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Medtronic Senior Marketing Specialist - Turkiye, Iran, Central Asia and Pakistan in Istanbul, Turkey
At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
The healthcare sector in this country is highly diverse, complex, and rapidly evolving, with growing demand for innovative medical technologies, sustainable solutions, and expanded patient access. As a global leader in healthcare technology, Medtronic plays a pivotal role in addressing these needs.
The Senior Marketing Specialist – TICA is responsible for supporting commercial strategy execution, market development, and sales excellence for various portfolios across Turkey, Iran, and Central Asia. The role acts as a regional subject‑matter expert for Cardiac Surgery & Aortic; Surgical Innovations or Capital Equipment solutions, partnering closely with country teams, distributors, and cross‑functional stakeholders to accelerate adoption, optimize capital sales cycles, and strengthen long‑term installed‑base performance in diverse healthcare environments. For this position, we are looking for candidates based in Istanbul.
Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:
Lead the development and execution of therapy-focused marketing strategies across TICA, aligning with global and regional priorities
Drive market activation and demand generation through targeted HCP engagement, clinical education platforms, and KOL partnerships
Shape value-based marketing strategies, translating clinical and economic evidence into compelling value propositions tailored to diverse healthcare environments
Enable field teams with actionable insights and tools, ensuring strong execution and consistent messaging across markets
Lead product launches and adoption acceleration, ensuring structured go-to-market plans and measurable impact
Partner cross-functionally (Sales, Medical, Market Access, Finance) to translate strategy into execution and drive business outcomes
Track and optimize marketing impact, using data-driven insights to refine strategies and maximize ROI
Required Knowledge and Experience:
University degree required (Business, Engineering, Life Sciences, or equivalent). Advanced degree is a plus.
4+ years of demonstrated strong marketing experience preferably within medical technology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or comparable complex industries ideally within TICA or similar regions
Strong proficiency in English (written, spoken, and reading comprehension) is required.
Proven experience supporting distributor and indirect sales models in a regional/multi-country setup
Experience in one or more of the following portfolios is preferred: Cardiac Surgery & Aortic, Capital Equipment, Surgical Innovations (Hernia & Wound Management)
Strategic thinker with a hands‑on, execution‑focused mindset
Solid understanding of healthcare economics, value‑based selling, and business dynamics of specific portfolio groups
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com)
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
We change lives . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives.
We build extraordinary solutions as one team . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.
This life-changing career is yours to engineer . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…
Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning
These commitments set our team apart from the rest:
Experiences that put people first . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need.
Life-transforming technologies . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.
Better outcomes for our world . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.
Insight-driven care . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care
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For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.
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