Upstream Product Manager in London

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Embark on an exciting journey with Medtronic’s Digital Technologies Business Unit, where we are at the forefront of developing cutting-edge technology that provides real-time support to surgeons in the operating room. At Digital Technologies, we are transforming operating room experiences through advanced surgical analysis systems powered by state-of-the-art artificial intelligence.

We are seeking an experienced Upstream Product Manager to lead strategy and early-stage development for next-generation to shape the future of the Touch Surgery ecosystem, a connected, AI-powered platform transforming surgical data into actionable insight. This role requires deep expertise in AI algorithms, edge computing, or software marketing, with a focus on translating emerging technologies into scalable, commercially viable products.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Product Strategy & Upstream Definition
  • Define and drive short- and long-range product strategies for AI-enabled and edge-based software solutions
  • Identify and prioritize unmet clinical, operational, and economic needs across surgeons, hospital administrators, and health systems
  • Shape product vision, roadmap, and positioning across the full product lifecycle
• Market & Customer Insight
  • Lead market research, segmentation, and competitive analysis across digital surgery and AI ecosystems
  • Translate customer and user insights into differentiated product requirements and value propositions
  • Evaluate product viability, business cases, and long-term growth opportunities
• AI / Edge Product Development Partnership
  • Partner with engineering and data science teams to define AI applications, edge deployment strategies, and data pipelines
  • Ensure alignment between technical capabilities and real-world clinical workflows
  • Influence product specifications, prioritization, and development trade-offs
• Go-to-Market & Commercialization
  • Develop upstream marketing strategies that enable successful downstream execution
  • Define core messaging, positioning, and evidence strategy for hospital and executive audiences
  • Partner cross-functionally (R&D, clinical, regulatory, commercial) to ensure successful product launches and adoption at scale
• Thought Leadership & Stakeholder Influence
  • Act as a subject matter expert across AI-enabled surgical solutions and digital ecosystems
  • Engage with internal leadership and external stakeholders to shape strategy and drive alignment
  • Support strategic partnerships, key accounts, and innovation initiatives

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• 7+ years in product management, upstream marketing, or strategy roles within software, AI, medtech, or digital health
• Demonstrated experience in AI / machine learning–driven products or edge computing or distributed systems
• Strong track record of bringing complex, technical products to market
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, data science, and commercial teams
• Ability to translate technical concepts into clear, compelling customer value propositions

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Pay range: United Kingdom: 87,600.00 GBP - 131,400.00 GBP. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

What We Do

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will...

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning

How We Are Different

These commitments set our team apart from the rest:

• Experiences that put people first. Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
• Life-transforming technologies. No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
• Better outcomes for our world. Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
• Insight-driven care. Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.