Senior Lead, Data Strategy & Marketing

About the role

Stryker is hiring a Senior Lead, Data Strategy & Marketing in Gurugram, on a hybrid basis. You will shape and execute the enterprise data strategy and multi-year roadmap, translating business goals into scalable data capabilities and a prioritized portfolio of strategic initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Shape and execute the enterprise data strategy and multi-year roadmap, aligned with business priorities and growth objectives.
• Translate business goals into scalable data capabilities, target-state architecture and a prioritized portfolio of initiatives.
• Establish and drive adoption of enterprise data standards, best practices and operating models across teams.
• Partner with governance, product, platform and business leaders to strengthen data quality, security, privacy and stewardship.
• Evaluate and recommend modern data management capabilities such as data platforms, metadata management, data catalog and master data solutions.
• Champion AI, automation, Copilot and emerging agent-based technologies.
• Define and track KPIs, maturity assessments and value realization metrics.
• Lead intake, prioritization and business case development for data and analytics investments.
• Influence senior stakeholders and governance boards, and mentor teams on data strategy and stakeholder engagement.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Analytics or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in data strategy, data management, data architecture, analytics or a related discipline.
• Experience developing data roadmaps, standards or operating models adopted across multiple teams.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to align data investments.

Preferred qualifications

• Data strategy or architecture direction for a modern cloud data platform (e.g., Azure/Databricks lakehouse).
• Building business cases, roadmaps and executive strategy materials.
• Exposure to AI/ML and generative AI in an enterprise data environment.
• Certification in data governance, data management (e.g., CDMP), cloud data platform or enterprise architecture.