Portfolio Manager, Wearables

Stryker; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 89,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Financial benefits

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Portfolio Manager to own the full hardware portfolio strategy for Smart Care wearables, including hands‑free communication devices. You will lead roadmap priorities, pricing, forecasting, and KPIs while collaborating with R&D, design, regulatory, and clinical teams.

The role requires travel to San Jose, CA and base proximity to a Stryker site. You will translate customer insights into actionable business decisions, align hardware with the broader Smart Care platform, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 4+ years of work experience.
• Experience managing multiple projects on schedule.
• VOC Analysis and market/user research experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead upstream portfolio strategy for Smart Care wearables.
• Define roadmap priorities, lifecycle plans, and strategic direction for the Wearables within Smart Hospital ecosystem.
• Translate customer insights into requirements and prioritization decisions.
• Develop value propositions, segmentation strategies, and positioning frameworks for wearables.

Skills

Portfolio strategy

Roadmapping

Voice of Customer

Quantitative research

Qualitative research

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Go-to-Market

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

In this role, you need to be based near a Stryker site (Portage (MI), Flower Mound (TX), Mahwah (NJ), Bloomington (MN), Greenwood Village (CO), Tempe (AZ)) and will travel 30% to San Jose, CA

The Portfolio Manager will own the full hardware portfolio strategy for Smart Care’s wearable devices (hands‑free communication badge and future wearable products). This includes roadmap ownership, upstream marketing strategy, value proposition development, financial modeling, competitive analysis, and integration of wearables into the broader SmartHospital platform. Vocera Hands-Free Communication Devices Solution Brief

What You Will Do

• Lead upstream portfolio strategy for Smart Care’s hands‑free communication badge and wearable devices.
• Define roadmap priorities, lifecycle plans, and strategic direction aligned to the Smart Hospital ecosystem.

Drive NDP in partnership with R&D

• Lead and influence the NPD end-to-end in close collaboration with engineering, design, regulatory, and clinical teams.
• Translate customer insights into clear requirements and prioritization decisions.

Define portfolio and positioning strategy

• Develop value propositions, segmentation strategies, and positioning frameworks that differentiate Smart Care wearables within the connected healthcare landscape.

Translate customer insights into action

• Leverage VOC, KOL engagement, and market research to identify unmet needs and growth opportunities.
• Convert qualitative and quantitative insights into actionable business recommendations.

Guide pricing, forecasting, and financial decisions

• Build business cases and financial models to inform pricing strategy, roadmap investments, and lifecycle tradeoffs.

Assess competitive and industry dynamics

• Monitor competitors, market trends, and emerging technologies to inform product strategy and defend points of difference.
• Communicate implications clearly to leadership and cross-functional teams.

Align hardware with the Smart Care platform

• Ensure wearable strategy integrates seamlessly with voice software, mobile applications, RTLS, and broader connectivity solutions to deliver a cohesive customer experience.

Measure and optimize performance

• Establish and monitor key portfolio KPIs related to adoption, retention, and commercial performance.
• Use analytics to drive continuous improvement and strategic focus.

What you need (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4+ years of work experience
• Experience managing multiple projects while delivering on established timelines
• Voice of Customer (VOC) Analysis
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative research

Preferred

• Experience with Portfolio Strategy & Roadmapping
• Experience in Product Management
• Go-to-Market Strategy experience
• Experience in creating marketing strategies and business case financial models
• Experience in healthcare technology, medical devices, MedTech, or SaaS environments.
• Medical Device industry experience

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
• 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

• 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.