**Who we want:** + **Strategic thinkers:** Individuals with a proven ability to design and execute data-driven strategies that deliver measurable results + **Market experts:** Professionals with experience in analyzing and interpreting market trends, identifying growth opportunities, and developing actionable insights + **Customer-centric innovators:** Marketers passionate about gathering and translating customer insights into compelling product strategies + **Collaborative leaders:** Team players who can influence cross-functional stakeholders and foster alignment across diverse teams + **Growth drivers:** Leaders passionate about driving business success through strategic acquisitions and partnerships **Key Responsibilities:** + **Market Expertise Development** + Conduct in-depth market research to build expertise in strategic target markets, identifying key trends, competitive landscapes, and growth potential + Establish and share market insights to guide strategy and decision-making. + **Opportunity Identification** + Search for and identify specific acquisition targets aligned with strategic objectives + Evaluate acquisition opportunities, ensuring they meet growth, market share, and revenue acceleration criteria + **Upstream Marketing Responsibilities** + Partner with APAC R&D teams to drive early-stage product concept development and prioritize innovation based on market insights + Conduct Voice of Customer (VOC) initiatives to gather insights and define unmet needs + Develop business cases for new product opportunities in APAC, including market sizing, competitive analysis, and revenue forecasts + Identify trends in customer preferences and technology adoption to inform APAC product development strategies + **Collaboration and Alignment** + Partner with APAC leadership, local country teams, and global divisions to align BD and APAC upstream marketing initiatives with broader organizational goals + Work closely with the APAC MedSurg marketing team to integrate BD and product development opportunities into the regional strategy **Minimum Qualifications (Required):** + Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field + Minimum of 7 years of experience in strategic marketing, business development, or a related role in the MedTech or healthcare industry + Demonstrated experience in market research, competitive analysis, and opportunity assessment + Proven ability to gather and translate customer insights into actionable strategies + Strong analytical and communication skills **Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):** + Experience in mergers and acquisitions or corporate strategy + Regional experience in APAC markets + Proven ability to work in a matrixed, cross-functional environment **Management Level** + Senior Manager, Individual Contributor Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company 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. 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.