Manager, Strategic Communications

Stryker; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Manager, Strategic Communications to partner with Endoscopy and Communications leadership. You will craft and execute strategies to drive business priorities, organizational change and employee engagement, while guiding leaders on risks, audiences, and messaging.

You will translate complex business decisions into clear communications, build trusted relationships, and influence cross-functional teams to align messaging, channels, and timing across multiple initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 10+ years in communications, PR, or related field.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead communication strategies aligned to BU priorities and organizational goals.
• Advise leaders on strategy, audiences, messaging, timing, stakeholders and risks.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

As a Manager, Strategic Communications, you will serve as a strategic communications business partner to the Endoscopy and Communications Business Units and their leadership teams. You will develop and execute communication strategies that advance business priorities, organizational change, employee engagement, and alignment while advising leaders on complex initiatives, stakeholder needs, and communication risks.

Candidates must be located within 50 miles of Flower Mound, TX, Dallas, TX, Tempe, AZ, San Jose, CA or Denver, CO, with the flexibility to work onsite as business needs require.

Strategic Communications & Business Partnership

• Develop and lead communication strategies that support Endoscopy and Communications Business Unit priorities, organizational objectives, and divisional goals.
• Advise business leaders on communication strategy, audiences, messaging, timing, stakeholder considerations, and communication risk.
• Translate business strategies, operational priorities, and organizational decisions into clear, actionable communication plans.
• Build trusted relationships with leaders and stakeholders to proactively identify communication needs, opportunities, risks, and dependencies.
• Influence communication decisions through sound judgment, consultation, and collaboration, including recommending alternative approaches when needed.
• Connect communication activities across assigned businesses and stakeholder groups to improve coordination, consistency, and organizational understanding.

Leadership, Change & Employee Communications

• Lead communication planning and execution for strategic initiatives, business growth, operational changes, organizational transformations, and culture initiatives.
• Develop leadership and employee communications, including presentations, talking points, town hall content, organizational announcements, business updates, and strategic messaging.
• Assess stakeholder impacts and develop communication approaches that build awareness, understanding, engagement, readiness, and adoption.
• Prepare and advise leaders for employee forums, leadership meetings, organizational announcements, and other high-visibility communications.
• Partner with HR, Legal, Corporate Communications, Strategic Communications leadership, and other stakeholders on sensitive or complex business initiatives.

Communications Planning, Content & Effectiveness

• Develop integrated communication plans that consider business objectives, stakeholder needs, timing, sequencing, channels, resources, and measures of effectiveness.
• Write, edit, and review high-visibility communications, translating complex or technical information into clear, audience-focused content.
• Establish communication ownership, priorities, timelines, and escalation points while identifying opportunities to consolidate, sequence, or reprioritize communication activity.
• Identify stakeholder, communication, and reputational risks and recommend appropriate mitigation or escalation.
• Ensure communications align with Stryker brand and communication standards and provide direction to design, production, or external partners as needed.
• Measure communication reach, understanding, engagement, and effectiveness using quantitative and qualitative feedback to improve future strategies, channels, and content.

What You Need

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 10+ years of experience in communications, public relations, employee communications, change communications, or a related field.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience independently developing communication strategies and advising business or functional leadership teams.
• Experience supporting senior business leadership teams.
• Experience across strategic communications, employee communications, organizational change, and/or business communications.
• Experience working within a complex, matrixed organization.
• Advanced degree or relevant professional communications training.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN: $102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual
• US5: $107,700 - $179,600 USD Annual
• US10: $112,900 - $188,100 USD Annual
• US15: $118,000 - $196,600 USD Annual
• US20: $123,100 - $205,200 USD Annual
• US30: $133,400 - $222,300 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.