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Össur · 2 months ago

Bracing Platform Director

Irvine, California, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Össur is a leading global provider of innovative mobility solutions, focusing on improving people’s mobility through Prosthetics and Bracing & Supports solutions. The Bracing Platform Director will be responsible for defining and leading the global bracing platform strategy, ensuring market leadership and sustainable growth, while providing executive leadership to the Global Product Management and Market Analytics functions.

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Responsibilities

Own the creation, alignment, and execution of the global Bracing platform strategy, balancing financial performance, and commercial advantage

Define multi-year portfolio roadmaps that secure market leadership and fuel profitable growth

Provide partnership to the leadership team by delivering forward-looking insights and recommendations on global bracing market dynamics

Shape M&A, licensing, and development strategies to expand the bracing portfolio and accelerate Össur’s market position

Drive portfolio lifecycle management, ensuring disciplined investment prioritization and optimal allocation of resources

Lead the development of business cases and stage-gate decisions, aligning product platforms with evolving market needs and customer expectations

Ensure differentiation in Össur’s bracing platforms by embedding quality, sustainability, and customer experience as core value drivers

Champion global go-to-market excellence, ensuring seamless commercial readiness, consistent brand positioning, and measurable impact

Act as the primary strategic link between Marketing, R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Commercial organizations

Build alignment across regions to ensure global strategies are locally relevant and executable

Anticipate and resolve complex cross-functional challenges, balancing speed, risk, and long-term value creation

Foster collaboration that elevates quality, efficiency, and profitable growth across the product lifecycle

Provide visionary leadership to the Global Product Management and Market Analytics teams, setting a high bar for accountability, and execution

Attract, develop, and retain talent capable of scaling with the organization’s ambitions

Build a culture of strategic agility, data-driven decision making, and entrepreneurial problem solving

Empower teams to operate with autonomy while delivering against objectives

Serve as Össur’s global authority on the bracing market, influencing both internal strategy and external perception

Qualification

Portfolio strategyGlobal product managementCross-functional leadershipHealthcare market dynamicsFinancial acumenData-driven decision makingStrategic agilityTeam leadership

Required

10+ years of progressive leadership in medical devices or healthcare, with direct experience in portfolio strategy, upstream marketing, and global product management

Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional teams, influencing at the executive level, and delivering results in complex, matrixed environments

Deep understanding of healthcare market dynamics, payer/reimbursement landscapes, and clinical evidence requirements

Proven ability to translate insights into strategy, strategy into execution, and execution into measurable business growth

Inspirational people leader with a track record of building high-performance global teams

Strong financial and business acumen, with experience in P&L ownership or direct portfolio investment decision making