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Responsible for the strategy, development and lifecycle management of assigned data-driven capabilities delivered through EOS Insight. This role owns key aspects of product management, including identification of clinical and business opportunities, roadmap prioritization, requirements definition, data and evidence needs, surgeon customer engagement, product validation, positioning, launch, adoption, and ongoing product performance.

This position will help advance ATEC’s data-driven capabilities, including AI-powered image analysis, predictive analytics, clinical decision support, patient-specific surgical targets, and other capabilities that leverage imaging, clinical, procedural, and outcomes data. The Product Manager will serve as a key product lead connecting surgeon needs with Data Science, Applied Research, Systems and Software Engineering, Clinical Affairs, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, and other cross-functional teams to translate clinical questions and research concepts into scalable product solutions within EOS Insight.

The role requires frequent engagement with surgeon customers and internal clinical experts to understand clinical decision-making, identify unmet needs, define product opportunities, and evaluate the clinical relevance and usability of new capabilities. The Product Manager will also help define data and evidence-generation strategies, establish product success metrics, and drive adoption and continuous improvement of assigned capabilities.

This position is part of the InformatiX team, responsible for information-based technology systems and data-driven technologies used as adjunctive technologies in spine surgery.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Own assigned portions of the data-driven capabilities portfolio from opportunity identification and concept development through commercialization, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement.
• Define strategy and sequencing for assigned capabilities based on clinical needs, customer insights, business objectives, market dynamics, technical feasibility, and available data.
• Identify and translate unmet clinical needs and surgeon decision-making challenges into clearly defined product opportunities, requirements acceptance criteria, and product success measures.
• Lead the product definition and integration of AI-powered image analysis, predictive analytics, clinical decision support, patient-specific targets, and other data-driven insights into EOS Insight workflows.
• Partner with Image Analysis, Data Science, Applied Research, Software Engineering, Clinical Affairs, Regulatory, Quality, UX/UI, and other cross-functional teams to drive product development and ensure alignment between clinical intent, technical implementation, user experience, and regulatory requirements.
• Define the data, evidence, and validation needs required to develop and support assigned capabilities, including data collection priorities, clinical inputs and outputs, model or product performance expectations, and evidence-generation objectives.
• Lead surgeon customer discovery, concept evaluation, workflow validation, advisory discussions, and product feedback activities to ensure capabilities are clinically meaningful, usable, explainable, and aligned with real-world decision-making.
• Monitor market trends, competitive offerings, emerging AI and digital surgery technologies, customer adoption patterns, and research developments to identify new product opportunities and inform roadmap priorities.
• Serve as a cross-functional product leader for assigned initiatives, communicating priorities, resolving tradeoffs, identifying risks, and maintaining alignment across clinical, technical, regulatory, and commercial stakeholders.
• Participate in surgeon education programs, sales training, customer meetings, advisory boards, trade shows, scientific conferences, and other industry events; maintain strong knowledge of spine surgery, medical imaging, artificial intelligence, digital health, clinical decision support, and relevant market and technology trends.
• Travel approximately 15–40%
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of product management principles and demonstrated ability to independently manage products or significant product capabilities through development and commercialization.
• Ability to translate clinical, customer, market, and business needs into clear product strategies and actionable requirements Experience working with software development, data science, engineering, or other technical development teams.·
• Strong analytical skills and ability to use qualitative and quantitative data to inform product decisions.
• Ability to understand complex clinical and technical concepts and translate them effectively for different audiences.
• Strong customer-facing skills with the ability to lead surgeon interviews, workflow discussions, product demonstrations, and feedback sessions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills with the ability to lead cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.
• Ability to prioritize competing initiatives, make informed tradeoffs, and drive projects to completion in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Strong attention to detail, strategic thinking, and ability to represent the company professionally with internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in medical devices, spine, orthopedics, medical imaging, surgical planning, digital surgery, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics or data-driven healthcare products preferred

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a related field required. Advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Data Science, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 4–6+ years of related experience in product management, product development, product marketing, digital health, medical technology, healthcare software, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience with software-based products and cross-functional technical development teams preferred. Experience with medical devices, spine, orthopedics, medical imaging, surgical planning, digital surgery, artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics or data-driven healthcare products preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Other Disclosures

ATEC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to its employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state or local laws. Further, ATEC will make reasonable accommodations that are necessary to comply with disability discrimination laws.

For roles based in the United States that require access to hospital facilities, must be eligible for and maintain credentials at all required hospitals, including meeting any applicable physical requirements or vaccination requirements (including the COVID-19 vaccine, as applicable).

At this time, ATEC Spine does not sponsor employment visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.

Salary Range

Alphatec Spine, Inc. complies with state and federal wage and hour laws and compensation depends upon candidate’s qualifications, education, skill set, years of experience, and internal equity. 110,000 - $125,000 Full-Time Annual Salary

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Free Food & Snacks
• Wellness Resources
• Stock Option Plan