Job Description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite

Who we want:

We are looking for a passionate and inspiring leader for the intramedullary nailing (IMN) platform with profound knowledge about design development as well as the Trauma and especially intramedullary nailing field. In this manager role you will be part of the IMN management team and be responsible for a high-performing team of engineers. Your main responsibilities include mentoring and coaching as well as driving design development excellence in our new product introduction (NPI) landscape and contributing to shape the future of our Trauma portfolio.

What you will do:

Technical / Managerial Responsibilities

• Execute a robust talent offense by attracting, developing, retaining, and engaging top talent while driving personal/professional growth of individuals, the team and delivering high quality results with passion, energy and drive.
• Proactively drive positive outcomes to technical, business, and personnel problems.
• Make decisions under guidance for project level issues.
• Leverage strong listening skills and written / verbal communication to influence and convey business, regulatory compliance, and/or technical ideas to customers, employees, peers, external partners, and senior leaders.
• Support a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging at a team level in hiring and staff development.
• Lead projects and initiatives within the business unit, with responsibility for planning, budgeting, meeting project goals and adequately staffing with talent.
• Oversee all feasibility, verification and validation testing activities to ensure user needs are satisfied and all safety and efficacy requirements are met.
• Support and mentor others in complex cooperative efforts across cross-functional teams, influencing one's own technical areas of expertise and building key relationships, to drive innovation and ensure achievement of business goals.

Business Responsibilities:

• Drive financial accountability across direct team. Participate in cost center budget creation, projections, and tracking activities.
• Contribute and execute customer facing activities like Voice of Customer and customer centric design in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.

Med Device Compliance:

• Lead a team and cross-functional counterparts to demonstrate compliance with applicable regulatory requirements for a specific project/program.
• Follow and set example for others on procedures and design controls.
• Review and approve (or delegate) program / project specific technical documentation and deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Engineering or applicable technical field.
• 6+ years applicable experience, with 0+ years direct people management experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):

Technical Skills:

• Good level of understanding of, experience in, and ability to mentor in one's own technical / functional disciplines.

Leadership Experience:

• Talented performance coach who is skilled at providing actionable feedback to team members, setting clear performance objectives and managing team member performance.
• General knowledge of the healthcare (esp. Trauma) market and competitors.
• Experience executing a talent and performance management strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex plans and technical information to team members within a business unit.
• Proven ability to deliver programs or other business goals on time, on quality and within budget.

Diversity is important to us. We welcome applications from people regardless of their ethnic, national or social origin, gender, disability, age or sexual identity.

Contact: We are looking forward to your application including CV, Cover letter, transcript of results, references. In case you have further questions regarding the position, please feel free to directly reach out to TBD

Germany Pay Ranges:

• Schonkirchen/Kiel 40Std: €6.574 - €10.994 EUR Monthly

At Stryker, we believe transparency helps candidates make confident decisions about their next career step. Compensation is an important part of that process and we want to be clear about how pay is determined. The compensation information posted for this role may be presented as a salary range or a fixed amount depending on the role. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for incentive compensation (such as bonus and/or commissions where applicable), along with Stryker’s comprehensive benefits package.

If you’d like to learn more about the salary or the benefits associated with this role, your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details as you progress through the hiring process.

Travel Percentage: 20%