Product Manager

Chorley
3 months ago
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Global Product Manager - Hygiene

Location: Chorley (Hybrid)
Sector: Healthcare / MedTech (Infection Prevention & Patient Care)
Salary £50-60k+ bonus + Car Allowance

Are you a commercially driven, high-energy Product Manager who thrives on owning a product portfolio end-to-end? Do you come from a healthcare, medtech, clinical consumables or infection-prevention background and want a role where your work genuinely improves patient care worldwide?

This is a brand-new, strategically critical position supporting a £22.5M global patient hygiene portfolio - driving innovation, growth, clinical value and international market development. If you love taking accountability, shaping strategy, and turning insight into action, you’ll fit right in.

🌍 The Opportunity

As Global Product Manager for Patient Hygiene, you’ll be the driving force behind our UK and international portfolio. You’ll work hand-in-hand with Sales, Clinical, Quality, Regulatory, Operations and R&D to deliver:



New product launches

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Market and competitor intelligence

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Commercial strategy

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Global messaging and positioning

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Portfolio optimisation & lifecycle management

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Sales enablement tools & training

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Margin, demand planning & financial ownership

This is a role where you truly own it: performance, messaging, improvements, growth - it sits with you.

⚡ What You’ll Be Doing

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Lead full product lifecycle management across global markets

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Develop insight-led marketing plans for focus brands

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Shape product positioning that differentiates us in competitive healthcare markets

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Create compelling sales collateral, videos, web content and launch campaigns

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Deliver market, clinical & competitive research to drive strategy

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Support UK & international sales through tools, training and co-travel

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Own category performance: margin, sales, forecasting and demand planning

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Drive continuous improvement and lead change-control initiatives

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Work closely with Quality & Regulatory to ensure global compliance

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Manage post-market surveillance and customer feedback loops

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Build relationships with Key Opinion Leaders and develop a clinical advisory board

🔥 What You Must Bring

This is not a generalist marketing role. We need someone who understands NPD the sector and can hit the ground running.

Essential

✔ Healthcare, MedTech or medical consumables background i
✔ Strong understanding of the NHS & UK healthcare market
✔ High commercial awareness with the confidence to make decisions
✔ High energy, proactive mindset and a real “own it” mentality
✔ Strong analytical, project management and influencing skills
✔ Excellent communication & presentation skills
✔ Experience with CRM platforms and data-led decision-making

Why Join?

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Lead a major global portfolio in a fast-growing healthcare business

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Real accountability, autonomy and space to innovate

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Work cross-functionally with experts across clinical, regulatory, commercial and operations

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Be part of an organisation with strong sustainability values and a genuine mission to improve patient dignity and safety

If you're a commercially sharp, energetic, healthcare-experienced Product Manager ready to take complete ownership of a global portfolio - we’d love to hear from you

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