Senior Manager, Marketing Communications (REMOTE)

Stryker • Irvine, CA

1d • $118,000 - $255,700 • Remote

About The Position

As our Senior Manager of Marketing Communications, you will lead integrated marketing communications that build brand preference, support commercialization and enable the sales organization through differentiated messaging, integrated campaigns and compelling content. Partners across Marketing, Sales, Medical Affairs and Communications to translate customer insights, competitive intelligence and business strategy into communications that engage customers, strengthen brand equity and drive measurable business impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 10+ years of Communications/Marketing work experience required
• 2+ years of people management/prior supervisory experience is needed for this role.
• 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)

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred
• 4+ years of people management experience strongly preferred
• 7+ years medical device experience
• Vascular experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Interpret and coach team on the use of competitive insights to shape communication strategy
• Write, coach team, and gain organizational alignment on key communication documents: business reviews, marketing strategies, proposals and recommendations
• Empower the team to create and anticipate marketing communication strategies that understand, develop, and enhance the relationship between the customer and the product or portfolio
• Lead and coach the team to develop and execute impactful strategies and plans to achieve marketing and business objectives
• Provide clear, strategic and prioritized communication to the field sales organization through written/verbal communications, presentations and informal interactions
• Lead, develop and execute communication strategies that drive the strategic plan for the product and/or portfolio and coach team on initiation, development and execution of communication channels & strategies
• Leverage existing marketing channel strategies, initiate new channels and make strategic channel decisions based upon ROI while tracking the impact
• Educate team on writing projects with varying levels of associates and management; consult others on developing and editing large documents and documentation projects
• Lead discussions about style and tone differences of press releases, marketing brochures and newsletters
• Coach team on new ways of building creative; Consistent pulse on industry trends to ensure brand is up-to-speed on all-things creative
• Develop presentation objectives and organize key topics, speaking points, materials, and flow
• Determine cost-effective design alternatives to maximize budget
• Obtain continued pulse on industry trends/shows/events

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior