Senior Project Manager, R&D - NPD - Indiana, Columbia City 4375 E Park 30 Drive

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite

Job Description:

Stryker is seeking to hire an experienced Senior Project Manager to join Stryker’s Upper Extremities R&D team within the Trauma & Extremities Division. This role will focus on New Product Development projects. This role is hybrid, with a preference of 2-3 days per week in the office, at our Columbia City, IN, Mahwah, NJ, or Memphis, TN locations.

WHO WE WANT:

• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.
• Motivated product launchers. People who bring strategic direction and drive for execution to ensure products are developed and launched with precision.
• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
• Self-directed initiators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.
• User-focused creators. People who imagine with the user in mind, developing technology that helps change patient’s and caregiver’s lives.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

As the Senior Project Manager, R&D - NPD, you will have accountability and authority for achieving projects' objectives while directing a multi-disciplinary team aiming to complete projects. This position is in New Product Development team and will be responsible for planning, executing, and launching projects. You will serve as a key project leader, motivated problem solver, and relationship builder with key stakeholders and cross-functional team members.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Lead the team in the development of the project charter and management plan. Direct, manage, monitor, and control project. Evaluate tradeoffs within project.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to develop, manage, and own project scope. Create detailed Work Breakdown Structure.
• Develop and manage the detailed project Gantt chart. Analyze critical path, major workstreams, and intersecting milestones. Own the project schedule.
• Collaborate with cross-functional managers to define project budget. Monitor and maintain costs within budget.
• Partner with project team to create project Quality Plans using 2-3 quality planning tools and techniques. Monitor and maintain plans.
• Develop a risk management plan for the project. Identify, analyze, and understand project risks; develop and monitor a risk response plan.
• Develop a Procurement Management Plan and collaborate on the selection of procurement partners.
• Estimate, acquire and assign cross functional project resources. Define the role, responsibility, and deliverables for each team member. Provide direct feedback to functional manager on performance reviews.  
• Develop a stakeholder management plan for the project, based on the identification, analysis and understanding of stakeholder expectations.
• Develop and execute the communications management plan for project team and the needs of key stakeholders.

Your skills & capacities:

• Build successful working relationships with internal and external personnel in various departments. Understands quality systems.
• High in emotional intelligence and stay calm under pressure. Adept in conflict resolution.
• Drive results in support of the business, even in the face of demanding timelines. Step-up to take on additional responsibility where appropriate.
• Adept at team management: selects the right people for the right tasks all while maintaining team morale and recognizing contributions. 
• Can influence without direct authority in a way that makes others want to be on their team.
• Incorporate end-user feedback to refine scope through the project lifecycle and can communicate changes, updates, and decisions to key stakeholders.
• Can understand and communicate how goals fit into broader organizational goals, and prioritize tasks/schedule accordingly.
• Keeps the customer at the heart of what we do.
• Exercise good judgment and can weigh benefits and risk in order to make solid decisions despite ambiguity.
• Growth mindset – ability to learn quickly and adapt to a changing environment.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Required:

• Bachelor of Science Degree, in engineering or technical discipline preferred.
• 6+ years of work experience.

Preferred:

• PMP or equivalent preferred.
• Experience in medical device or regulated industry.
• Agile methodology experience.

Travel Percentage: 10%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.

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