Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market-leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives.
Shape the Future of Hearing Healthcare
At Cochlear, we help people connect to life's opportunities through the gift of hearing. Our fitting and programming software is a critical clinical platform used by audiologists worldwide to configure and optimise outcomes for cochlear implant recipients. The quality, usability, and innovation of this platform directly influence patient outcomes, clinical efficiency, and business success
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We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and evolution of this critical software platform. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence product direction at a pivotal point in its lifecycle and help deliver meaningful outcomes for clinicians and recipients around the world.
Reporting to the Director, Audiological Solutions Software, you will work across global teams to translate customer needs, clinical insight, market signals, and business priorities into products that create measurable value.
As Senior Product Manager, you will define what we build, why it matters, and how we prioritise. You will own product strategy, roadmap decisions, discovery, and outcome accountability for the fitting platform.
Success in this role requires balancing customer needs, clinical considerations, technical constraints, and commercial objectives to make clear, evidence-based decisions in a complex and evolving environment.
You will partner closely with Engineering, Design, Clinical, Regulatory, Commercial, and Marketing teams to deliver products that improve hearing outcomes and customer experiences globally.
Product Strategy, Roadmap and Prioritisation
Make and communicate clear go, pause, pivot, and prioritisation decisions supported by evidence and trade-off analysis.
Discovery and Opportunity Validation
Market Intelligence and Customer Engagement
Gather and synthesise insights from customer research, usage analytics, competitive intelligence, and Key Opinion Leaders.
Launch Readiness and Product Success
Monitor adoption, customer satisfaction, clinical efficiency, hearing outcomes, and business performance.
Stakeholder Alignment and Governance
Product Lifecycle Management
Decision Quality and Outcome Ownership: Uses evidence (data, customer insight, and commercial context) to make and defend decisions, and remains accountable for outcomes through launch and in-market evolution.
Stakeholder Influence and Communication: Drives alignment across complex, multi-party environments through clear communication, sound reasoning, and decision-ready artefacts.
A degree in Audiology, Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, with candidate suitability assessed on demonstrated role capabilities and domain credibility.
English — Fluent (required)
Dutch or French — Intermediate or above (advantageous)
Candidates may come from different backgrounds and will be assessed against the Required Skills listed above.
5+ years' experience in product management or product strategy in health technology, medtech, clinical software, or similarly complex business software.
If you're passionate about building products that improve lives and have the strategic vision, customer focus, and leadership skills to drive product excellence, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of hearing healthcare.
What we offer
An attractive remuneration package and flexible extra-legal benefits
An extensive onboarding and training program
An enjoyable work environment with attention to life-work balance and homeworking
A stimulating environment with growth opportunities and opportunity to meet multi-disciplinary colleagues across the globe
This is your chance to be part of a premier organization with a great culture, working in a dynamic, growing and rapidly evolving environment to deliver outstanding results that benefit our customers every day. Be part of something purposeful and APPLY now by clicking on the link below and see your career grow!
Cochlear Summary
Cochlear’s mission is to help people hear and be heard. Around the world, more people chose a Cochlear-branded hearing implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives. Learn and grow with us as we tackle the most complex challenges in helping people to Hear Now. And Always. Cochlear is the global market leader in implantable hearing solutions including cochlear implant systems (CI) and bone anchored hearing aids (Baha™).
Equal opportunities
Cochlear is committed to providing equal opportunities to avoid unlawful discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, disability, sexual orientation, religion/belief or age. In line with our corporate ethics and statutory obligations we strive to ensure that the work environment is free of harassment and bullying and that everyone is treated with dignity and respect - this is an important aspect of ensuring equal opportunities in employment.
