OEM Business Development Manager, Surgical
Location: Remote Office
Expected Travel: up to 35%
Employment Type: Full-Time - Regular
Compensation Range: $130,000-140,000k
AT NDI , THE WORK YOU DO HERE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
Every day, we help shape the future of healthcare. We design and build 3D tracking systems that equip medical devices with advanced spatial navigation technology, delivering greater accuracy, performance, and confidence in procedures where precision is critical. Since 1981, we’ve partnered with leading OEMs and research institutes to push the boundaries of surgical navigation. Our optical and electromagnetic technologies are trusted in procedures ranging from orthopedics and spine surgery to cardiac interventions and radiation therapy.
Whether you're designing systems, supporting customers, or enabling the teams behind them, your work matters. It brings clarity to healthcare and helps improve outcomes for patients around the world.
THE IMPACT YOU’LL MAKE:
The OEM Business Development Manager, Surgical (internally known as Business Manager – Surgical OEM) is responsible for driving profitable growth within a defined medical market segment through strategic account expansion, business development, and market leadership.
As NDI 's commercial lead for the assigned market, you will develop deep expertise in customer applications, industry trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies. You will leverage these insights to identify new opportunities, expand OEM partnerships, and influence long-term growth strategies.
Success in this role requires a combination of technical credibility, commercial acumen, and relationship-building skills. You will engage with engineering, product management, clinical, procurement, and executive stakeholders to advance opportunities from concept through commercialization. This role is ideal for a technically minded commercial professional who enjoys creating new opportunities while growing long-term customer partnerships.
HOW YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE:
- Own the commercial performance of a defined medical market segment, including revenue growth, retention, pipeline development, and market expansion.
- Develop deep expertise in assigned markets, including customer applications, industry trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with engineering, product management, clinical, procurement, and executive stakeholders across OEM customers.
- Identify, qualify, and advance new programs, product platforms, and strategic growth opportunities within existing and prospective customers.
- Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified opportunities aligned to market growth objectives.
- Develop and execute account and market growth strategies that expand NDI 's participation across customer programs, business units, and product roadmaps.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, and Applications Engineering teams to translate market insights into commercial opportunities.
- Lead pricing discussions, actively participate in commercial negotiations, and long-term partnership agreements.
- Represent the voice of the customer and market internally to support business and product strategy.
- Support compliance by adhering to applicable regulatory and quality standards, ensuring product integrity and patient safety in a global medical device environment.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering, Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or a related discipline.
- 6+ years of experience in technical sales, business development, strategic account management, product management, applications engineering, or related customer-facing roles.
- Demonstrated success creating new business opportunities while growing existing customer relationships.
- Experience supporting technically complex products or solutions within medical devices, healthcare technology, robotics, navigation, imaging, or OEM e