--- title: Senior Manager, Upstream Marketing at Stryker description: Stryker is hiring for the Senior Manager, Upstream Marketing role in Waltham, MA. Full-time, hybrid role. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/senior-manager-upstream-marketing-at-stryker-01a156b0-8e23-730a-887c-36ab2cdb842b date: 2026-10-20T01:24:23Z og_description: Join Stryker as Senior Manager, Upstream Marketing in Waltham, MA. Pays $162.7K–$271.1K per year. Full-time, hybrid role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/ohwxuj.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Stryker](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/stryker?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Waltham, MA (Hybrid) | | **Salary** | $162.7K/yr - $271.1K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 16, 2026 | ## Description Work Flexibility: Hybrid Stryker’s acquisition of Amplitude Vascular Systems (AVS) brings together AVS’s expertise in intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) technology with Stryker’s global scale and commitment to medical innovation. Our new Waltham, MA location offers an opportunity to join a growing team and help shape the future of this technology within Stryker. As a Sr. Manager, Upstream Marketing you will be responsible for defining and leading the upstream marketing strategy for key portfolios, shaping long-term vision, innovation priorities, and lifecycle management to drive sustainable growth. In this role, you will translate deep customer, clinical, and market insights into differentiated value propositions, portfolio strategy, and new product development direction through close partnership with R&D, Clinical, and cross functional stakeholders. The Sr. Manager influences senior leadership decision-making and ensures strategic alignment from early discovery through commercialization in a dynamic and competitive healthcare environment. **This role is located in Boston, MA and requires onsite presence (~4 days per week except for travel days) at the Stryker PV office in that location. Also requires occasional travel to our Irvine, CA office, to support collaboration, team engagement, and business needs.** **What you will do** - Lead competitive and market intelligence efforts by advising on major competitors, anticipating future threats, and proactively adjusting strategy to improve market penetration and positioning. - Drive deep customer and market understanding through VOC, market research, surveys, and trend analysis, translating qualitative and quantitative insights into clear, actionable business strategies. - Identify unmet needs and innovation opportunities by validating key assumptions and partnering cross‑functionally to inform product, service, and portfolio direction. - Own portfolio and lifecycle strategy, guiding products from early discovery through launch, growth, pricing optimization, and eventual obsolescence. - Lead and influence the new product development process, collaborating with R&D, Clinical, and cross-departmental stakeholders from concept through pre-commercialization planning. - Define and communicate long-term portfolio and segment strategies to gain organizational alignment while educating teams on portfolio strategy best practices and benchmarking. - Build and sustain strategic KOL relationships, partnering with Clinical Affairs to support evidence generation, clinical claims strategy, and market credibility. - Anticipate healthcare market dynamics and environmental trends, proactively recommending adjustments to marketing objectives, brand architecture, and competitive positioning. - Guide pricing and value strategies by managing price competition, aligning with business unit goals, and linking marketing investments to customer acquisition and retention objectives. **What you need** **Required** - Bachelor’s degree - 10+ years of work experience **Preferred** - MBA / Master’s Degree - 7+ years medical device or marketing/sales experience within cardiovascular space - 4+ years of people management experience - Upstream marketing experience in endovascular, cardiovascular, VTE, or structural heart - Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint) **United States of America Pay Ranges:** - **US20**: $162,700 - $271,100 USD Annual View the [U.S. work location and transparency guide](https://view.stryker.com/viewer/fcd609f31e39eac44598615224ec7216?iid=69deda99678eb495e0710914#1) to find the pay range for your location. Travel Percentage: 30% 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 - Portfolio Management - Influencing - Quantitative Analysis - People Management - Competitor Analysis - Microsoft Excel - Planning - Trend Analysis - Surveys - Voice of the Customer - Medical Devices - Pricing Strategies - Customer Acquisition - Microsoft Word - Microsoft Dynamics - Obsolescence Management - New Product Development - Benchmarking - Market Research - Market Intelligence - Microsoft Office - Real-World Evidence - Segment (Twilio Segment) - Advising - Microsoft PowerPoint - Business Strategies - Brand Strategy - Market Penetration - Sales ## Related - [More jobs at Stryker](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/stryker?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Marketing & Growth jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/marketing-and-growth?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Marketing Programs & Operations jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/marketing-and-growth/marketing-programs-and-operations?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Marketing Manager jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/marketing-and-growth/marketing-programs-and-operations/marketing-manager?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [Massachusetts](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/massachusetts?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 81275 jobs - [Medical Equipment Manufacturing](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/healthcare/medical-equipment-manufacturing?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 53442 jobs - [Waltham, MA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/massachusetts/waltham?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 1615 jobs - [Stryker](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/stryker?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 1131 jobs ## Related pages - [Massachusetts](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/massachusetts?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 81275 jobs - [Medical Equipment Manufacturing](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/healthcare/medical-equipment-manufacturing?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 53442 jobs - [Waltham, MA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/massachusetts/waltham?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 1615 jobs - [Stryker](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/stryker?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 1131 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)