Strategic Product Manager - Medical Devices

Stryker; Mahwah (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Product Manager for the Mako Shoulder to lead marketing plans and product positioning, coordinating with engineering, manufacturing and sales to enhance or develop products. You will set pricing strategies, monitor competitors, and translate customer needs into strategic plans and launches.

The role requires strong presentation and analytical skills, with a track record in marketing or medical devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 4+ years of work experience required.
• MBA preferred.
• 2+ years medical device or marketing experience preferred.
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects while delivering on established timelines.
• Ability to be persuasive in absence of organizational authority.
• Must understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Understand key competitors and their strengths/weaknesses.
• Understand customer groups and why customers buy the product.
• Understand marketing channel strategies and implications.
• Track and report results/KPIs to leadership and sales.
• Explain product features to customers based on needs.
• Maintain customer engagement and understand customer needs.
• Develop strategy documents: strategic plan, annual marketing plan, product launch plans.
• Support creation of Project Charters, CERs, and Business Case Financial Models.
• Understand competitive dynamics in the market.
• Articulate product value and customer benefits.
• Create marketing strategies to strengthen customer-product relationships.
• Propose objectives for generating clinical evidence and studies.
• Tie product goals to Stryker's overall objectives.
• Develop new strategies, sales tools, and communication plans.
• Apply clinical and technical knowledge to educate about value.
• Collaborate with sales training to set training strategy.
• Responsible for the obsolescence plan.
• Provide analytical support to set price.
• Communicate outcomes to MarComm.
• Set short- and long-range improvement goals for the product management team.
• Analyze customer satisfaction trends and feed into planning.
• Provide the intelligence group with key objectives and inputs.

Skills

Excellent presentation

Interpersonal communications

Analytical skills

Project management

Persuasive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Stryker is seeking a Product Manager for the Mako Shoulder to lead marketing plans and product positioning, coordinating with engineering, manufacturing and sales to enhance or develop products. You will set pricing strategies, monitor competitors, and translate customer needs into strategic plans and launches.

The role requires strong presentation and analytical skills, with a track record in marketing or medical devices.