Associate Manager, Experiential Marketing

Associate Manager, Experiential Marketing

As an associate manager, experiential marketing for Stryker's joint replacement division, you will lead a team responsible for creating and delivering world-class meetings and events. You will oversee the strategy, planning and execution of programs, ensuring they align with business priorities and drive engagement. Partnering closely with cross-functional teams, you will manage budgets, vendors and processes while coaching your team to deliver seamless, high-impact experiences.

What you will do:

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing meetings and events team to deliver exceptional experiences.
• Translate business priorities and the annual marketing plan into impactful event strategies and execution.
• Oversee customer programs at the Homer Stryker Center and Robotics Innovation Center.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to understand event needs and deliver tailored solutions that drive engagement.
• Manage budgets and resources responsibly, ensuring compliance and maximizing the return on investment for every program.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external partners and vendors to support high-quality event delivery.
• Deliver seamless, engaging and memorable experiences for healthcare professionals, both in-person and virtually.
• Stay current on industry trends and innovations in meetings and events to continuously elevate attendee engagement.
• Create and improve processes, systems and tools that enhance planning efficiency and program evaluation.
• Collect and analyze attendee feedback to identify opportunities for program enhancements and future innovation.

What you need:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree
• 6+ years of work experience

Preferred:

• 3+ years direct work experience in meeting, conference or special event planning
• Experience in meeting, conference or special event planning in the medical device/healthcare industry

$105,100 - $172,300 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. 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.