- This hybrid role requires a minimum of three days per week on-site in Freemont, CA.
- Set and communicate an ambitious, clear vision for the division and business units, aligning stakeholders and teams around outcomes, priorities, and measurable value.
- Co-own the end-to-end divisional and business unit strategies with divisional business leads, defining Customer 1A journeys and the measurable outcomes that will define success.
- Prioritize the portfolio to maximize value by translating business needs into clear requirements, sequencing capabilities/features, and balancing growth, productivity, risk, and customer experience outcomes.
- Rationalize demand and resolve priority conflicts across business units, Stryker functions, and geographies, ensuring an integrated roadmap and portfolio plan that protects strategic focus and value delivery.
- Quantify and communicate business value (e.g., growth, productivity, risk reduction, customer experience) and enable teams to deliver timely outcomes against agreed targets.
- Act as the single point of accountability for IT to the division, ensuring delivery to plan, proactively managing risks, and resolving escalations quickly.
- Represent the division in enterprise governance forums and ensure adherence to global IT service and delivery processes, including operational controls, SLAs, and continuous improvement.
- Build trusted partnerships with business counterparts by understanding strategy, anticipating market trends, and recommending digital and data solutions that improve performance and competitiveness.
- Design Customer journeys and translate them into delivery backlogs by decomposing journeys into capabilities, data, and platform needs that inform the divisional technology roadmap.
- Partner across IT to ensure delivery, holding teams accountable through clear agreed targets, transparent reporting, and continuous delivery improvements.
- Own delivery of the IT strategy and performance, and lead/divisionally manage BAs and business partners to execute priorities with speed and quality.
- Collaborate with Application Development leadership and the broader IT organization to remove constraints, balance capacity, and reduce/optimize divisional technology debt.
- Lead critical programs and transformations, providing decisive governance, stakeholder management, and escalation leadership to protect delivery and value.
- Own funding and budget management for the division, ensuring investment governance, ROI/value realization, and alignment to business priorities.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required; a degree in Business Administration or Computer Information Systems is preferred. A master’s degree in MIS, an MBA, or a related field is also preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in business, strategy and IT management, leading strategy, change management and supporting functions.
- Strategic thinking with experience managing large-scale roadmaps.
- Strong communicator and collaborator, able to influence diverse cross-functional stakeholders.
- Knowledgeable of the current and future technology direction of the industry and aligns strategies with those shifting landscapes.
- Energetic and dynamic leadership style
- Strong and demonstrated ability to develop partnerships and trust with business leadership to build enterprise IT strategies and program portfolios
- Build mechanisms to ensure that architecture and harmonization principles are well socialized and followed in harmonizing portfolios
- Knowledge of strategy frameworks.
- Experience transforming an organization and working with a “service model” (segregated roles for business analysis, solution or technical architect, developers, project managers, QA testers, business delivery leads, etc.) including strategic sourcing and vendor management.
- Experience helping a business to transform its business and systems (major project, big picture).
- Knowledge of regulated application landscape in life sciences and current platforms and technologies.
- Ability to operate effectively within an IT shared services and service-delivery model.
- Ability to understand complex systems and interdependencies, recommend enhancements, and contribute to IT strategy.
- Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, analytical, change management, and communication skills.
- Ability to inspire and lead large teams through transformation and sustain engagement beyond implementation.
- Executive presence and the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
- Ability to work effectively across functions in a global matrix organization, building successful relationships with business partners, executive leadership, and external customers.
United States of America Pay Ranges:
- US30: $202,700 - $337,600 USD Annual
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Travel Percentage: 20%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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Master's degree in MIS, MBA, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in business, strategy, and IT management
- Experience managing large-scale roadmaps and prioritizing portfolios
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and executives
- Experience with enterprise architecture, harmonization principles, and governed portfolios
- Experience transforming organizations and operating within a service-model delivery structure
- Experience with strategic sourcing and vendor management
- Knowledge of regulated application landscapes in life sciences and current platforms/technologies
- Strong leadership, change management, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience owning funding, budget management, and demonstrating ROI/value realization
- Ability to operate effectively in a global matrix organization and lead large teams through transformation
Stryker Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stryker and has not been reviewed or approved by Stryker.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options with HSA support and global mental‑health access indicate broad, accessible care. These features materially enhance the overall value of the total‑rewards package.
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Retirement Support — A meaningful 401(k) company match with potential additional company contribution, alongside an ESPP, supports long‑term savings and wealth building. Documented plan specifics help employees understand eligibility, timing, and vesting mechanics.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and practical supports like breast milk shipping reflect a comprehensive, family‑friendly approach. These offerings address varied family‑building paths and caregiving needs.
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