Lead Commercialization & Program Management - In-Center Digital Ecosystem (m/f/d)

At Fresenius Medical Care, we are the global leader in kidney care, committed to improving the lives of patients with chronic kidney disease. Our mission is to deliver high-quality, innovative products, services, and care across the entire healthcare journey. Guided by our vision — “Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day.”— we work with purpose and compassion, supported by a global team of over 110,000 employees.

Within our Care Enablement segment, we develop and provide life-sustaining medical products, digital health solutions, and therapies that empower clinical teams and improve patient outcomes. Our FME Reignite strategy drives transformation through innovation, efficiency, and sustainable growth.

Our values guide how we work:

• We Care for our patients, each other, and our communities
• We Connect across teams and borders to deliver excellence together
• We Commit to doing things the right way — growing with purpose and leading kidney care with integrity and innovation

Transforming from a device-centric organization into an integrated digital health ecosystem combining medical devices, consumables, software, and data-driven services, we are seeking a commercially minded digital ecosystem leader who can help shape, commercialize, and scale the next generation of our In-Center Digital Ecosystem globally. In this role, you will drive the business and commercialization perspective of the program, integrating current and future digital products, services, and partner capabilities into a scalable connected care ecosystem. You will work cross-functionally across product management, engineering, marketing, regional organizations, and executive leadership to translate our ecosystem strategy into market success and sustainable growth.

Your tasks

Ecosystem Business & Commercialization

• Drive the business and commercialization strategy for the future In-Center Digital Ecosystem 2.0 together with product leads
• Develop and refine the future ecosystem offering considering different business models, product strategy on ecosystem level, value propositions, monetization approaches; conduct market research
• Define go-to-market strategies across products and services incl. pricing, launch plans, commercialization approach and marketing strategies for key global markets in close collaboration with local sales / marketing teams; be hands on where required, otherwise oversee execution
• Identify opportunities for recurring revenue models, platform-based services, and ecosystem expansion

Program Management

• Manage cross-functional ecosystem program spanning multiple products and projects
• Align roadmaps, milestones, release planning and development iterations across product teams and Agile Release Trains (ARTs) for an optimized overall program cadence on ecosystem level  
• Manage dependencies and interfaces between future ecosystem components and the existing portfolio
• Establish lean and transparent program governance focused on execution speed, quality, business impact, and progress tracking
• Proactively identify and manage program risks and escalation topics

Product, Market & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Collaborate closely with product teams across all lifecycle phases — from discovery to commercialization
• Partner with regional sales and marketing teams to execute go-to-market and adoption strategies in priority launch markets
• Align ecosystem-wide marketing and customer adoption approaches
• Act as a key connector between business, product, technology, and regional organizations within a global matrix environment

Your profile

• Bachelor's or master's degree in business, engineering, technology management, digital health, or a related field
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience in business combining digital and physical products, commercialization, product strategy, ecosystem strategy, or related roles
• Proven track record in shaping and executing product / business strategies and commercialization of digital and physical products within modern ecosystem play or platform-based business environments
• Strong experience in go-to-market and launch strategy, pricing and monetization, ecosystem/platform business models, as-a-service business models, cross-functional leadership
• Experience in healthcare, medtech, digital health, SaaS, IoT, connected devices, or enterprise software is highly valued
• Exposure to international growth markets such as China, India, Brazil, Mexico, or Saudi Arabia is a plus
• Knowledge of dialysis business, products or healthcare operations is a plus but not mandatory
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities in global matrix organizations
• Strategic thinker with strong execution orientation and entrepreneurial mindset
• Strong team player, excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Global mindset and willingness for occasional business trips
• Fluent English required; German is a plus

Reason to join us

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of connected renal care at global scale.

You will work at the intersection of healthcare transformation, digital products & platforms, data-driven services, and physical devices — helping define how integrated ecosystems can improve clinical workflows, operational efficiency, and patient outcomes worldwide.

Our offer for you

There is a lot you can discover at Fresenius Medical Care, regardless of which field you are an expert and how much experience you have - all dedicated to your professional journey.

• Whether in front of or behind the scenes - you are helping to make ever better medicine available to more and more people around the world
• Individual opportunities for self-determined career planning and professional development
• A corporate culture in which there is enough room for innovative thinking - to find the best solution together, not the quickest one
• Many committed people with a wide range of skills, talents and experience
• The benefits of a successful global corporation with the collegial culture of a medium-sized company