards, video streaming, networking, and cloud based solutions. Special emphasis placed on how individual devices could be used to create integrated systems.
- Understanding of the operating room workflow; its systems and subsystems used in everyday surgery is desired.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with special emphasis on the ability to communicate technical details to the layperson.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Ability to negotiate internally with team members on customer strategy.
- Ability to anticipate / handle multiple priorities and complex issues.
- Maintains a high standard of ethics, professionalism and competency.
Key Job Factors:
- Level of accountability: Generally independent
- Level of decision making: Specialized tasks
- Has contact with: Inside and Outside Company Staff; Executives and Customers
- Financial/Budgetary: Supervised Responsibility on Revenue and Costs
- Supervision: Does not supervise others
- Physical Requirements: Frequent standing or walking
- Travel: approximately 40%
Additional Requirements:
- Must be willing to work from the KARL STORZ corporate office in El Segundo, CA.
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Vaccine requirements at KARL STORZ due to COVID-19
KARL STORZ is committed to maintaining a safe work environment for our employees and therefore we require the COVID-19 vaccine for all of our employees unless otherwise due to an underlying medical condition or sincerely held religious beliefs. During the interview process, we encourage you to ask how COVID-19 may impact the role you are seeking and if you require a reasonable accommodation regarding the vaccine requirement see below on the process for requesting accommodation. Please click here to learn more about our overall response to COVID-19.
Employee Benefits Program Overview for U.S. Locations
- Medical / Dental / Vision including a state of the art wellness program and pet insurance, too!*
- 3 weeks’ vacation, 10 holidays plus paid sick time*
- 401K retirement savings plan providing a match of 60% of the employee’s first 6% contribution
- Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life, STD, LTD & LTC Insurance
- Tuition reimbursement of up to $5,250 per year
- Fitness reimbursement up to $200 annually
- Employee referral program of up to $2,000 per hire
- And much more!
*Field sales, internships and part-time employees are not eligible except for where required by state law.
Non-employees, including temporary workers and consultants, are not eligible to participate in KARL STORZ benefits program.
KARL STORZ reserves the right to change or modify the employee’s job description whether orally or in writing, at any time during the employment relationship. Additionally, KARL STORZ, through its supervisors, may require an employee to perform duties outside their normal description within the sole discretion of the supervisor. Employee must comply will all applicable KARL STORZ policies and procedures.
Equal Employment Opportunity & Reasonable Accommodation Statement
KARL STORZ is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills and unique experiences. To achieve this goal, we are committed to diverse voices and all applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected characteristic. KARL STORZ is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. Should you need assistance or accommodation please email us at …@karlstorz.com.
Notice to Employment Agencies
This recruitment assignment is being managed directly by KARL STORZ’s Human Resources team. Human Resources will reach out to our preferred, contracted agency partners in the rare instance additional talent options are required. Your respect for this process is appreciated. KARL STORZ does not accept unsolicited Agency resumes. Resumes received which were unsolicited by KARL STORZ Human Resources department will be ineligible for referral fees.