Senior Product Manager, Hindfoot
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Paragon 28, Inc.
US
Summary
The Senior Product Manager will lead the commercialization, launch, and growth of the Hindfoot and EXFIX portfolio while driving market adoption through strategic collaboration with surgeons and cross-functional teams. They are responsible for identifying market gaps, developing business cases, and providing technical support to sales teams to ensure procedural success.
Job Description
Zimmer Biomet is a global medical technology leader. Our team members are part of a company with a heritage of leadership, a focus on shaping the future, and a mission dedicated to alleviating pain and improving the quality of life for people around the world.
What You Can Expect
The Opportunity
Paragon 28, a Zimmer Biomet Company focused on the Foot and Ankle is looking for a Sr Product Manager, Hindfoot to join out team. Shape the future of extremity care. Drive the commercialization, launch, and growth of our cutting-edge Foot & Ankle portfolio. Turn market insights into patient outcomes.
Your Impact
- Launch & Grow: Champion high-impact product launches and long-term portfolio growth.
- Strategize & Execute: Blend upstream innovation with downstream commercial excellence.
- Collaborate Globally: Partner with elite surgeons, R&D, Clinical Affairs, and Sales.
- Solve Big Problems: Identify market gaps to boost procedural adoption.
- Lead Cross-Functionally: Unite diverse teams to achieve key business goals.
Who You Are
- A Connector: Master at navigating cross-functional team dynamics.
- A Doer: Equally skilled at big-picture strategy and daily execution.
- A Strategist: Expert at turning raw market data into winning products.
- An Achiever: Driven to improve patient lives and hit commercial targets.
The Setup
- Reports To: Vice President of Downstream Marketing.
- Partners With: Product Directors and Senior Leadership.
How You'll Create Impact
Essential Responsibilities & Duties
Portfolio Strategy & Innovation
- Spot Gaps: Identify unmet clinical needs and market growth opportunities.
- Gather Insights: Lead voice-of-customer, competitive research, and market assessments.
- Build Cases: Create business cases, market analyses, and product requirements.
- Guide R&D: Partner with product development to ensure designs meet customer needs.
- Evaluate Tech: Help assess licensing, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.
Product Launches & Commercialization
- Execute Launches: Support global product launches and platform expansions.
- Craft Messaging: Develop product positioning, value propositions, and marketing collateral.
- Plan Growth: Contribute to marketing plans, pricing, and revenue forecasts.
- Secure Supply: Partner with Operations on inventory planning and launch readiness.
- Own Ecosystems: Manage solutions across implants, biologics, and workflows.
Sales Enablement & Education
- Drive Adoption: Support sales teams with surgeon conversion and procedural adoption.
- Build Tools: Create sales assets, digital content, and procedural guides.
- Run Events: Coordinate surgeon education, cadaver labs, and national meetings.
- Support Field: Serve as the go-to technical resource for reps and customers.
Cross-Functional & Analytics
- Unite Teams: Align Sales, Clinical, Regulatory, Finance, and Operations.
- Track Results: Analyze product performance, market trends, and competitor moves.
- Report Progress: Assist with business reviews, forecasts, and international support.
Your Background
Qualifications & Requirements
Education & Experience
- Degree: Bachelor’s in Marketing, Business, Engineering, Biology, or related field.
- Experience: 4–6 years in orthopedic sales, marketing, med-ed, or product development.
- Track Record: Proven success supporting medical device development and product launches.
Skills & Knowledge
- Clinical Savvy: Strong grasp of orthopedic procedures and surgeon workflows.
- Collaboration: Expert at aligning cross-functional teams from R&D to Supply Chain.
- Execution: Skilled in data analysis, project management, and multitasking.
- Software: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
Physical & Job Demands
- Schedule: Full-time, with occasional evenings and weekends for technical calls/events.
- Mobility: Office-based environment; requires standing or walking up to 8 hours daily.
- Strength: Ability to lift up to 40 lbs.
- OR Readiness: Able to wear a 7–9 lb lead apron for extended periods in operating rooms.
- Compliance: Must obtain and maintain hospital credentialing.
Travel Expectations
30–40% overnight travel. Travel includes surgeon meetings, cadaver labs, sales meetings, educational programs, product launches, industry conferences, and field support activities.
Compensation Data
Salary Range: $130,000-$160,000 USD annually with eligibility for discretionary bonus
EOE
Paragon 28, a Zimmer Biomet Company, was established in 2010 as an orthopedic foot and ankle company. The name “Paragon 28” was chosen to show that we are exclusively a foot and ankle company, with the “28” representing the number of bones in the foot. We will remain true to that vision. Paragon 28 was started as a small, family-based company and we have kept those core ideals as we have grown.
Our mission is to strategically build a company around the core principles that drive innovation and quality. Relentlessly working to advance the science behind foot and ankle surgery, Paragon 28 is passionate about and committed to:
- Creation and Innovation: Blending different surgical philosophies from various global thought leaders to develop bio-mechanically and clinically relevant surgical solutions.
- A Focus on Service: A customer service based, dedicated, and highly trained distribution network to the foot and ankle market.
- Efficient Practices: Meeting the needs of increasing pricing pressures and reimbursement while continuing to develop cutting-edge surgical implants.
- Practical and Comprehensive Solutions: Creating complete surgeon-centric systems, specialty instruments, and next generation implants to solve real world issues faced by foot and ankle surgeons.
- Research Motivated: Improving clinical outcomes through meaningful and unbiased research. We are ready to embrace research data regardless of marketing impact.
Motivation, competition and the desire to learn are unique characteristics that are incredibly valuable to our success. Paragon 28’s work environment is modern and exciting. We are seeking experienced and energetic individuals to join our team in areas of Quality, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Administration and Accounting.
Founded
2010
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Medical Equipment Manufacturing
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Englewood, Colorado
Paragon 28, a Zimmer Biomet Company, was established in 2010 as an orthopedic foot and ankle company. The name “Paragon 28” was chosen to show that we are exclusively a foot and ankle company, with the “28” representing the number of bones in the foot. We will remain true to that vision. Paragon 28 was started as a small, family-based company and we have kept those core ideals as we have grown.
Our mission is to strategically build a company around the core principles that drive innovation and quality. Relentlessly working to advance the science behind foot and ankle surgery, Paragon 28 is passionate about and committed to:
- Creation and Innovation: Blending different surgical philosophies from various global thought leaders to develop bio-mechanically and clinically relevant surgical solutions.
- A Focus on Service: A customer service based, dedicated, and highly trained distribution network to the foot and ankle market.
- Efficient Practices: Meeting the needs of increasing pricing pressures and reimbursement while continuing to develop cutting-edge surgical implants.
- Practical and Comprehensive Solutions: Creating complete surgeon-centric systems, specialty instruments, and next generation implants to solve real world issues faced by foot and ankle surgeons.
- Research Motivated: Improving clinical outcomes through meaningful and unbiased research. We are ready to embrace research data regardless of marketing impact.
Motivation, competition and the desire to learn are unique characteristics that are incredibly valuable to our success. Paragon 28’s work environment is modern and exciting. We are seeking experienced and energetic individuals to join our team in areas of Quality, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Administration and Accounting.
Founded
2010
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Medical Equipment Manufacturing
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Englewood, Colorado
