Upstream Product Manager

About us

At Distalmotion, we aim to deliver the benefits of robotic surgery to more surgeons, more hospitals, and more patients globally. Our vision is to establish a new standard of care, removing traditional barriers and complexities of robotics to ensure greater access to best-in-class minimally invasive surgery.

We are a diverse, international team, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a growing presence and footprint globally. With over 150 members, more than 25 nationalities, speaking over 15 languages, we are all united by the same goal — bringing patients the best in minimally invasive surgical care.

Are you looking for a new fulfilling challenge in a fast-growing medical device company? Join a team engaged in empowering robotic surgery, the new medical revolution.

About Upstream Product Manager:

Clinical and technical profile eager to be one of Distalmotion’s Dexter expert. Critical interface between the USA users and the R&D team, ensuring that customer’s unmet needs are integrated in the product vision and strategy.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Identify and prioritize unmet customer needs related to RAS, instruments and accessories through qualitative and quantitative research while collecting their feedback and measuring their satisfaction level in USA.
• Closely monitor state-of-the-art in laparoscopic and robotic surgery usage, identify emerging technologies, and maintain sharp knowledge of competitive technologies and therapies in USA.
• Maintain close collaboration with field teams and training teams in USA.
• Perform targeted literature and field research based on emerging needs (e.g. identify a new surgical instrument technology opportunity).
• Ensure the vision is well adopted & followed in the different collaborative departments in Distalmotion (R&D, Marketing &Training).
• Communicate knowledge acquired to R&D for user requirement as well as marketing and training regarding their own activities.
• Work with the R&D team and customers to develop & test new prototypes.
• Design & run validation, design exploration and usability studies (formative & summative) in collaboration with the R&D and EU Product Team.
• Maintain and develop documentation on product management and usability in collaboration with the R&D and EU Product Team.

• Ensure compliant processes following the standards of Distalmotion’s quality management system.

Work Experience and Education requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience in medical device development with scientific, clinical or engineering roles.
• Background in Medtech environment, laparoscopy and/or robotic is a plus.
• Fluent in English. Other European languages a plus.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities required:

• Outstanding analytical skills coupled with creativity and out-of-the box thinking is a must.
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Willing & able to travel.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work in a fast-growing company active in one of the most promising fields of medicine.

• A dynamic atmosphere in an internationally minded environment.
• Permanent contract with 25 days of paid vacation.
• Benefit from one day to two days per week working remotely to boost flexibility.
• Attractive talent development programs and initiatives empowering employees to enhance their skills and fostering professional development growth.
• Mobility plan, competitive company pension plan, support for gym memberships.
• Regular team building events such as boot camps, skiing and much more.

Distalmotion is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees.

Distalmotion is a medical device company founded and headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded in 2012, as a spin-off from the Robotics Lab of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). We are all united by the same goal - to empower more surgeons and hospitals to deliver the benefits of robotic surgery to more patients. We can only do this with the right people in our team. Apply now and be part of the mission to bring patients the best in minimally invasive care.

For further information visit: distalmotion.com and follow us on LinkedIn/Twitter: @Distalmotion.