Role Overview
Strategy and Innovation Manager
We are seeking a highly skilled Strategy and Innovation Manager to join our team in Burgdorf.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for identifying potential growth areas for Ypsomed Delivery Systems, contributing to the company's forward-thinking initiatives.
Main Responsibilities
* Lead evidence-based financial analyses of drug delivery devices under development to determine the financial impact of proposed initiatives through commercial viability assessments.
* Gather inputs from cross-functional teams to develop and recommend device portfolio strategy, ensuring our future offerings align with market needs/preferences and business objectives.
* Conduct comprehensive analyses of our existing and under development device portfolio, build bridges across product categories and sales to ensure cohesive portfolio development.
* Facilitate regular portfolio review meetings with senior management to discuss strategic direction and ensure alignment with overall business strategy and goals.
* Support cross-functional innovation teams with market segmentation, targeting, and product (re)positioning of existing and future medical device portfolio.
* Ensure all relevant stakeholders are informed and aligned with portfolio decisions.
* Represent the company by actively participating in relevant trade fairs and networking with customers and partners across the pharmaceutical supply chain.
About You
* Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
* 5+ years of experience, ideally in strategy consultancy or internal strategy/innovation/marketing teams.
* Strategic thinking capabilities to translate insights into actionable plans.
* Strong analytical skills for interpreting complex data and making strategic recommendations.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, working effectively with cross-functional teams and senior management.
* Resilient and able to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment with multiple competing projects.
* Fluency in written and spoken English.
Our Benefits
* Shiftwork, annual working hours, part-time.
* FlexWork: Work where and when you want (in Switzerland).
* Up-to-date work environment: Up-to-date production, offices, break areas.
* Pension fund: Ypsomed covers % of the pension contributions.
* Mobility support: Charging stations, Swiss Half Fare Card, parking, close to public transport.
* Free sport facilities: Affordable or free gyms all over Switzerland.
* Family friendly: Financial contributions to childcare.
Ypsomed is a successful, rapidly growing, family-owned company headquartered in Burgdorf (CH) with various production sites and subsidiaries around the world. We enable people all over the globe to self-treat despite chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, or certain types of cancer, providing them with the greatest possible quality of life.