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Director of Product
Product
Magenta, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
Posted on Aug 6, 2026
Description
Serve as the interface between the market (the voice of the customer) and Magenta’s R&D organization. Help define product roadmaps, including requirements, specifications, risks, hazards, pre-clinical testing, and go-to-market activities.
Responsibilities
- Lead usability testing activities, lead product training efforts.
- Participate in marketing activities related to the product.
- Gather needs for current and future products, identify optimized solutions, lead strategic & tactical product roadmaps.
- Own and responsible for full product lifecycle.
- Responsible for characterization of new products and features.
- Responsible to monitor competitive activity, ranging from IP, through technical features, to market performance and marketing activities.
- Provide input to product training and marketing activities/materials.
- Provide support for products that are sold in mass numbers, interface with sales reps, distributors, and end-customers worldwide.
- Responsible for characterization of all product-related risks and hazards.
- Responsible for verification of ease-of-use.
- Definition of use-scenarios for the product.
- Responsible for user-interface interactions.
- Procure accessories and relevant off-the-shelf products for evaluation/assessment.
Reports to
VP R&D
Requirements
- M.Sc. in a relevant field.
- Relevant M.A. and/or M.B.A. - an advantage.
- Ph.D. or MD - an advantage.
- Desirable to have at least 8 years of experience in product management (preferably B2B) or shorter R&D experience.
- Experience with FDA submissions and FDA human factors/usability studies.
- Experience defining user interfaces, product requirements, product specifications, and hazard analyses.
- Experience presenting scientific and clinical data before advisory boards.
- Advantages to experience in adjacent disciplines/roles, such as: Product Marketing / Marketing / Business Development / R&D Developer / Team Leader / Program Management / Project Management.
- Thorough understanding of organizational processes - experience working with internal stakeholders from product definition to launch.
- End-to-end product lifecycle experience from inception to scale marketing.
- Experience with sophisticated, data-rich products with a significant customer base, products or systems that combine hardware and software - an advantage.
- Strong experience with cardiovascular or structural heart devices preferred.
- Experience with Class III medical devices and pre-commercial stage companies - an advantage.
Preferred Skills
- English - full proficiency. Native speaker - an advantage.
- Excellent verbal and writing skills.
- High capacity and motivation for self-learning.