Manager, Downstream Marketing - Remote

Stryker offers innovative medical products and services across MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics, and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. The Manager, Downstream Marketing will lead the strategic growth of the Neurovascular portfolio by setting brand strategy, developing marketing campaigns and customer engagement programs, and leading a high-performing marketing team.

Responsibilities:

• The Manager, Downstream Marketing is the brand expert who sets strategic direction and ensures execution for portfolio growth through development and execution of marketing campaigns and strategies, portfolio development, internal and external education strategies, and customer engagement campaigns
• In alignment with global strategy, set annual and long-range brand/indications strategy to achieve required growth, profit and market share targets
• Create/distribute scalable assets, tools, marketing campaigns (“menu”) and best practices which can be localized for maximum impact
• Identify education, brand experience and customer engagement opportunities for both internal and external audiences to increase brand perception and value in collaboration with Education Manager
• Development of trust and strong relationships with LOCAL marketers, sales professionals, internal stakeholders, and key customers (KOL)
• In collaboration with the Divisional/Portfolio Marketing/Local Marketing teams, creation of Annual Marketing Plan and portfolio roadmap over 3-5 year horizon
• Work with leadership to forecast demand develop relationships with supply chain partners
• Define and execute regional product life cycle including phase-in (launch) and phase-out (PLCM) of products
• Provide analysis of business performance, brand perception, and other drivers of future brand performance. Define mitigating actions to deliver on strategy
• Partner with divisional resources to develop portfolio through new product development, line extensions, and M&A activity
• In partnership with Education Manager, identify internal training needs and create relevant content and training programs
• Create scalable customer engagement events such as facility tours/events/congresses, hands-on opportunities, and medical education programs
• Manage branding, messaging, positioning, and pricing of assigned brands based on market, customer, and competitive insights
• Take the lead in developing KOL’s for the brand
• With support from the Manager coordinate the HCP academy plans and execute in line with the power brand strategy

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required
• 8+ years of work experience required
• MBA preferred
• 5+ years medical device or marketing experience preferred
• 2+ years of people management experience preferred
• Neurovascular experience preferred