Work Flexibility: Hybrid
The Product Manager will support the strategic direction and of portfolio growth through internal and external education strategies US customer engagement campaigns and marketing campaigns/strategies for the Hand and Wrist Portfolio
This role is based in our Mahwah NJ office. Regular weekly presence in the office is required and some flexibility for hybrid work can be arranged. This role requires 20 40 travel within the United States.
Hand and wrist Stryker
What you will do:
- Understand key competitors and their relative strengths/weaknesses
- Understand customer groups including why customers buy the product or service approach for the product or portfolio
- Understand the different marketing channel strategies and associated business implications
- Track and report results/KPIs to leadership and sales
- Understand key competitors and their relative strengths/weaknesses and maintain networks of people and resources for obtaining competitive information
- Explain different product features to different customers as appropriate to their needs
- Maintain customer engagement and deeply understand customer needs
- Play a role in developing key strategy documents: strategic plan annual marketing plan product launch plans etc
- Support the creation of Project Charters CERs and Business Case Financial Models as applicable
- Understand competitive dynamics in the market
- Understand what customers value and how they perceive different attributes of the product or portfolio
- Articulate why the product or portfolio adds value or solves problems for the customer
- Create marketing strategies to understand develop and enhance the relationship between the customer and the product or portfolio
- Propose objectives for generating clinical evidence and evaluate studies
- Tie the business goal of the product or portfolio to the overall goal of Stryker
- Synthesize market trends and make recommendations on areas of strategic focus
- Develop new strategies sales tools and communication plans for the product or portfolio
- Apply clinical knowledge in combination with technical knowledge to educate and articulate value
- Work closely with sales training/sales enablement to set the sales training strategy for the product or portfolio
- Responsible for the obsolescence plan
- Provide analytical support to set price
- Articulate desired communications outcomes consistent with marketing strategy to MarComm team
- Establish shortrange and longrange improvement goals for the product management team and under guidance develop action plans to achieve those goals
- Analyze customer satisfaction to assess trends in customer engagement and incorporates trends into strategic planning
- Provide marketing intelligence group with key objectives and inputs to drive customer insights
What you need:
Required
- Bachelors degree
- 4 years of work experience
Preferred
- MBA
- 2 years of work experience in sales or marketing of medical devices
- Experience working with orthopedics Sales or Marketing
- Experience with product launches
- Experience working in collaboration with Sales teams
- Experience in cadaver labs
- Experience in public speaking
- Experience using data for decisionmaking processes
- Experience mentoring junior associates
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel Word & PowerPoint)
Travel Percentage: 30
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.
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Required Experience:
IC