Senior Manager, Strategy & Operational Readiness

Stryker Corporation; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 294,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in San Jose, CA is seeking a Senior Manager of New Product Development Strategy & Operational Readiness. This divisional leadership role governs the operating systems, reviews, and readiness mechanisms for successful strategy execution and launches across four Business Units.

Required: Bachelor's degree and 10+ years in medical device/related fields, plus a Master's degree and cross-functional leadership in regulated environments. Travel up to 20% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in medical device, engineering, operations, or program management.
• Master's degree in a related field preferred and experience leading cross-functional initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead governance processes to prioritize strategic initiatives and support leadership decisions.
• Direct operational readiness reviews for new product development programs.
• Manage monthly business performance reviews and track key metrics.
• Partner with engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, finance, regulatory, and product development leaders.
• Lead due diligence and integration activities for acquisitions affecting product development or manufacturing.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, or Business

Master's degree in Business, Engineering, or Operations

Job description

Work Flexibility: Onsite

The Senior Manager of New Product Development Strategy & Operational Readiness is a highly strategic divisional leadership role within Advanced Operations, serving as a key connector between the business, cross-functional partners, and senior leaders across the Endoscopy Division. This role shapes and governs the operating systems, business reviews, decision frameworks, and readiness mechanisms that enable successful strategy execution, launch readiness, operational performance, integration readiness, and accountability across four Business Units.

What You Will Do

Lead governance processes that prioritize strategic initiatives, monitor execution, and support leadership decision-making across multiple business units. Direct operational readiness reviews for new product development programs, identifying risks, escalation needs, and readiness gaps before key launch milestones. Manage monthly business performance reviews, including development and tracking of operational, readiness, and program performance metrics. Partner with leaders across engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, finance, regulatory, and product development functions to drive execution, accountability, and continuous improvement. Lead operational due diligence and integration activities for acquisitions that impact product development, manufacturing, or commercialization programs. Represent Advanced Operations in divisional mergers and acquisition activities involving products, technologies, manufacturing operations, including risk assessment and integration planning. Serve as Division Process Owner for Process Validation and Design Transfer, leading governance, training, procedural improvements, audit readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure compliant, scalable, and effective execution across product launches and integration activities. Establish standardized processes, review cadences, escalation pathways, and performance measures that improve visibility and execution consistency. Present risks, trends, recommendations, and business performance updates to senior and executive leadership teams.

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Business, or a related field. Minimum 10 years of experience in medical device, engineering, operations, supply chain, program management, and/or related fields. Master's degree in Business, Engineer, Operations, or a related field and Experience leading initiatives involving multiple functions, stakeholders, or business units within a regulated environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field. 5 or more years of experience in New Product Development (NPD), validation design transfer activities Experience in people management or holding a leadership position Certification(s) in Project Management, LEAN, Six Sigma, and/or related. Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, operational integration, technology transfer, or large-scale business transformation initiatives. Experience with highly regulated environment, such as medical device or biotechnology.

$176,300 - $293,700 USD Annual Travel Percentage: 20%

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.

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.