The Senior Manager, Strategic Communications plays a critical role in advancing business objectives through strategic, creative, and impactful communication. This role is responsible for developing and executing integrated communication strategies that support sales enablement, change management, executive visibility, internal engagement, and external brand positioning. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, the individual gathers customer and field insights to shape messaging and champions best practices in content development, crisis communication, event strategy, and communication measurement. The ideal candidate is a collaborative, innovative communicator who thrives in a dynamic environment and is passionate about driving clarity, alignment, and engagement across diverse stakeholder groups. **Candidates in the Pacific Time Zone are strongly preferred.** **What you will do:** + Develop and execute strategic internal and external communications that align with business goals and strengthen corporate reputation. + Provide competitive, customer, and market insights to shape messaging, positioning, and sales enablement strategies. + Partner with leadership to drive effective change management, M&A communications, and crisis/issues management. + Create and manage high-quality content, including speeches, press releases, media responses, and executive messaging. + Lead public relations efforts, including media engagement, event support, and high-visibility speaking opportunities. + Build and optimize internal communications channels to connect employees and reinforce company culture. + Deliver clear, engaging presentations and coach leaders and teams on effective communication practices. + Ensure brand consistency across communications, advocating for guidelines and best practices. + Measure communication effectiveness and continuously improve strategies, tools, and processes. + Collaborate with global communications partners, agencies, and cross-functional teams to maximize impact. + Executive presence and experience advising or supporting senior leaders. + Writing and storytelling skills across formats (presentations, speeches, intranet, video scripts, etc. **What you will need:** **Required:** + Bachelor’s degree required + 10+ years of work experience required **Preferred:** + MBA preferred + 5 years of marketing AND/OR sales experience preferred + 5 years of people management experience preferred + 5 years of experience in medical device or healthcare industry preferred + Experience leading communications in a matrixed or global organization preferred **$129,600** **- $286,500** salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors. 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.