Work Flexibility: Hybrid
*This is a hybrid position to our Portage MI office with the expectation to be on-site 3 days per week.
As the Manager Portfolio Marketing you will compile and evaluate research on customer needs in the market or segment and translate those needs into specifications for future generation products. This occurs bydiscovering and generating customer and market data that can be cultivated into insights to support future portfolio decisions. You will also beresponsible for product life cycle management and maintaining the strength of the portfolio.
What you will do:
- Advise on the organizations major competitors for the Ultrasonics portfolio
- Anticipate and understand the different types of competition that will be faced in the future
- Monitor market activity penetration and competitive wins or losses
- Identify new customer groups and tailor marketing strategies to meet both current and prospective customer needs
- Build relationships with key opinion leaders and establish relationships with new thought leaders
- Analyze unmet needs to identify product and service opportunities. Able to summarize qualitative and quantitative studies drawing actionable conclusions for the business.
- Translate customer input into unmet needs. Evaluate key assumptions and variables that factor into the conclusions of market research.
- Identify market trends and proactively adjust strategy based on the healthcare environment
- Raise coworkers awareness of industry standards practices and guidelines
- Manage others to lead the new product development process (NPDP) from start to finish engaging key internal stakeholders along the way
- Collaborate cross-departmentally to participate in the NPDP process
- Lead the execution strategy for the defined portfolio
- Communicate long-term portfolio strategy to key stakeholders to gain organizational alignment
- Partner with R&D to anticipate future ultrasonic needs and the strategic assets needed to compete
- Partner with Clinical Affairs to generate clinical trials research grants and cost-benefit analysis papers to support clinical claims strategy
- Align customer acquisition or retention strategies to the broader portfolio strategy
- Align the portfolio segment strategy to the broader business strategy
- Create and recommend a category definition based on the strategic phase of the business
- Lead others in targeting customers based on total market potential and opportunity
- Continually monitor and communicate market trends to make recommendations on market opportunities and strategic focus
- Lead others to use appropriate benchmarks and document key assumptions when developing forecasts
- Lead a team to develop and incorporate the product lifecycle management (PLCM) plan into the initial strategy
- Manage price competition and ensure alignment with overall business unit pricing goals
- Monitor the effectiveness of all marketing channels and promotional campaigns
- Develop key criteria for evaluating business performance
- Participate in establishing company and industry best practices for business performance analysis
What you need (Required):
- Bachelors degree required
- 8 years of work experience required
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel Word & PowerPoint)
Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):
- MBA preferred
- 5 years of medical device or marketing experience preferred
- 2 years of people management experience preferred
- previous experience within a clinical setting (operating room or lab)
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects while delivering on established timelines
- Ability to be persuasive in the absence of organizational authority
- Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies
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.
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 contractors legal duty to furnish information.
Required Experience:
Manager
Work Flexibility: Hybrid*This is a hybrid position to our Portage MI office with the expectation to be on-site 3 days per week.As the Manager Portfolio Marketing you will compile and evaluate research on customer needs in the market or segment and translate those needs into specifications for future...
Work Flexibility: Hybrid
*This is a hybrid position to our Portage MI office with the expectation to be on-site 3 days per week.
As the Manager Portfolio Marketing you will compile and evaluate research on customer needs in the market or segment and translate those needs into specifications for future generation products. This occurs bydiscovering and generating customer and market data that can be cultivated into insights to support future portfolio decisions. You will also beresponsible for product life cycle management and maintaining the strength of the portfolio.
What you will do:
- Advise on the organizations major competitors for the Ultrasonics portfolio
- Anticipate and understand the different types of competition that will be faced in the future
- Monitor market activity penetration and competitive wins or losses
- Identify new customer groups and tailor marketing strategies to meet both current and prospective customer needs
- Build relationships with key opinion leaders and establish relationships with new thought leaders
- Analyze unmet needs to identify product and service opportunities. Able to summarize qualitative and quantitative studies drawing actionable conclusions for the business.
- Translate customer input into unmet needs. Evaluate key assumptions and variables that factor into the conclusions of market research.
- Identify market trends and proactively adjust strategy based on the healthcare environment
- Raise coworkers awareness of industry standards practices and guidelines
- Manage others to lead the new product development process (NPDP) from start to finish engaging key internal stakeholders along the way
- Collaborate cross-departmentally to participate in the NPDP process
- Lead the execution strategy for the defined portfolio
- Communicate long-term portfolio strategy to key stakeholders to gain organizational alignment
- Partner with R&D to anticipate future ultrasonic needs and the strategic assets needed to compete
- Partner with Clinical Affairs to generate clinical trials research grants and cost-benefit analysis papers to support clinical claims strategy
- Align customer acquisition or retention strategies to the broader portfolio strategy
- Align the portfolio segment strategy to the broader business strategy
- Create and recommend a category definition based on the strategic phase of the business
- Lead others in targeting customers based on total market potential and opportunity
- Continually monitor and communicate market trends to make recommendations on market opportunities and strategic focus
- Lead others to use appropriate benchmarks and document key assumptions when developing forecasts
- Lead a team to develop and incorporate the product lifecycle management (PLCM) plan into the initial strategy
- Manage price competition and ensure alignment with overall business unit pricing goals
- Monitor the effectiveness of all marketing channels and promotional campaigns
- Develop key criteria for evaluating business performance
- Participate in establishing company and industry best practices for business performance analysis
What you need (Required):
- Bachelors degree required
- 8 years of work experience required
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel Word & PowerPoint)
Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):
- MBA preferred
- 5 years of medical device or marketing experience preferred
- 2 years of people management experience preferred
- previous experience within a clinical setting (operating room or lab)
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects while delivering on established timelines
- Ability to be persuasive in the absence of organizational authority
- Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies
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.
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 contractors legal duty to furnish information.
Required Experience:
Manager
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