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.
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