**What you will do:** The **Lead Research Analyst** for the **Surgical Technologies Business Unit** will play a critical role in driving global market research efforts to inform strategic business and commercial decisions. This role will champion the development of a data-guided culture by advancing the use of Power Business Intelligence (BI) platforms and delivering high-impact insights. The Lead Research Analyst will lead and support research initiatives across customer, market, and competitive intelligence, helping to shape both current and future market strategies. This position will focus on designing, executing, and integrating research findings into U.S. commercial strategies, while also supporting global research efforts to ensure alignment and scale across the organization. + Conducts scoping discussion with business partners to collect contextual information and identify business problem. + Assists in the planning, design and implementation of a research project. + Drives external research relevant to enterprise priorities such as gaining competitive analysis and surveillance through various channels (may include conference calls, earnings updates, analyst reports, tradeshows and partnering with relevant Stryker departments to leverage their knowledge in this area.) + Deploys different research approaches and methodologies Including the most common types of qualitative and quantitative research: focus groups, one-on-one interviews, conjoint analysis and cluster analysis. + Collaborates with cross-functional teams to build partnership to achieve business objectives. + Supports in managing project logistics as necessary. + Creates a standardized way to track KPIs, synthesize data, and drive consistent reporting to the business and key stakeholders. + Consistently seeks to validate the opportunities for the corporation by testing that it motivates customer behavior and/or creates value for the organization. + Assists in preparing charts, graphs, tables, and other tools **What you need** **Required** + Bachelor’s degree + 4+ years of work experience require + Excel and PowerBI experience + Demonstrated collaboration and partnership across the organization + 2+ years data analysis experience **Preferred** + 2+ years market research experience + PowerBI dashboard creation experience Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role. 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.