Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Who we want:
• Hard-working winners. Confident, competitive and results-oriented professionals who create a track record of success.
• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
• Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.

What you will do:
• Understand the market positioning and strengths of key competitors
• Describe the basic offerings of a product line and their primary features
• Gather and apply market research in decision making
• Research and collect product information, service information and marketing literature
• Assist with researching new markets, opportunities and segments to support new product development
• Understand key marketing philosophies around product branding
• Identify key elements within a new product's Value Proposition that requires evidence
• Understand the appropriate commercialization plans to put in place to earn new customers or expand in current categories
• Know the market positioning and strengths of key competitors
• Understand the differences between customers; non-users, exclusive users, competitive users and multi-brand user
• Understand the concepts and importance of sales forecasting
• Understands a product lifecycle management (PLCM) plan
• Research internal and external data sources for pricing
• Locate market data, planning tools, and expert resources when analyzing marketing strategies
• Understand measurements of business performance and how to identify trends

Minimum Qualifications (Required):
• Bachelor’s degree required
• 0+ years of work experience required

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):
• MBA 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 the absence of organizational authority
• Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies
• Demonstrated proficiency in 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.

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.