Corporate Strategy Manager

Zimmer Biomet; United States; On-site; USD 114,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Zimmer Biomet is seeking a senior strategy leader to own the enterprise strategic planning process, aligning global cross-functional teams and driving major corporate initiatives from planning to execution. You will coordinate inputs, owners, milestones, and governance to ensure timely, decision-ready plans that connect analysis with financial outcomes.

The role requires strong facilitation, organizational discipline, and ability to lead complex programs with executive stakeholders across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with relevant experience in strategy, PMO, or transformation.
• 6–8 years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, PMO, transformation, or enterprise initiative delivery.
• Experience in MedTech or life sciences is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end enterprise strategic planning and governance across global units.
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs, timelines, and executive reviews.
• Translate priorities into actionable plans with milestones and owners.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Facilitation

Strategic planning

Project management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA or related advanced degree

Job description

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered, and recognized.

What You Can Expect

Leads the annual enterprise strategic-planning process and runs major corporate strategic initiatives from planning through execution. Aligns global cross-functional teams across business units, regions, and functions around integrated workplans, accountable owners, milestones, deliverables, governance, and decision points. Tracks interdependencies, risks, outcomes, and timelines to keep initiatives on course. Continuously improves planning and initiative governance, partnering with the Sr. Director, Corporate Strategy and senior leaders to maintain alignment, resolve escalations, and drive delivery.

• Owns the end-to-end enterprise strategic planning integrated workplan and calendar, including phases, milestones, input requests, review gates, decision points, deliverables, and executive forums.
• Orchestrates planning inputs and execution across global business units, regions, and functions; clarifies expectations, owners, dependencies, timelines, and deliverables, and follows through to secure complete, decision-ready contributions.
• Runs major corporate strategic initiatives through global cross-functional teams, translating approved priorities into plans with scope, workstreams, accountable owners, milestones, deliverables, governance, measures of success, and key interdependencies.
• Facilitates planning workshops, global cross-functional working sessions, and executive initiative reviews; guides stakeholders through the process, prepares agendas and pre-reads, records decisions and actions, and follows through to closure.
• Tracks progress, milestones, risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies across the strategic plan and major initiatives; identifies delays early, coordinates corrective action, and escalates issues when needed.
• Advises teams on sequencing and trade-offs when priorities compete, keeping plans aligned with enterprise goals.
• Integrates workstream outputs into concise, consistent leadership materials, including status updates, presentations, dashboards, and summaries that connect analysis, recommendations, financial implications, and implementation plans.
• Partners with initiative owners and Finance to establish baselines, KPIs, benefit assumptions, investment and resource considerations, and a practical cadence for tracking strategic and financial outcomes.
• Leads assigned strategy workstreams by aligning internal and external contributors, as applicable, by clarifying scope, workplans, review cycles, timelines, and deliverable standards; provides direction and feedback to analysts and workstream leads.
• Improves planning and initiative-management processes, governance, templates, dashboards, and communications to strengthen consistency, transparency, and execution discipline.
• Builds collaborative relationships across global commercial, clinical, regulatory, operations, finance, and external partner teams, gaining alignment and commitment through influence rather than authority.

How You'll Create Impact

• Owns the end-to-end enterprise strategic planning integrated workplan and calendar, including phases, milestones, input requests, review gates, decision points, deliverables, and executive forums.
• Orchestrates planning inputs and execution across global business units, regions, and functions; clarifies expectations, owners, dependencies, timelines, and deliverables, and follows through to secure complete, decision-ready contributions.
• Runs major corporate strategic initiatives through global cross-functional teams, translating approved priorities into plans with scope, workstreams, accountable owners, milestones, deliverables, governance, measures of success, and key interdependencies.
• Facilitates planning workshops, global cross-functional working sessions, and executive initiative reviews; guides stakeholders through the process, prepares agendas and pre-reads, records decisions and actions, and follows through to closure.
• Tracks progress, milestones, risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies across the strategic plan and major initiatives; identifies delays early, coordinates corrective action and escalates issues when needed.
• Advises teams on sequencing and trade-offs when priorities compete, keeping plans aligned with enterprise goals.
• Integrates workstream outputs into concise, consistent leadership materials, including status updates, presentations, dashboards, and summaries that connect analysis, recommendations, financial implications, and implementation plans.
• Partners with initiative owners and Finance to establish baselines, KPIs, benefit assumptions, investment and resource considerations, and a practical cadence for tracking strategic and financial outcomes.
• Leads assigned strategy workstreams by aligning internal and external contributors, as applicable, by clarifying scope, workplans, review cycles, timelines, and deliverable standards; provides direction and feedback to analysts and workstream leads.
• Improves planning and initiative-management processes, governance, templates, dashboards, and communications to strengthen consistency, transparency, and execution discipline.
• Builds collaborative relationships across global commercial, clinical, regulatory, operations, finance, and external partner teams, gaining alignment and commitment through influence rather than authority.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional programs, strategic-planning processes, transformation initiatives, or consulting engagements from scope through delivery.v
• Exceptional organization and execution discipline, including critical-path planning, deliverable management, dependency mapping, risk and issue resolution, and timeline recovery.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder-management skills; able to align senior leaders and diverse teams, establish clear ownership, and drive action without relying on direct authority.
• Ability to structure ambiguous business questions into manageable workstreams, frame the right decisions, and integrate analysis into a concise, decision-ready narrative.
• Sound business and financial acumen, including ability to coordinate business cases, assumptions, investment considerations, KPIs, and benefit tracking with Finance and initiative owners.
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, including clear status reporting, concise escalations, and effective meeting leadership.
• Experience directing analysts, consultants, or cross-functional workstream contributors and reviewing outputs for completeness, accuracy, and executive readiness.
• Adaptable, proactive, and composed under tight timelines; exercises sound judgment and discretion with sensitive enterprise information.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of relevant experience, or Associate's Degree and 6 years of relevant experience, or High School Diploma or Equivalent and 8 years of relevant experience required
• Preferred Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in business, strategy, economics, finance, engineering, or a related field; MBA or other advanced degree a plus.
• Preferred Qualification: 6 years of relevant experience management consulting, corporate strategy, PMO/program management, transformation, or enterprise initiative delivery. Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional projects from scope and planning through delivery
• Preferred Qualification: Prior experience in the MedTech, medical device, or broader life sciences industry preferred, with familiarity in orthopedic or surgical markets a plus.
• Preferred Qualification: Formal project or program management training or certification is a plus.

Travel Expectations

• Up to 15%

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

Expected Compensation Range: $113,500 to $150k, plus target bonus