Associate Manager, Field Planning & Execution

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama, +41 more states.

📋 Description

• Act as the operational leader for Insulet’s commercial division.

• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Training, Analytics, and leadership teams to convert strategic priorities into actionable execution.

• Oversee cross-functional planning and manage prominent commercial pilots.

• Collect and interpret field insights to create actionable recommendations.

• Manage the daily operational flow for integrated field planning and designated commercial pilots across U.S. Field and Inside Sales.

• Convert approved priorities into actionable plans and coordinate cross-functional initiatives.

• Uphold roadmap and governance discipline.

• Manage the intake process for field-oriented commercial initiatives, including clarifying requests, evaluating field effort and customer impact, and sequencing tasks.

• Facilitate regular planning meetings and document decisions, actions, owners, and next steps.

• Maintain the primary roadmap and coordinate status updates with initiative leaders.

• Prepare analyses on capacity-risk and sequencing.

• Coordinate field-side innovation pilots from the planning stage to conclusion.

• Confirm roles, responsibilities, dependencies, and success metrics prior to pilot launches.

• Identify execution challenges and propose solutions.

• Gather structured feedback from sales leadership and field sales teams.

• Distill qualitative field feedback into themes, implications, and actionable recommendations.

• Operationalize metrics, data requirements, reporting schedules, and qualitative feedback strategies.

• Monitor established metrics and pinpoint issues related to data quality, workflow, or role overlap.

• Create presentations and decision materials for cross-functional partners and leadership.

• Lead daily coordination across Field Marketing, HCP Marketing, Consumer Marketing, Sales Leadership, Training & Clinical Business, Global Sales & Clinical Training, Medical, Data Science and Insights, Sales Effectiveness, and Sales Operations teams.

• Establish consistent working methods, clarify ownership and escalation procedures, and minimize duplication.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, Communications, Analytics, Healthcare, or a related field.

• 4+ years of progressive experience in sales, marketing, commercial strategy, sales operations, program management, innovation, analytics, or a related commercial field.

• Proven track record of managing a recurring cross-functional planning process, governance forum, or program, including agenda setting, decision-making, and follow-through.

• Demonstrated experience in managing complex, cross-functional projects or commercial pilots, with responsibilities for planning, execution, measurement, and stakeholder alignment.

• Ability to work independently, exercise judgment, and recommend best practices in a matrixed environment.

• Experience in creating updates, recommendations, presentations, and decision materials suited for senior leadership.

• Preferred: experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diabetes technology, health tech, or another regulated healthcare sector.

• Preferred: experience engaging with a large field sales organization or customer-facing commercial team.

• Preferred: experience with advisory boards, voice-of-customer programs, qualitative research, or survey development.

• Preferred: experience with integrated planning, portfolio or roadmap management, intake workflows, or program governance.

• Preferred: experience with pilot design, test-and-control methodologies, or commercialization initiatives.

• Advanced expertise in developing or enhancing complex commercial models, processes, and procedures.

• Strong facilitation skills with the ability to lead discussions with sales leaders and senior cross-functional stakeholders.

• Capable of analyzing quantitative and qualitative data and translating findings into practical business recommendations.

• Strong judgment in prioritization and the ability to highlight trade-offs, recommend sequencing, and clearly communicate decisions.

• Effective project management skills, including work planning, dependency management, risk tracking, issue resolution, and executive reporting.

• Ability to influence and align stakeholders across functions without formal authority.

• Capacity to create structure in ambiguous or evolving environments and establish repeatable processes.

• Familiarity with Smartsheet, Microsoft Forms and Teams, Salesforce, and Power BI or similar reporting tools.

• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation abilities.

• Ability to independently manage multiple concurrent workstreams while maintaining a focus on details and follow-through.

• Willingness and capability to travel approximately 25% for field advisory meetings, pilot observations, field engagement, customer or field visits, leadership meetings, commercial events, and sales meetings.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for incentive compensation.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.

• 401(k) plan with company matching.

• Paid time off (PTO).

• Additional wellness programs for employees.

• Fully remote working options; employees may work from home/virtually 100%; hybrid on-site/virtual work arrangements are also available as desired.