#IkoKaziKe // Marketing and Communications Specialist with Medtronic Labs

There is an immediate job opportunity for a Marketing and Communications Specialist with Medtronic Labs. If interested, send in your application by 20/01/2022.

As a Marketing and Communications Specialist with Medtronic Labs you need to be passionate about scaling global health solutions through effective cross-sector collaboration, to work with the Africa commercial organization and build the marketing and market development function to improve outcomes for Medtronic Labs in the region.

As a Marketing and Communications Specialist with Medtronic Labs, you will serve as the point-person for strategy and execution of marketing efforts as well as market development across Medtronic Labs businesses in various Africa countries.

Creativity, improvisation, analytics, communication, collaboration, and organization are all crucial for success in this role. The role is currently an individual contributor, with a potential to grow rapidly into a team leader role panning multiple geographies over the next 2 years.

About Medtronic Labs

Medtronic Labs is a platform designed to build and scale technology-enabled healthcare delivery models that address barriers to care across the care continuum.

In early 2020, Medtronic LABS was launched as an independent public-benefit corporation. As the company enters this phase of amplified impact and growth, the company is grateful for the continued support of Medtronic.

Medtronic LABS looks forward to collaborating and innovating alongside the global health community, including the patients, families and communities we serve, for many years to come.

Key Responsibilities

• Building a deep understanding on the multiple Labs social businesses – clinical understanding, field operational model financial model.
• Supporting field commercial teams with marketing campaigns and interventions to accelerate their financial and impact results, including significant field presence with the team to understand tactical needs and create appropriate interventions.
• Managing relationships with integrated product suppliers and vendors, plan for product launches in alignment with field sales and operations teams.
• Representing Labs in relevant forums, conferences and key customers/stakeholders.
• Working with global communications team and local agencies to drive social media activities in country.
• Building strong network and engage local and global organizations including NGOs, multilateral organizations, governments, multi-national corporations, start-ups, and other stakeholders.
• Developing and disseminating information and analysis of business performance metrics to the internal leadership as part of periodic business reviews.

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Must haves:

• 5+ years of experience in a marketing role managing and executing campaigns on ground.
• Demonstrated success in campaign management and execution, working with variety of stakeholders and delivering results.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
• Past experience with designing collaterals from scratch.
• Comfortable traveling within Africa and on field when needed.

Good to haves:

• Past experience working with healthcare as a service environment.
• Past experience executing marketing projects with the government.

Candidate attributes:

• Entrepreneurial in nature.
• Agile with a growth mindset and willingness to go above, beyond, the formal role.
• Willing to work with a certain level of ownership and autonomy.
• Comfort with an unstructured role that grows with the individual.
• Passion for the field of global health