About Cala
At Cala, we’re working to free people from the burden of chronic disease. We began by creating the first non-invasive prescription therapy for hand tremor. After years of careful fine-tuning and improvements, we released Cala kIQ — our most sophisticated therapy yet. Our products have empowered thousands of people to get back to their lives with confidence and ease.
But we won’t stop there. Our pioneering technology can be applied across neurology, cardiology, and so much more. It’s all part of our mission to help people in their struggle with chronic disease. We’re only just getting started.
The Opportunity
Cala Health offers a unique experience at the intersection of digital and medical device. The Senior Product Manager, Upstream will collaborate with all functions of the organization to drive our offerings with a focus on our patients. You will develop a deep understanding of our patient and physician needs to map the best-in-class products and experiences in this new bioelectronic medicine industry. You will work cross functionally to drive solutions based on rigorous analytics and customer needs.
The Senior Product Manager, Upstream role will report to the Senior Director, Product & Commercial and will not have any direct reports.
The compensation range for this role is market driven, with a salary range of $160,000 - $190,000. Additionally, we offer a robust benefits package. This offering is aligned with our overall compensation philosophy.
A Day in the Life
- Understand and advance unique business models through portfolio development
- Develop business plans, marketing requirements, and holistic product offering, including working cross functionally to set product requirements
- Identify and execute on market research to develop stakeholder insights and translate into product portfolio
- Understand consumer & HCP behavior through research & direct interaction with stakeholders
- Deliver vision & requirements translated from needs to prioritized features & corresponding justification
- Define KPIs, mechanisms & measures that define customer preference & retention
- Develop claims matrices for new product development & identify needed clinical data or other methods to support
- Map and advance full user experience across your product offering
- Monitor market trends & determine competitive landscape in first-to-market therapy
- Manage product lifecycle of your product offering
- Conduct strategic opportunity assessments as needed utilizing robust analytics based on epidemiology, research, landscape and technical assessments with cross functional teams
Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree required, preference in Science or Engineering. MBA strongly preferred
- A minimum of 6+ years relevant experience in Upstream product marketing, product management, or advanced degree with 6+ years relevant experience.
- Proven track record in product management. Experience in device is strongly preferred.
- Act as zealous voice of customer
- Enjoy a dynamic and fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated success creating product requirements meeting the needs of customer & market
- Outstanding communication, organization and relationship building skills conducive to driving teams to decisions:
- Collaborator & partner across organization
- Motivator and influencer
- Easily communicate with various audiences: physician, patient, R&D, commercial team
Cala Health believes our success is based on diversity of people, teams and thinking. We offer all employees the tools, training and mentoring they need to succeed. Our selection process is driven by the key requirements for the role rather than bias or discrimination on the basis of a candidate’s sex, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, non-jobrelated disability/handicap or medical condition, family status, sexual orientation, religion, color, ethnicity, race or any other legally protected classification.
Top Skills
What We Do
Cala Health is a bioelectronic medicine company transforming the standard of care for chronic disease. The company’s wearable neuromodulation therapies merge innovations in neuroscience and technology to deliver individualized peripheral nerve stimulation. The first indication for Cala Health’s wearable therapy is essential tremor, a disease experienced by more than seven million people and characterized by severe hand tremors. New therapies are under development in neurology, cardiology, and psychiatry. The company is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and backed by leading investors in both healthcare and technology.
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