Associate Manager, Communications

Stryker Corporation; Mahwah (NJ); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation is seeking an Associate Communications Manager in New Jersey to develop and deliver aligned employee communications. You will craft content for emails, intranet, newsletters and town halls, partnering with leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure timely, clear messaging that reflects Stryker’s culture and priorities.

The role requires 6+ years of experience, a bachelor’s degree, and strong editing and storytelling skills.

Qualifications

• Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills for emails, intranet, newsletters and announcements.
• Ability to translate business updates into clear, engaging messages for employees.
• Experience supporting communication plans and campaigns with team members.
• Familiarity with managing content across channels: intranet, email, and digital signage.
• Strong brand voice, tone consistency and editoral guidelines adherence.

Responsibilities

• Draft and edit content for employee channels (email, intranet, messaging platforms).
• Assist in executive communications, town halls, and company-wide announcements.
• Coordinate logistics for internal campaigns and events; maintain content calendars.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Proofreading

Content writing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

This role supports consistent and engaging employee experience by partnering in the development and delivery of aligned, transparent communication across the organization. The Associate Communications Manager collaborates with team members, leadership and cross‑functional partners to execute employee communication plans that reflect Stryker’s culture, business priorities and employee needs. This individual plays a hands‑on role in drafting content, coordinating communication logistics and helping manage core internal communication channels — such as email, the intranet, leadership messaging platforms and enterprise‑wide events (e.g., town halls) to ensure content is timely, clear and relevant for diverse employee audiences. Develops standards and guidelines for style and content. Evaluates fit with target audience to ensure comprehension. Implements metrics to evaluate effectiveness of communication plan delivery audience to ensure comprehension. Implements metrics to evaluate effectiveness of communication plan delivery.

What you will do:

• Employee communication and campaign support
• Support the execution of employee communication plans aligned with Stryker’s culture and business priorities
• Draft and edit clear, engaging content for employee channels such as email, intranet and employee messaging platforms
• Assist in developing materials for executive communications, town halls and company‑wide announcements
• Coordinate logistics for internal communication campaigns and events
• Help maintain and update content across communication channels, ensuring consistency and accuracy
• Adapt content to meet the needs of varied employee groups, including frontline, hybrid and remote employees
• Apply brand and editorial guidelines in all content creation
• Contribute to tracking and maintaining content calendars and communication deliverables
• Audience awareness and segmentation
• Maintain working knowledge of employee audience types and communication preferences
• Adapt writing tone, timing and channel use based on employee group needs
• Help collect and review employee feedback through surveys, pulse checks and other tools
• Assist with basic data gathering and insight‑sharing with team members to improve message targeting
• Support inclusive and accessible communications that reflect Stryker’s diverse global workforce
• Copywriting and content development
• Write and proofread content such as emails, articles, newsletters and announcements
• Collaborate with team members, subject matter experts and designers to ensure message clarity and impact
• Ensure accuracy, brand alignment and tone consistency across content
• Assist in maintaining internal templates and contribute to content planning documentation
• Creativity and storytelling
• Contribute creative ideas to content planning and team brainstorming sessions
• Help develop employee‑focused stories that reflect Stryker’s culture and values
• Assist with content formatting or visual elements in collaboration with design partners
• Support experimentation with new communication formats or tools to improve engagement
• Brand alignment and communication guidelines
• Ensure communications follow Stryker’s brand voice and visual identity
• Use templates, toolkits and editorial style guides to create and review internal content
• Help maintain resources like messaging libraries and internal communication toolkits
• Engagement measurement and continuous improvement
• Assist in gathering communication metrics (e.g., email open rates, page views, feedback trends)
• Help compile reports and share basic insights with the team
• Support the use of data and feedback to improve message clarity and relevance
• Collaboration and team support
• Collaborate with team members and internal partners on communication campaigns and initiatives
• Provide logistical and editorial support for projects involving external vendors or consultants
• Participate in team meetings and contribute to shared goals and planning discussions
• Change support and organizational communications
• Assist with internal messaging around enterprise‑wide or department‑specific change initiatives
• Support rollout and communication around new tools, policies or programs
• Contribute to a collaborative and inclusive team environment

What you need:

• Required 6+ years of work experience
• Bachelors degree required
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills for various formats (e.g., emails, intranet articles, announcements)
• Ability to translate business updates into clear, engaging messages for employee audiences
• Experience supporting communication plans and campaigns in partnership with team members
• Familiarity with managing content across communication channels such as intranet, email, and digital signage
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Word and PowerPoint); experience with Adobe Creative Suite
• Understanding of brand voice and visual identity
• Detail‑oriented, organized and able to manage multiple tasks or timelines with guidance
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills; able to work effectively with peers, stakeholders and cross‑functional teams
• Curiosity about communications trends and willingness to learn new tools and practices
• Preferred 3+ years of experience in related field preferred
• Exercise discretion and independence when applying professional expertise
• Must be able to manage time, projects, stress and conflict
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills including written and oral communication
• Must be able to bring tasks through to completion with minimal supervision
• Must have the ability to prioritize work and keep detailed and confidential records
• Must be able to communicate / present to large groups of people
• Must possess unwavering ethics & integrity in a competitive and demanding work environment
• United States of America

Pay Ranges:

• USN: $89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual
• US5: $93,800 - $156,200 USD Annual
• US10: $98,200 - $163,700 USD Annual
• US15: $102,700 - $171,100 USD Annual
• US20: $107,200 - $178,600 USD Annual
• US30: $116,100 - $193,400 USD Annual
• View the U.S. work location and transparency guide to find the pay range for your location.

Equal Opportunity

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. Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Company

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com

Work Flexibility

• Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location.
• Field‑based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field‑based.
• Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category.
• Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co‑located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.