Suvita Viswanathan, MHA, LSSGB, PMP

Inquirer
DISC Type : cd

Senior Director, Product, Portfolio & Strategic Operations at BD

United States

Overview

Suvita Viswanathan is an enterprise transformation leader specializing in product and portfolio management within the MedTech industry. With a Masters degree and a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, she excels at translating complex strategies into scalable outcomes at companies like BD, Medtronic, and Siemens Healthineers.

Based on her professional activities, Suvita shows a commitment to developing strong teams and fostering growth, often sharing career opportunities and highlighting her colleagues successes. She has also shown support for important causes like mental health awareness.

Unique fact: While at Medtronic, Suvita oversaw a global transformation portfolio valued at over $200 million.

Personality Overview

Hard To Convince

ROI Conscious

Demanding

They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully.  They respond well to confident salespeople. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles.

Topics They Care About

Enterprise Transformation
Her career is centered on leading large-scale transformation, re-engineering workflows, and driving operational efficiency for global R&D, commercial, and operations teams.
MedTech Portfolio Management
She has extensive experience managing product and portfolio strategy at leading healthcare companies, including her current role as Senior Director at BD.
Team Building
Actively involved in hiring and team development, she frequently posts about open roles and creating amazing teams at both Medtronic and BD.

Media Appearances

Suvita has no verified media appearances

Work History

11-2025
Senior Director, Product, Portfolio & Strategic Operations at BD
6-2021 - 12-2025
Director of Product Excellence & Transformation at Medtronic
7-2019 - 6-2021
Executive Consulting & Advisor at Siemens Healthineers (ECG Management Consultants)
2-2018 - 7-2019
Direct of Program Resource Management at Harris Health System
6-2017 - 2-2018
Senior Principal Project Manager, PMO at Baylor College of Medicine

Education

Master's degree from Texas Woman's University
B.S from University at Buffalo

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : 12 Location : United States Job Level : Senior Designation : Senior Director, Product, Portfolio & Strategic Operations at BD
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Suvita

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them questions confidently while doing discovery, don’t be apologetic
  • Be crisp while making the pitch
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending too much time on pleasantries

DONT's

  • Don't try too hard to get friendly, let it happen with time
  • Don’t try to be an alpha salesperson, give them equal space
  • Refrain from asking too many questions

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Suvita is

  • Confidence in the product plays an important role, followed by powerful testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Suvita

  • They might hesitate a little, but they will say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Suvita move?

  • They are neither the fastest decision makers nor the slowest.
  • Can Suvita take some risk or not?

  • Once they have analyzed the pros and cons, they can take some risks.

You And Suvita

Personality Compatibility


Other BD Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals at the same organization.

More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.