Why join Stryker? We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces and a Best Workplace for Diversity by Fortune Magazine! Learn more about our award-winning organization by visiting stryker.com The Downstream Marketing Manager – Services is responsible for formalizing a product portfolio and developing marketing strategies for our Managed Services and Customer Success teams within the Clinical Communications and Workflow business (formally Vocera). This individual will work cross-functionally to commercialize new services offerings and drive growth within the current offerings. Preferred candidate to be local to the Kalamazoo, MI area for a hybrid style role.

• 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: ·       Lead the product or portfolio strategy. ·       Identify and lead process implementation to help establish a structured and successful product portfolio. ·       Guide others to deconstruct and extract the strategy from a well-written marketing plan. ·       Understand and educate others on product positioning, strengths/weaknesses of key competitors and barriers to entry in the market. ·       Share marketing intelligence and information with the team. ·       Establish pricing strategy, including contract pricing. ·       Educate sales on how to utilize the product or portfolio structure to maximize brand equity. ·       Demonstrate financial acumen. ·       Develop an effective KPI strategy for the business. ·       Manage data collection, analysis, and reporting tools as needed. ·       Support the Senior Marketing Manager in leading a team of professional and developing employees. ·       Promote an environment that fosters personal growth and development. ·       Hold team accountable to deliver high-quality results with passion, energy, and drive to meet business priorities. ·       Collaborate and influence others on cross-functional teams, advancing partnerships to achieve business objectives What you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree required 
• MBA preferred 
• 8+ years of work experience required 
• 5+ years medical device or marketing/sales experience preferred 

About Stryker 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 benefitsAbout StrykerStryker 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.Know someone at Stryker?Be sure to have them submit you as a referral prior to applying for this position. Learn more about our employee referral program on our referral pageStryker 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.