Product Manager/Product Owner (m/f/d), R&D – Clinical Applications

Work

Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite Within the Ortho Tech division, our Surgical Planning team develops innovative medical software to facilitate and improve the image guidance workflow for orthopedic surgeries as well as to connect with core technology of Stryker products, including surgical robotics, image-guided procedures, and patient-specific implants.

As a Product Owner within our team, you act as a key interface between customers, clinical stakeholders, and the development organization.

Working closely with Customers, Marketing, Systems Engineering, and product leadership, you translate clinical and business values into product roadmap and requirements.

You ensure that technical implementation fulfills user needs, supporting the development of clinically relevant and competitive solutions, delivering value to surgeons and patients.

• Product Owner Responsibilities
• Act as Product Owner interacting with a cross‑functional Agile team including AI, software & algorithm developers, quality, and testing to organize software iterations and define development priorities.
• Responsible for AI & Computer Vision based software components using advanced algorithms and deep learning technologies for an automated & intelligent image guided surgical workflow impacting hundreds of thousands of patients per year.
• Plan, manage, and communicate the product vision, releases and features to stakeholders, leaders, and the development team and bring a strong product to market.
• Participate in voice of customer activities and surgeon interactions to validate concepts, gather customer’s feedback and refine requirements.
• Support the Agile Team to formalize development by defining and organizing software requirements and contributing to testing and validation protocols.
• Collaborate with software, system engineering, regulatory and quality teams to create and maintain the design control documentation of our medical device software products.
• Support the observation and communication of product KPI’s to stakeholders and identify operational improvements from said metrics.
• Key Interfaces
• Marketing
• UX/UI Design
• Systems Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Clinical Partners and Surgeons
• Regulatory
• Testing Engineering
• Quality
• Usability

Your Profile

• University degree in Biomedical Engineering or a similar technical field of study with several years of professional experience.
• 4–5 years of experience in the Med Tech industry or a similar environment.
• Ability to identify opportunities in the clinical and business aspects to develop a product vision and to prioritize value delivery.
• Knowledge of user‑centered design and system engineering principles to apply to the development process.
• Knowledge of Agile software principles and software development life cycle in a field with strong regulatory constraints, including medical devices.
• Experience working in cross‑functional teams.
• Fluent English skills enabling easy interaction in an innovative and international environment.
• Clinical and technical knowledge of surgical planning in the knee and hip domain is a strong plus.
• Personal Attributes
• Team player working closely with agile teams to refine and deliver features.
• Build strong partnership with peer product owners.
• Seek alignment and incorporate input from stakeholders.
• Support team decision‑making with data and user insights.
• Open‑minded.
• Execution Oriented
• Define and translate user needs concepts into clear, structured requirements.
• Ensure consistent backlog quality and readiness.
• Comfortable working within defined frameworks and guidance.
• Excellent communicator.
• Downstream/technical: Clearly communicate requirements and priorities within the team and build strong working relationships across functions.
• Upstream/business: Define & align product vision with internal and external, clinical and business stakeholders.
• Accountable and proactive, taking ownership of assigned areas and driving topics to completion.
• Escalate risks and dependencies in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate reliability and commitment in execution, highly self‑motivated and able to work under minimum supervision.
• Driven and problem‑solving as outstanding skills.
• Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity is important to us. We welcome applications from people regardless of their ethnic, national or social origin, gender, disability, age or sexual identity.

• Travel Percentage
• 10%
• Work Flexibility

Remote – Role allows the majority of time to be worked from an alternate workplace.

These roles may have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location.

Field‑based – Regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities with a set territory/travel expectation.

Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility.

Hybrid – Regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility.

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