Zoraida Sausa

Global business strategy, operations, and M&A leader with 13+ years at Stryker, driving multi-site, cross-business transformation across product development, platform technologies, and integration. Leads enterprise strategy deployment within Global Advanced Operations, champions innovation and launch excellence, and serves as functional M&A lead for acquisitions, partnerships, and end-to-end integration. Experienced people leader managing 20+ cross-functional engineering and project management teams, delivering 8+ product launches, building governance frameworks and standardized playbooks, and developing KPI dashboards and communities of practice to scale best practices globally. Earlier career includes project coordination, industrial engineering, and quality leadership in manufacturing environments, with deep expertise in procurement, BOM management, production planning, and process optimization. Holds an MS in Engineering Management (Project Management specialization) and a BS in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Applied Statistics from New Jersey Institute of Technology.