Why join Stryker?

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Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces and a Best Workplace for Diversity by Fortune Magazine. Stryker has an opening for a Principal Portfolio Manager. This role will require monthly travel to Kalamazoo, MI and approximately 40% travel.

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

• Identify new customer groups and tailor marketing strategies to meet both current and prospective customer needs
• Analyze unmet needs to identify product and service opportunities. Able to summarize qualitative and quantitative studies, drawing actionable conclusions for the business.
• Lead the new product development process (NPDP) from start to finish, engaging key internal stakeholders along the way
• Lead the execution strategy for the defined portfolio
• Partner with R&D to anticipate future needs and the strategic assets needed to compete
• Partner with Clinical Affairs to generate clinical trials, research grants, and cost-benefit analysis papers to support clinical claims strategy
• Manage price competition and assure alignment with overall business unit pricing goals

• Monitor market activity, penetration and competitive wins or losses

What you need,

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business or related discipline required/ MBA preferred
• 8+ years of work experience required
• 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)

What We Offer

• A winning team driven to achieve our mission and deliver remarkable results

• Quality products that improve the lives of customers and patients

• Ability to discover your strengths, follow your passion and own your own career

Learn more about Stryker: 
https://www.stryker.com/

Our benefits:

• 12 paid holidays annually

• Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.

• Financial benefits include Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

For a more detailed overview of our benefits or time off, please follow this link to learn more: US Stryker employee benefits

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.

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Stryker is driven to work together with our customers to make healthcare better. Employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required, depending on customer requirements, to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.