Director Strategic Planning, Orthopedics

position offers the outstanding opportunity to engage with leadership across the globe to help set the future course of the Franchise. As a leader in the organization, the Director is also involved in key initiatives such as portfolio assessments, M&A discussions, and investor communications.

Responsibilities include: leading the annual planning process, partnering with cross-functional leaders to ensure strategy execution, preparing executive level communications and presentations, handling key market research initiatives.

The position requires leadership to foster a team culture, one that supports and promotes collaboration across the franchise to ensure an aligned commercial approach. Strong communication skills are essential to develop high- level presentations and connect with executive leadership team.

• Own the franchise planning process: Develop process, timelines and key deliverables, plan global strategy meetings to ensure alignment, build executive level presentations to communicate strategy and financial plans. (30%)
• Lead franchise performance assessment through governance meetings: Collaborate with leadership to develop meeting structure, connect with stakeholders to develop and supervise critical metrics, efficiently lead meetings to ensure alignment and strong collaboration. (20%)
• Prepare executive level communications: Analyze and report financial performance, communicate business intelligence, develop presentations to convey strategy and franchise priorities (20%)
• Run key market research projects: Partner with global marketing to define market research needs, identify research vendors, and ensure research output aligns with objectives (15%)
• Participate in strategic projects which may include M&A assessments, strategy/portfolio deep dive assessments, market expansion initiatives (15%)

Location: Andover, MA

Education: Bachelor's degree required. MBA preferred

• 5+ years of marketing experience in Sports Medicine, Orthopedics
• 2+ years experience in strategy, planning, or consulting preferred.
• Proven experience and proficiency in developing executive level presentations and ability to concisely summarize complex issues/technical data.
• Experience in franchise planning, project management, and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing or executing market research projects preferred
• Results-driven approach with self-motivation, ethics, positive attitude and professionalism.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written & verbal.
• Ability to influence and attain collaboration at all levels in an organization
• Consultant mindset
• financial modeling and analysis
• Strong project management skills

Travel Requirements: 10-20%

Smith+Nephew provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.