Marketing Manager Viz/Comms

Why join Stryker?

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Our total rewards package offering includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards - not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.

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Who we want:
• Hard-working winners. Confident, competitive and results-oriented professionals who create a track record of success.
• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
• Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.

What you will do:
• Responsible for the product, program, or portfolio strategy
• Interpret competitive landscape and incorporate into marketing strategy
• Author key strategy documents: strategic plan, annual marketing plan, product launch plans, etc
• Deploy resources to measure, monitor, and direct changes to marketing strategy to drive customer engagement
• Drive segmentation and targeting methods to improve commercial efficiency
• Establish pricing strategy that assures alignment with overall business goals and P&L drivers
• Establish metrics and goals/success criteria and milestones
• Conduct post-launch analysis and implements lessons learned
• Forecast sales while considering the market, product, and other valuable factors
• Demonstrate financial acumen
• Mentor, develop and influence across the business, intentionally building cross-divisional relationships
• Develop key relationships with industry/market thought leaders, organizations, and institutions, and translate business insights into future business strategy
• Routinely make decisions which may affect immediate operations and have a divisional impact

Minimum Qualifications (Required):
• Bachelor's degree required
• 8+ years of work experience required

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):
• MBA preferred
• 5+ years medical device or marketing experience preferred
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects while delivering on established timelines
• Ability to be persuasive in the absence of organizational authority
• Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com.