Senior Manager, Strategic Communications - Hybrid_

Flower Mound

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Responsible for developing and maintaining global communications strategies to meet division objectives, this role is an integral part of the Communications team at Stryker’s Endoscopy Division. This role will be primarily focused on leading communications strategies, plans and activities across the Endoscopy Division in partnership with our global communications teams across the business and Corporate.

**This role is a hybrid position. This position is required to be based out of the Dallas, San Jose, Denver, or Phoenix locations.**

**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:**

+ Support the vision and objectives of the division and senior leadership team

+ Collaborate with senior leaders to define business strategy and priorities to translate into communications strategy

+ Influence and help develop leadership messaging

+ Support senior leaders / global functions through company transformation and change initiatives by defining communications strategy and helping to manage communications details, sequencing and communication materials

+ Leads the creation of key executive leadership communications for internal and external purposes, including setting the strategic direction of the communication, through creation, implementation and tracking of key performance indicators

+ Lead various communications and projects, which may include content creation and review for internal and external audiences (company-wide messaging, acquisition communication plans and materials, town hall events, media holding statements and major organizational announcements).

+ Manage and maintain editorial calendar for internal communication activities to keep track of project status, establish priorities, and tracking deliverables.

+ Advise in communications consultation, planning and best practice sharing including:

+ Communications strategy and planning

+ Translate content across various medium and audiences

+ Development support for high level messaging and detailed talking points

+ Aligns key stakeholders to meet business objectives

+ Closely work with peers globally across the division and Corporate Communications

+ Maintain strong leadership relationships and regular touch points to stay connected and aligned to global function needs

+ Partner and collaborate closely with strategic communications function to identify opportunities for leverage

+ Ensure communications are in alignment with the company’s strategies, goals, objectives and brand.

+ Ensure review and approvals are in accordance with review/approval processes and procedures in place

+ Maintain a high degree of self-motivation and generate fresh ideas. Keep current with communication trends, tactics and strategies to inform future recommendations

+ Inspire trust and build followership

+ Lead a team of professionals, develop employees, which includes hiring, communicating company policies, coaching and counseling, administering performance appraisals, and enforcing company policies through appropriate disciplinary measures

**What you will need:**

+ Bachelor’s degree required

+ 10+ years of work experience required

+ Degree in communications, public relations or related field preferred

+ 7+ years communications experience preferred

+ 4+ years of people management experience preferred

**$112,800** **- $239,800** salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Actual minimum and maximum may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

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.