Principal Portfolio Manager - Hybrid

Join Our Winning Team as a Principal Portfolio Manager – Neurosurgery at Stryker

Are you passionate about collaborating with a team to make a meaningful, lasting impact? At Stryker Neurosurgical, we are driven to make healthcare better. As a Principal Portfolio Manager, you will be at the heart of one of our fastest-growing business units (Stryker Neurosurgical), driving the development and launch of cutting-edge neurosurgical solutions. This role is about more than just product development—it's about advancing the field of neurosurgery and transforming lives. You will work closely with cross-functional teams including Sales, R&D, and Brand Marketing, as well as Key Opinion Leaders in the neurosurgical community. Together, we will bring innovative surgical solutions to our customers, shaping the future of neurosurgery.

In this individual contributor role, you’ll have the unique opportunity to:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to drive forward product development within the area of Minimally Invasive Perifascicular Surgery.
• Partner with neurosurgical experts to ensure groundbreaking solutions make a real-world difference.
• Uncover the needs of our customers and sales force to drive the development of product roadmaps and business strategy within the areas of Minimally Invasive neurosurgery and ICH (Intracerebral Hemorrhage) surgical evacuation.
• Help advance the field of neurosurgery through innovation, strategy, and leadership.

This position is based and will be on-site in Kalamazoo, Michigan with a hybrid work schedule.

Who we want 

• Hard-working winners. Confident, competitive and results-oriented professionals who create a track record of success. 
• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations. 
• Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders. 
• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.  

What you will do 

• Advise on the organization's major competitors 
• Anticipate and understands the different types of competition that will be faced in the future 
• Monitor market activity, penetration and competitive wins or losses 
• Identify new customer groups and tailor marketing strategies to meet both current and prospective customer needs 
• Build relationships with key opinion leaders and establish relationships with new thought leaders 
• Analyze unmet needs to identify product and service opportunities. Able to summarize qualitative and quantitative studies, drawing actionable conclusions for the business.  
• Identify market trends and proactively adjust strategy based on healthcare environment 
• Lead the new product development process (NPDP) from start to finish, engaging key internal stakeholders along the way 
• Collaborate cross-departmentally to participate in the NPDP process 
• Lead the execution strategy for our recently acquired NICO Minimally Invasive Perifascicular Surgery solutions                                  
• Communicate long-term portfolio strategy to key stakeholders to gain organizational alignment      
• Lead product life cycle management of the portfolio from launch to obsolescence                                                                                                                                                           
• Partner with R&D to anticipate future needs and the strategic assets needed to compete 
• Partner with Clinical Affairs to generate clinical trials, research grants, and cost-benefit analysis papers to support clinical claims strategy 
• Align customer acquisition or retention strategies to the broader portfolio strategy                                                                                                                                                                  
• Align the portfolio segment strategy to broader business strategy               
• Create and recommend a category definition based on the strategic phase of the business 
• Understand how to target customers based off of total market potential and opportunity                                                                                                                                    
• Continually monitor market trends and make recommendations on market opportunity and strategic focus                                                                                                                                                        
• Effectively use appropriate benchmarks and document key assumptions when developing forecasts 
• Develop and incorporate the product lifecycle management (PLCM) plan into the initial strategy 
• Manage price competition and assures alignment with overall business unit pricing goals 
• Monitor effectiveness of all marketing channels and promotional campaigns 

What you need 

• Bachelor’s degree required 
• MBA preferred 
• 8+ years of work experience required 
• 5+ years medical device or marketing/sales experience preferred 
• Previous  experience with or familiarity with MIPS (minimally invasive parafascicular surgery), neurosurgery or neurovascular procedures preferred
• Understanding of neurovascular procedures ICH  preferred