Director Downstream Marketing

Who we want:

• Talent developers. Growth-oriented managers who recruit and hire top-performing talent and prioritize the development of their team members.

• Goal-oriented orchestrators. People who can effectively coordinate and focus the work of skilled employees toward an important goal, prioritizing to the right activities that lead to success.

• Managers who drive performance. People who implement process improvements and leverage the talent of their team to consistently increase performance and productivity.

• Network builders. Managers who build connections with other teams and divisions and coordinate cross-functional collaboration.

What you will do:

• Lead the product or portfolio strategy, linking goals to company-wide strategy

• Establish long-term vision for product or portfolio brand structure across business segment to match company strategic vision

• Set direction for the development of product-specific marketing campaigns

• Predict industry trends and marketplace developments relevant to business analytics

• Lead analysis of the organization's current and potential competitive environment and strategies

• Evaluate impact of marketing strategy on the P&L

• Develop organizational direction and best practices for the management of current and future sales channel strategy

• Foresee the impact of market and competitive factors on the business strategic choices

• Play a key role in business development initiatives

• Champion technology, organization and culture changes as required by business needs

• Proactively look for opportunities for collaboration within and across businesses/divisions and initiate and manage change

• Champion emerging business opportunities considering synergies across multiple businesses and/or geographies

• Lead a team of professionals: develop employees, which includes hiring, communicating company policies, coaching, developing and counseling, administering performance appraisals, and enforcing company policies through appropriate disciplinary measures

• Responsible and accountable for actions promoting an environment that fosters high performance, personal growth and development

• Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain business results

• Inspire trust and build followership

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

• Bachelor’s degree required

• 10+ years of work experience required

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):

• MBA preferred

• 7+ years medical device or marketing/sales experience preferred

• 4+ years of people management 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)

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN : $155,900 - $259,700 USD Annual

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. Stryker 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 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.