Portfolio Associate - Hybrid

Stryker•Mahwah, NJ

3d•$59,900 - $100,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Portfolio Associate supporting Stryker's Early Intervention/Primary Knee Portfolio within the Knee Business Unit, you will help drive the growth and success of products that advance patient care in knee arthroplasty. In this role, you will leverage business and market analytics to identify trends, measure performance, and generate insights that support portfolio decision-making. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to contribute to pre-commercialization plans, annual marketing plans, and product launch initiatives while supporting presentations to business leaders, sales teams, and customers. This position offers an opportunity to build marketing and portfolio management expertise while contributing to innovative solutions that help surgeons deliver better care for their patients. This is an individual contributor role that requires the use of judgement in applying professional expertise and is expected to work independently with minimal supervision. Roles typically require a university degree or an extensive amount of practical knowledge gained through experience. Job requires an understanding and application of procedures and concepts of own discipline. The job requires the ability to make judgements based on practice and previous experience. This job typically requires a degree or equivalent and no experience. This is a hybrid role located in Mahwah, NJ.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
0+ years of work experience required

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred
Excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
Familiarity with data analytics tools such as PowerBI and SQL

Responsibilities

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