Manager, Downstream Marketing - Neptune S & POM

As a Manager, Downstream Marketing, you will be responsible for defining, developing, and implementing the brand strategy for specific products, product lines, lines of business, or on a company-wide campaign basis for our Surgical Technologies business unit.

What you will do:

Strategy, Growth & Business Impact

• Lead development and execution of marketing strategy, identifying gaps and driving continuous improvement.

• Define category strategy, challenge assumptions, and guide key investment trade-offs.

• Apply strong financial acumen (P&L, budgeting) to connect strategy to business outcomes.

Customer, Market & Competitive Insight

• Translate customer, market, and competitive insights into actionable strategy.

• Ensure clear articulation of value propositions and key purchase drivers.

• Ensure value propositions are supported by clinical, economic, and market evidence.

• Anticipate market dynamics and evolving competitive landscape.

Commercial Execution & Enablement

• Guide multi-channel commercial strategy and ensure alignment across collaborative partners

• Provide clear, prioritized direction to field teams; support training and communication.

• Advise on forecasting, pricing strategy, and lifecycle (PLCM) considerations.

Performance, Analytics & Optimization

• Establish KPIs and leverage data to evaluate performance and drive continuous improvement.

• Translate analytics into actionable insights and long-term optimization plans.

Leadership & Organizational Impact

• Lead, develop, and hold teams accountable for high performance and results.

• Influence cross-functionally and build strong internal and external partnerships.

• Demonstrate enterprise leadership through strategic decision-making and business impact

What you need (minimum requirements)

• Bachelor’s degree required

• 8+ years of work experience required

Preferred:

• ​​5+ years of medical device or marketing/sales experience preferred​

• 2+ years of people management experience preferred

• ​Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills​

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills​

• Ability tomanage 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 Range:

• USN : $118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual

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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.