Globalization Program Manager (Remote)

Location: Irvine, California

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Work Flexibility: Remote

The Globalization Program Manager is a specialized thought leader responsible for driving post-launch global expansion, regulatory registration, and market commercialization portfolios across international markets. Moving beyond standard design-control cycles, this role establishes and executes integrated, cross-functional globalization strategies while ensuring alignment with corporate portfolio priorities, regional demand signals, and budget, scope, and schedule requirements. 

The PM applies expert-level governance to navigate the complexities of international pre-commercialization, regulatory pathways, and global market clearances. They are responsible for evaluating market entry feasibility, filtering dynamic portfolio inputs, and ensuring seamless execution across diverse functional, divisional, and group-level stakeholders. 

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Preference will be given to candidates located in Central or Western U.S. time zones to best support global business needs.

What You Will Do 

• Lead the planning and execution of post-launch global market expansion programs across priority and emerging international markets. 
• Partner with regional marketing to help evaluate market entry opportunities using financial models, regional demand forecasts, and supply chain considerations to support portfolio decisions. 
• Develop and execute globalization strategies that align business priorities, regulatory requirements, budgets, timelines, and resource plans.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on global registrations process, international regulatory pathways, and market clearance requirements, including region-specific regulations.
• Drive alignment across Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs, Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Marketing teams to support global commercialization objectives.
• Assess, prioritize, and govern portfolio opportunities using data-driven analysis to support business and market expansion decisions.
• Identify and mitigate regulatory, operational, commercialization, and portfolio risks to support project execution and prevent downstream business impacts.

• Establish and manage a global governance process for submitting, evaluating, prioritizing, and approving market-expansion requests, providing leadership with clear decision criteria and ensuring consistent stakeholder adherence across regions.

What You Will Need 

Required Qualifications 

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Business Administration, or a related field. 
• Minimum 8 years of experience in project management, program management, or engineering with a highly regulated industry.
• Experience managing international product commercialization, regulatory registration, or market expansion programs. 
• Experience managing cross-border, multi-site project or program portfolios. 
• Experience supporting global regulatory submissions, registrations, or product clearances. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience in the medical device or healthcare technology industry

 

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. and not require employment-based sponsorship now or in the future.

 

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• Puerto Rico: $102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual
• USN: $118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual
• US5: $123,900 - $206,500 USD Annual
• US10: $129,800 - $216,400 USD Annual
• US15: $135,700 - $226,200 USD Annual
• US20: $141,600 - $236,000 USD Annual
• US30: $153,400 - $255,700 USD Annual

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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.