
Principal Portfolio Manager, Hip
Stryker
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Florida • New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $118,000 - $255,700 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own and define the long-term portfolio strategy for Hip enabling technologies, shaping platform evolution, investment priorities, and competitive positioning.
- Serve as the upstream marketing lead for the Hip portfolio, guiding strategy from early concept through lifecycle management and portfolio optimization.
- Lead the NPDP process end-to-end, partnering closely with R&D, Medical, Regulatory, Finance, Operations, and Sales to drive disciplined, on-time execution.
- Translate voice of customer, surgeon insights, and patient needs into clear value propositions and differentiated portfolio strategies.
- Act as a strategic partner to key opinion leaders and thought leaders, leveraging insights to inform pipeline direction and platform decisions.
- Analyze market dynamics, competitive landscapes, and unmet needs to identify growth opportunities and inform long-range portfolio planning.
- Drive portfolio-level decision making, including category definition, segmentation strategy, lifecycle planning, and capital prioritization.
- Communicate and influence long-term Hip portfolio strategy across senior leadership to ensure organizational alignment and execution clarity.
- Partner with R&D to anticipate future clinical, technological, and competitive needs, ensuring the portfolio remains differentiated and sustainable.
- Establish and elevate best practices for portfolio strategy, forecasting, and business performance analysis within the Joint Replacement organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 8+ years of experience in upstream marketing, portfolio management, or product strategy within orthopedics or surgical technologies
- Proven experience defining and leading portfolio strategy from early concept through commercialization and lifecycle management
- Demonstrated success partnering cross functionally to influence long term product and investment decisions
- Strong experience partnering with R&D, Clinical, and Engineering teams through the full product development lifecycle
- Experience supporting or leading product development within orthopedic solutions
- Preferred Advanced experience in upstream marketing or portfolio strategy within orthopedics, joint replacement, or adjacent surgical technologies
- Prior exposure to R&D or NPDP processes, including close collaboration with engineering and clinical teams
- Experience working directly with surgeon customers and key opinion leaders
- MBA or advanced degree.
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Hard Skills & Tools
upstream marketingportfolio managementproduct strategylifecycle managementmarket analysiscapital prioritizationbusiness performance analysisproduct development lifecycleforecastingcategory definition
Soft Skills
strategic partnershipinfluencecommunicationcollaborationleadershipanalytical thinkingcustomer insight translationdecision makingorganizational alignmentexecution clarity
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMBAadvanced degree