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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

-Leads the execution of marketing deliverables for M&A activities, including marketing integration plans, change management communications, and workstreams for pre- and post-acquisition to ensure successful integration.-Works in partnership with leadership and M&A cross-functional partners to effectively map key marketing processes of the acquired companies and identifies opportunities for marketing synergies through collaboration with the acquired business.-Oversees integration activities, including print and digital collateral integration, brand entity reviews, and marketing asset migration.-Develops and implements strategies to leverage new acquisition channels, helping to expand the organization’s market presence.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Management of US strategy implementation for PFO and LAA therapies, including digital and channel execution, while providing ongoing support to field and sales teams.-US product portfolio expertise including market sizes and trend share, customer needs andtargeting, product performance, benefits/weaknesses, and positioning, balancing internal andexternal needs for each product.-Ongoing knowledge of US competitor products and strategies, market trends and dynamics, market/franchise critical success factors, and customer needs.-Contributions to annual marketing plans/strategies including market analysis, customer segmentation and targeting, product positioning, competitive assessments, and SWOT situation assessment.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Utilizes expertise in strategic marketing communications planning process to work with cross-functional teams and develop integrated communications plans for Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure products and indications.-Manages the implementation and completion of campaigns by providing objectives, strategies, resources, review process and budget needed to support the campaign objectives.-Maintains strong, productive working relationships with personnel from a wide range of departments, functions and roles to develop and understand what assets and deliverables are most effective for external customers.-Leverages key digital marketing and communications software and tools to assess and present the effectiveness and results of campaigns through analytics and other measurement tactics.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Created content to support customer marketing campaigns with a focus on newsletters, email, case studies, whitepapers, press releases, marketing collateral, and social media.-Collaborated with Marketing Directors and Managers from all company product lines to understand marketing growth, strategy and content priorities.-Managed relationships with various departments such as Research and Development, Engineering, Product Management, Training, Sales and other subject matter expert sources.-Participated in and managed both crisis and and mergers and acquisitions communications plan development.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Responsible for various marketing communications duties, including producing product newsletters, press releases and marketing materials.-Delivered daily industry reports to the sales, marketing, project management and legal teams.-Assisted the training team in the development of educational content for external presentations to leads and customers on new and updated products.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Executed client-related promotional campaigns and station events.-Handled listener relations through various digital platforms.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communications And Journalism, Business Administration

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