<p>Schedule:</p> <p>Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)</p> <p>8:00 AM - 4:30 PM</p> <p>Department: Market Research - 930</p> <p>Primary Purpose:</p> <p>Associate Product Manager is responsible for contribution to a product management team that works cross functionally to define, develop and execute marketing strategies and tactics for specified product segment. Spends significant time in the technical areas to understand their challenges and work with the product management team to find innovative solutions for the broader market. Works with the product management team to execute, go-to-market strategy, product positioning and identify product key benefits, and target customers.</p> <p>About ARUP:</p> <p>ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient's life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive. We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.</p> <p>Essential Functions:</p> <p>Accountable for performing new business technical review, new product market analysis and marketing campaign development/management for defined product segment.</p> <p>Work as a part of the product management team with internal stakeholders to implement product plans.</p> <p>Collaborate with corporate communication/marketing to create and keep up-to-date technical marketing communications materials and promotional items (e.g. catalogs, brochures, press releases, and training materials) for individual promotion initiatives with in specified product line.</p> <p>Work closely with appropriate marketing teams to monitor and respond to client feedback relating to the products and coordinate and document the resolution of identified problems.</p> <p>Collaborates with other product managers and internal stakeholders concerning product plans.</p> <p>Coordinates technical content for participation at trade shows, workshops, meetings with clinicians, hospitals and laboratories.</p> <p>Create and update specified technical product line sales support and training materials as well as information for Requests for Information (RFIs) and Request for Proposals (RFPs).</p> <p>Review and provide input to client services for technical information and "cheat" sheets</p> <p>Provide day to day support of designated product lines, programs and responds to the technical needs of the sales team, client service and customers.</p> <p>Recommends new product ideas to the product management team, medical director and research scientists</p> <p>Perform feasibility analyses for new products.</p> <p>Other duties as assigned</p> <p>Physical and Other Requirements:</p> <p>Strong organizational skills</p> <p>Ability to focus, prioritize and effectively manage time and for numerous simultaneous projects.</p> <p>Excellent customer service skills</p> <p>Dedicated customer satisfaction and problem resolution attitude</p> <p>Creativity</p> <p>Regular and reliable attendance</p> <p>Ability to work long hours to meet goals and deadlines.</p> <p>Must be able to sit and/or stand for extensive periods of time</p> <p>Excellent ability to communicate effectively in English both written and verbal</p> <p>Ability to organize work, to meet deadlines and to work under stressful conditions</p> <p>Must be able to travel approximately 5% of the time.</p> <p>Ability to understand medical technology and articulate technical value/benefit propositions.</p> <p>Strong formal and informal communication skills.</p> <p>Excellent relationship building and collaborative skills.</p> <p>Familiarity with Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word.</p>