Work Flexibility: Hybrid Who we want: Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes – finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate. Self-directed imitators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes. Analytical problem solvers. People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues. Goal-oriented developers. Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions. Delivers results. A driven player who sets high goals for personal achievement and organizational success. He/she measures success against the best internal and external benchmarks What you will do The Clinical Evaluation Specialist acts as the lead technical expert in driving this highly complex and demanding process. He/she applies scientific, regulatory and project management skills to establish the evaluation strategy and to compile the body of Clinical Evidence, allowing, in collaboration with the Medical Expert, to reach a legally binding scientific conclusion on the safety and performance of devices in patients, throughout the product lifecycle. The Clinical Evaluation Specialist bears the operational and regulatory responsibility of individual clinical evaluation reports and may defend them in audit situations. Tasks include - Driving the establishment of a coherent Clinical Evidence strategy throughout the new product development cycle and fostering alignment with adjacent complex processes (Marketing strategy and claims, regulatory strategy, clinical research strategy, testing strategy). Designing compliant and sustainable literature search strategies, and performing complex literature queries to retrieve published clinical data, Identifying, appraising, and analyzing all relevant (clinical, PMS, marketing, and testing data) from multiple sources and formats and create a comprehensive scientific review, including in depth statistical analyses, risk management cross-check and descriptive analyses, following complex and rigorous methodologies. Analyzing the current medical and scientific trends in the clinical State of the Art on a broad variety of specialized indications and techniques. Based on a detailed and up-to-date understanding of US, European and Australian regulatory requirements, and expectations, elaborate, and defend, with the Medical Expert, a conclusion on the overall risk-benefit statement. Identify unanswered questions and residual risks in the Clinical Evidence, and design Post Market Clinical Follow Up activities in collaboration with Clinical Research to address these questions. Defining and developing Clinical Evaluation and analysis methodologies to adapt to a complex and quickly evolving regulatory and scientific framework. Supporting Marketing in the creation and review of collateral and promotional material to ensure alignment of messaging and claims to regulatory compliance, scientific accuracy, and clinical evidence. With the Medical Experts, helping to define, plan, and initiate clinical studies and in vitro tests together with all stakeholders from Clinical Research, RD, Biomechanics and Regulatory. What you need: Education: University degree (PhD, Master’s or equivalent) in a field related to the life sciences or a relevant medical engineering field (biology, physiology, biomaterials, biomedical engineering or similar). Experience: 3 to 5 years of experience in Scientific or Medical Writing, and/or relevant academic or clinical research experience (PhD, Post-doc) Experience in clinical or regulatory affairs preferred Experience with orthopedic or trauma devices preferred Proactive, independent, team player with a strong service mentality. You are characterized by analytical and transdisciplinary reasoning, with a good attention to detail. You value an international working environment, working across sites and indications. Travel Percentage: 10% Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com Work Flexibility Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location. Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based. Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category. Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.