About the role
The Medical Education Lead (Sports Medicine) for Iberia is responsible for leading strategic medical education initiatives and KOL engagement activities across Spain and Portugal. This role focuses on developing impactful professional education programs that support clinical excellence, product adoption, customer engagement, and long-term business growth.
The individual will work cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, Medical Education, and EEMEA stakeholders to design and execute high-value educational strategies, strengthen relationships with key opinion leaders, and support product launch initiatives through targeted scientific and clinical engagement. The role requires a strategic mindset, strong stakeholder management capabilities, and the ability to translate market and customer insights into effective educational and engagement plans aligned with regional business priorities.
What You Will Do:
- Know the market positioning and strengths/weaknesses of key competitors.
- Lead development of educational and promotional content in collaboration with HCPs and cross-functional stakeholders
- Own program development using the guidance from others
- Collaborate with key stakeholders, close cross functional collaboration with broader Medical Education/ product marketing/SE, etc.
- Build and manage strategic KOL relationships across Iberia
- Coordinate faculty engagement and speaker development
- Lead educational delivery for all product launch activities, sales promotion, marketing initiatives and physician/nurse and field sale training
- Provide field support on all product promotions and field incentive programs specific to product line.
- Organize and promote classroom/virtual educational programs. Collaborate with EU Sales enablement colleagues to deliver best in class internal trainings.
- Identify what we want to measure/track and most appropriate method
- Strategic Vision-strong understanding of our medical education and business strategy. Individual starts to provide input to future strategy.
- Assemble budget worksheets, maintain log of expenses and final budget analysis.
- Identity opportunities to decrease costs by evaluating current program, processes and associated costs.
- Cascade divisional/medical education branding and strategy
- Share content and messaging in partnership with Marketing Communications and utilize most effective platform
Required
- Bachelor’s degree
- 4+ years of work experience
- 2+ years in marketing, medical education within medical device/Healthcare.
- Interpersonal and relationship management skills / ability to work independently and in collaboration: team oriented/ verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal communications skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong business acumen and customer centric mindset
- Experience managing cross-functional projects or multiple projects while delivering on established timelines
- Experience with digital education tools and omnichannel engagement preferred
- Ability to be persuasive in the absence of organizational authority
- Must be able to understand and work within complex interdivisional procedures and policies
- Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
- Fluent Spanish and English required
- Experience across Iberian healthcare systems preferred
- Ability to travel within Spain and Portugal (50%)
Preferred
- MBA
- Medical Education experience preferred
- Portuguese preferred
Aplyr's read
Stryker excels in medical technology, attracting professionals passionate about innovation in orthopedics, surgical, and neurotechnology solutions.
What's promising
- •Stryker's innovative products lead advancements in orthopedics and neurotechnology.
- •Global presence offers diverse career opportunities across multiple regions.
- •Strong focus on research and development fosters continuous innovation.
What to watch
- •High competition in the medical technology sector may impact market share.
- •Regulatory challenges can affect product launch timelines.
- •Complex organizational structure may slow decision-making processes.
Why Stryker
- •Stryker's commitment to innovation in medical technology sets it apart.
- •Diverse product range across orthopedics, surgical, and neurotechnology.
- •Strong emphasis on employee development through varied roles and internships.
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About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technology, offering innovative products and services in orthopedics, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine.
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