Senior Manager, Product Marketing (Surgical Drapes & Gowns)

Our Global Medical Products and Distribution business manufactures, sources, and distributes Cardinal Health branded medical, surgical, and laboratory products, along with a broad portfolio of national brand products, serving healthcare providers. The Senior Manager, Product Marketing is a key individual contributor responsible for accelerating growth of the Surgical Drapes & Gowns portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of marketing strategy, commercial insights, and product marketing, with responsibility for identifying where the business can grow and translating those opportunities into clear, actionable strategies that enable Sales. The ideal candidate is comfortable operating with autonomy, creating clarity from ambiguity, and demonstrating strong ownership and follow-through from insight through execution.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize growth opportunities across the Surgical Drapes & Gowns portfolio using customer, market, competitive, sales, and portfolio insights.
• Partner closely with Sales to identify whitespace and provide the insights, strategies, resources, and tools needed to pursue growth opportunities.
• Translate complex data and business insights into clear, actionable recommendations that help Sales understand where opportunities exist and how to approach them.
• Develop strategies and programs that remove barriers and make it easier for Sales to execute against identified opportunities.
• Take ownership of prioritized growth initiatives from strategy through implementation, ensuring strong execution, accountability, and follow-through.
• Think critically about portfolio and business performance, challenge existing approaches, and identify new ways to unlock growth.
• Develop and execute upstream and downstream marketing strategies that strengthen portfolio positioning and support commercial objectives.
• Lead Portfolio Lifecycle Management, identifying opportunities to optimize, expand, reposition, or evolve the portfolio based on market and customer needs.
• Support annual and long-range marketing planning through analysis of market trends, business performance, customer needs, and growth opportunities.
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships across Sales and other key stakeholders to align priorities and move initiatives forward.
• Operate with a high degree of independence, proactively identifying opportunities, determining the path forward, and driving work through completion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of experience in product marketing, product management, commercial strategy, sales enablement, or a related function preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to identify growth opportunities and translate market, customer, competitive, and business insights into actionable strategies.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills with the ability to connect insights to business opportunities and recommended actions.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with Sales, developing strategies, positioning, programs, and tools that enable commercial teams to pursue opportunities.
• Strong execution skills with demonstrated ability to take ownership of initiatives from strategy through implementation.
• Highly independent and proactive, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and move work forward with limited direction.
• Exceptional follow-through, attention to detail, and accountability for delivering against commitments.
• Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to simplify complex information and align cross-functional stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge existing approaches, solve complex business problems, and bring forward ideas that drive growth.
• Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, highly matrixed environment.

Anticipated base pay range: $106,700 - $152,400

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan

• Health savings account (HSA)

• 401k savings plan

• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• Work-Life resources

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 10/23/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

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