Senior Manager, Strategy & Operational Readiness
Company websitestryker.com (Stryker, opens in new tab)
Base salary $176,300 to $293,700
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Jose, CA
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- LocationSan Jose, CA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
The Senior Manager of New Product Development Strategy & Operational Readiness is a highly strategic divisional leadership role within Advanced Operations, serving as a key connector between the business, cross-functional partners, and senior leaders across the Endoscopy Division. This role shapes and governs the operating systems, business reviews, decision frameworks, and readiness mechanisms that enable successful strategy execution, launch readiness, operational performance, integration readiness, and accountability across four Business Units.
What You Will Do
- Lead governance processes that prioritize strategic initiatives, monitor execution, and support leadership decision-making across multiple business units.
- Direct operational readiness reviews for new product development programs, identifying risks, escalation needs, and readiness gaps before key launch milestones.
- Manage monthly business performance reviews, including development and tracking of operational, readiness, and program performance metrics.
- Partner with leaders across engineering, quality, operations, supply chain, finance, regulatory, and product development functions to drive execution, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Lead operational due diligence and integration activities for acquisitions that impact product development, manufacturing, or commercialization programs.
- Represent Advanced Operations in divisional mergers and acquisition activities involving products, technologies, manufacturing operations, including risk assessment and integration planning.
- Serve as Division Process Owner for Process Validation and Design Transfer, leading governance, training, procedural improvements, audit readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure compliant, scalable, and effective execution across product launches and integration activities.
- Establish standardized processes, review cadences, escalation pathways, and performance measures that improve visibility and execution consistency.
- Present risks, trends, recommendations, and business performance updates to senior and executive leadership teams.
What You Will Need
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, Business, or a related field.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in medical device, engineering, operations, supply chain, program management, and/or related fields.
- Master's degree in Business, Engineer, Operations, or a related field and
- Experience leading initiatives involving multiple functions, stakeholders, or business units within a regulated environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field.
- 5 or more years of experience in New Product Development (NPD), validation design transfer activities
- Experience in people management or holding a leadership position
- Certification(s) in Project Management, LEAN, Six Sigma, and/or related.
- Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, operational integration, technology transfer, or large-scale business transformation initiatives.
- Experience with highly regulated environment, such as medical device or biotechnology.
$176,300 - $293,700 USD Annual
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.Source: Stryker on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($176,300) is above 74% of the 938 Business Operations roles in California listed on this site. Their median floor is $145,000; the middle half runs from $124,250 to $178,526.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.
This listingSenior Manager, Strategy & Operational Readiness$176,300 to $293,700
Sr. Manager, Global Upstream Marketing$162,700 to $271,100
Senior Manager, Upstream Marketing (Hybrid)$162,700 to $271,100
Director, Manufacturing EngineeringFrom $155,900
Director, Sourcing$155,900 to $259,700
Associate Division Counsel, PV (hybrid)From $155,900
Director, SourcingFrom $155,900
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Senior Manager, Strategy & Operational Readiness (this listing) | $176,300 - $293,700 |
| Sr. Manager, Global Upstream Marketing | $162,700 - $271,100 |
| Senior Manager, Upstream Marketing (Hybrid) | $162,700 - $271,100 |
| Director, Manufacturing Engineering | From $155,900 |
| Director, Sourcing | $155,900 - $259,700 |
| Associate Division Counsel, PV (hybrid) | From $155,900 |
| Director, Sourcing | From $155,900 |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-10-05
Where this pay comes from
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$176,300 - $293,700 USD Annual
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