Senior Portfolio Manager - Hybrid

Stryker Group; Fremont (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Group in Fremont, CA is seeking a Senior Portfolio Manager to drive upstream marketing initiatives for Neurovascular products. This hybrid role blends strategic planning with hands-on market insight.

You will gather competitive insights, develop value propositions, collaborate with Clinical Affairs and Product Marketing, build financial models, and lead pre‑commercialization plans to guide launches. Required is a Bachelor’s degree with 6+ years of experience; MBA is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 6+ years of work experience required.
• MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Gather and collate competitive information to drive insights.
• Anticipate customer and patient needs and craft value propositions.
• Lead NPDP process with cross-functional teams.
• Build financial models to support ROIs and funding.
• Develop publication and messaging strategies aligned with evidence.
• Forecast market trends and support launch planning.

Skills

Market research

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional leadership

Financial modeling

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Portfolio Manager to support the Neurovascular Upstream Marketing team.

This role is hybrid in Fremont, CA.

What you will do:

• Gather and collate competitive information to drive insights
• Anticipate the needs of customers and patients and create a superior value proposition
• Obtain insights by leveraging key opinion leaders
• Understand customers and optimizes value proposition
• Analyze the validity and reliability of market research results. Understand statistical significance and basic hypothesis testing.
• Effectively use and interpret qualitative and quantitative research
• Utilize market research and third-party data to identify key industry trends
• Collaborate cross-departmentally to lead the new product development (NPDP) process
• Understand new product development process and its effect on the business
• Build financial business case model to support new product development funding and product return on investment
• Responsible for delivering the business objective, marketing objective and leading the discovery process for the pre-commercialization plan
• Leverage core competencies and the strategic assets of the organization to maximize new product development and launch planning
• Partner with Clinical Affairs to propose research objectives for evidence generation (Clinical studies, research papers, etc.)
• Partner with Product Marketing to develop a publication and messaging strategy that aligns with clinical evidence
• Understand the costs of acquiring new customers vs. retaining current customers
• Understand how to target customers based off of total market potential and opportunity
• Understand potential sources of new volume within current customer segment or outside of the current segment and the financial tradeoffs for pursuing each
• Lead the development of sales tools and channel communication.
• Understand and predict sales trends in the market
• Research key factors, measurements and variables used in forecasting
• Execute a product lifecycle management (PLCM) plan as it relates to the overall business and launch strategy
• Develop contingency plans in the event of a supply chain interruption
• Create and communicate a value proposition
• Develop pricing consistent with the Marketing Strategy and brand positioning
• Develop new marketing channels and tools
• Define performance criteria used for evaluating business trends and activities

What you will need:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 6+ years of work experience required

Preferred:

• MBA preferred
• 3+ years medical device or marketing experience preferred
• Upstream marketing experience preferred
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills preferred

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

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