Operations Jobs at Stryker with Visa Sponsorship
Operations jobs at Stryker span medical device manufacturing, supply chain, and quality systems across a global network. The company has a track record of sponsoring international talent in this function, supporting candidates through H-1B visa, Green Card, and OPT pathways for roles that require both technical precision and regulatory fluency.
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Job description
We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you 12 paid holidays annually. For an overview of our benefits and time off, please follow this link to learn more: US Stryker employee benefits.
The Team Lead directs and guides day-to-day function of team to ensure quality workmanship, OR efficiency, SPD productivity, and to drive customer satisfaction. Effectively partners with key stakeholders of account, cross-divisional sales teams, and cross-functional teams to drive account productivity and satisfaction. Individual work utilizes a wide array of knowledge, technical skills and critical thinking abilities to facilitate job functions during surgical procedures as well as preoperative and postoperative equipment management.
Essential Functions:
- Allocates work to the OnSite team to ensure daily customer expectations are met, as well as ensuring that every team member, including self, is adhering to quality and productivity requirements of the task/services/information.
- Responsible for building out an onboarding guide for new hires and tailoring the onboarding process to each new hires learning style. Ensures all new hires/team members are credentialed and compliant with account.
- Serves as a resource for team and supports day-to-day engagement, performance and activities.
- Consistently facilitates, leads, and actively participates in team building activities.
- Responsible for escalating all performance and/or behavioral concerns/incidents to the Regional Supervisor in a timely manner. May assist with writing and delivering corrective action and common annual review.
- Must have a solid foundation of clinical expertise and is able to share that expertise with a wide array of audience, functional knowledge of SPD & OR. Significant understanding of surgeon preference.
- Provides in-service training at the request of the customer.
- Good understanding of Joint Commission requirements and managing that for the team and account.
- Understands the business metrics and identifies areas of improvement and/or cost savings for customers.
- Responsible for the fee per case submission and tracker, if necessary.
- Communication must be proactive, clear, and complete. Information exchange requires tact and diplomacy and must with the appropriate account stakeholders given the circumstance.
- Attends and participates in continuing education webinars throughout the year.
- Creates and conducts team huddle; update huddle board/tracker daily (or on regular weekly cadence for small teams).
- Responsible for trouble-shooting and maintaining Stryker equipment and or other related devices.
- Partners with surgeons, surgical staff, central processing, biomedical and/or all related personnel to improve surgical outcomes.
- Must accurately and honestly record and report data metrics related to all specific job functions on a monthly basis, including all surgical procedure information.
- Responsible for maintaining up-to-date account information to ensure continuous high levels of service at the account, including all vendor credentialing required by the account for self and team.
- Escalates safety and quality issues to initiate remedial action.
- Actively partners with fellow Team Leads across nation to drive standardization and continuous improvement across regional lines.
- Adheres to all Stryker and medical facility policies, standards and procedures. Ensures specialists are adhering to all Stryker and medical facility policies, standards and procedures; escalates any violations to the Regional Supervisor.
- Maintain professional appearance, work ethic, and attitude required by Stryker and the medical facility.
- Adhere to (HIPAA) and other related patient confidentiality policies and procedures.
- Provide support/coverage on all shifts at your assigned account, as well as provide support/coverage at other account in and outside your region; other shifts might include on-call, overnight, and weekends; other accounts might require overnight travel.
- Note: Assigned shifts may change without notice based on account/business needs, this may include a rotating shift (which is a shift that has rotating/changing days of the week AND start and end time).
Education and Special Trainings:
- Bachelor’s Degree, Associate’s Degree or equivalent certifications preferred.
- Applicable for Specialists working in Sterile Processing Department: HSPA CRCST Certification is required for this role; on time yearly renewal is also required.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year of Operating Room and/or Sterile Processing experience, demonstrated knowledge of anatomy, surgical procedures and techniques.
- 1 year of experience in OnSite preferred.
- Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office, strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills are essential.
- The ability to troubleshoot issues quickly, efficiently, and effectively in the moment in demanding, high stress situations.
- The ability to provide support/coverage, not only at your assigned account during your assigned shift, but also on other shifts that need additional support. Note: Assigned shifts may change without notice based on account/business needs, this may include a rotating shift (which is a shift that has rotating/changing days of the week AND start and end time).
- The ability to provide on-call services as required by the hospital/account, which may include overnight and weekends. If the account contract includes on-call services, you must be within 45 minutes driving distance from the account.
- The ability to provide support/coverage at other accounts in other regions, which may include overnight travel.
- The role requires you to have your own smartphone. While you are not eligible to obtain a Stryker-issued phone through the company plan, you will be eligible for a monthly cell phone stipend that is paid through the regular pay cycle.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- Ability to exert up to 50lbs of force occasionally and/or up to 20lbs of force to constantly move objects.
- Ability to remain standing and/or walking for an extended period of time.
- Must have near visual acuity (corrected) color vision, mobility, bending, standing, stooping, and finger dexterity.
- Must be able to observe and correct minute inconsistencies (e.g. in the printed word, product appearance, etc.).
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent equipment problem-solving skills.
- Excellent time management skills with ability to use independent judgment and critical thinking effectively.
- Must be able to explain and generate detailed guidelines and procedures.
Compensation
- $30.82 - $42.63 USD Hourly
Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.
Why join Stryker?
Looking for a place that values your unique talents? Discover Stryker's award-winning culture.
We are proud to offer you our total rewards package which includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.
Job description
We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you 12 paid holidays annually. For an overview of our benefits and time off, please follow this link to learn more: US Stryker employee benefits.
The Team Lead directs and guides day-to-day function of team to ensure quality workmanship, OR efficiency, SPD productivity, and to drive customer satisfaction. Effectively partners with key stakeholders of account, cross-divisional sales teams, and cross-functional teams to drive account productivity and satisfaction. Individual work utilizes a wide array of knowledge, technical skills and critical thinking abilities to facilitate job functions during surgical procedures as well as preoperative and postoperative equipment management.
Essential Functions:
- Allocates work to the OnSite team to ensure daily customer expectations are met, as well as ensuring that every team member, including self, is adhering to quality and productivity requirements of the task/services/information.
- Responsible for building out an onboarding guide for new hires and tailoring the onboarding process to each new hires learning style. Ensures all new hires/team members are credentialed and compliant with account.
- Serves as a resource for team and supports day-to-day engagement, performance and activities.
- Consistently facilitates, leads, and actively participates in team building activities.
- Responsible for escalating all performance and/or behavioral concerns/incidents to the Regional Supervisor in a timely manner. May assist with writing and delivering corrective action and common annual review.
- Must have a solid foundation of clinical expertise and is able to share that expertise with a wide array of audience, functional knowledge of SPD & OR. Significant understanding of surgeon preference.
- Provides in-service training at the request of the customer.
- Good understanding of Joint Commission requirements and managing that for the team and account.
- Understands the business metrics and identifies areas of improvement and/or cost savings for customers.
- Responsible for the fee per case submission and tracker, if necessary.
- Communication must be proactive, clear, and complete. Information exchange requires tact and diplomacy and must with the appropriate account stakeholders given the circumstance.
- Attends and participates in continuing education webinars throughout the year.
- Creates and conducts team huddle; update huddle board/tracker daily (or on regular weekly cadence for small teams).
- Responsible for trouble-shooting and maintaining Stryker equipment and or other related devices.
- Partners with surgeons, surgical staff, central processing, biomedical and/or all related personnel to improve surgical outcomes.
- Must accurately and honestly record and report data metrics related to all specific job functions on a monthly basis, including all surgical procedure information.
- Responsible for maintaining up-to-date account information to ensure continuous high levels of service at the account, including all vendor credentialing required by the account for self and team.
- Escalates safety and quality issues to initiate remedial action.
- Actively partners with fellow Team Leads across nation to drive standardization and continuous improvement across regional lines.
- Adheres to all Stryker and medical facility policies, standards and procedures. Ensures specialists are adhering to all Stryker and medical facility policies, standards and procedures; escalates any violations to the Regional Supervisor.
- Maintain professional appearance, work ethic, and attitude required by Stryker and the medical facility.
- Adhere to (HIPAA) and other related patient confidentiality policies and procedures.
- Provide support/coverage on all shifts at your assigned account, as well as provide support/coverage at other account in and outside your region; other shifts might include on-call, overnight, and weekends; other accounts might require overnight travel.
- Note: Assigned shifts may change without notice based on account/business needs, this may include a rotating shift (which is a shift that has rotating/changing days of the week AND start and end time).
Education and Special Trainings:
- Bachelor’s Degree, Associate’s Degree or equivalent certifications preferred.
- Applicable for Specialists working in Sterile Processing Department: HSPA CRCST Certification is required for this role; on time yearly renewal is also required.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 1 year of Operating Room and/or Sterile Processing experience, demonstrated knowledge of anatomy, surgical procedures and techniques.
- 1 year of experience in OnSite preferred.
- Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office, strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills are essential.
- The ability to troubleshoot issues quickly, efficiently, and effectively in the moment in demanding, high stress situations.
- The ability to provide support/coverage, not only at your assigned account during your assigned shift, but also on other shifts that need additional support. Note: Assigned shifts may change without notice based on account/business needs, this may include a rotating shift (which is a shift that has rotating/changing days of the week AND start and end time).
- The ability to provide on-call services as required by the hospital/account, which may include overnight and weekends. If the account contract includes on-call services, you must be within 45 minutes driving distance from the account.
- The ability to provide support/coverage at other accounts in other regions, which may include overnight travel.
- The role requires you to have your own smartphone. While you are not eligible to obtain a Stryker-issued phone through the company plan, you will be eligible for a monthly cell phone stipend that is paid through the regular pay cycle.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
- Ability to exert up to 50lbs of force occasionally and/or up to 20lbs of force to constantly move objects.
- Ability to remain standing and/or walking for an extended period of time.
- Must have near visual acuity (corrected) color vision, mobility, bending, standing, stooping, and finger dexterity.
- Must be able to observe and correct minute inconsistencies (e.g. in the printed word, product appearance, etc.).
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent equipment problem-solving skills.
- Excellent time management skills with ability to use independent judgment and critical thinking effectively.
- Must be able to explain and generate detailed guidelines and procedures.
Compensation
- $30.82 - $42.63 USD Hourly
Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.
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Align your credentials to FDA-regulated environments
Stryker's Operations roles sit inside an FDA-regulated manufacturing environment. Highlight any experience with GMP, ISO 13485, or medical device quality systems on your resume before you apply, as these signal readiness for the compliance demands of the role.
Target roles with specific engineering degree requirements
H-1B eligibility requires a specialty occupation tied to a specific degree field. Operations roles at Stryker, especially in manufacturing engineering or supply chain planning, tend to specify Industrial, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering degrees, which strengthens your petition against USCIS scrutiny.
Search Stryker Operations openings through Migrate Mate
Filter for Stryker's Operations roles that explicitly list visa sponsorship using Migrate Mate. This saves time by surfacing only the positions where sponsorship is confirmed, so you're not guessing from vague job description language.
Ask recruiters about the LCA filing timeline early
Before accepting an offer, confirm when your employer plans to file the Labor Condition Application with the DOL. For Operations roles with defined start dates tied to production schedules, delays in LCA certification can push your start date back by weeks.
Prepare for site-specific Operations interview formats
Stryker Operations interviews often include scenario-based questions around lean manufacturing, corrective action processes, and cross-functional escalation. Preparing examples from medical device or similarly regulated industries positions you as a lower-risk hire for sponsorship consideration.
Understand OPT STEM extension eligibility for your role
Many Stryker Operations roles fall under STEM-designated SOC codes, making F-1 graduates eligible for a 24-month OPT extension. Verify your specific role's SOC code qualifies before relying on this timeline, as not all Operations titles receive automatic STEM classification.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Stryker sponsor H-1B visas for Operations roles?
Yes, Stryker sponsors H-1B visas for Operations positions, particularly in manufacturing engineering, supply chain, and quality functions. Because these roles typically require a specific degree in a technical field, they generally satisfy USCIS specialty occupation requirements. Sponsorship availability can vary by site and role level, so confirming directly with the recruiter during the offer stage is the most reliable approach.
How do I apply for Operations jobs at Stryker?
You can apply directly through Stryker's careers portal. For a faster search filtered to roles that confirm visa sponsorship, Migrate Mate lists Stryker's open Operations positions alongside sponsorship details. Either path leads to the same application, but filtering for sponsorship upfront avoids investing time in roles where international candidates aren't supported.
Which visa types does Stryker commonly use for Operations roles?
Stryker uses several visa pathways for Operations hires, including H-1B for specialty occupation roles, F-1 OPT and CPT for recent graduates, TN visas for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying engineering or scientific roles, and EB-2 or EB-3 Green Card sponsorship for longer-term employees. The appropriate visa type depends on your nationality, degree, and the specific role's requirements.
What qualifications does Stryker look for in Operations candidates who need sponsorship?
Stryker typically expects a bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering for core Operations roles. Experience with GMP manufacturing, lean methodologies, and FDA-regulated environments carries significant weight. For sponsorship purposes, the degree field must align with the role's core duties, as USCIS evaluates this relationship when adjudicating H-1B petitions for specialty occupations.
How long does the visa sponsorship process take for a Stryker Operations offer?
The timeline depends on the visa type. For H-1B transfers or cap-exempt scenarios, USCIS standard processing takes several months, with premium processing available to compress that window to 15 business days. OPT candidates can typically start sooner if their EAD is already active. For new H-1B cap filings, the annual lottery runs in March with an October 1 start date, so aligning your offer timeline with that cycle matters.