Project Manager, Advanced Operations

Why join Stryker?

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Who we want

• Business-oriented evaluators. People who effectively interpret information to demonstrate the effects of business initiatives, regulation and industry trends for sales, management, and leadership teams.
• Strategic thinkers. People who enjoy analyzing data or trends for the purposes of planning, forecasting, advising, budgeting, reporting, or sales opportunities.
• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.
• Goal-oriented developers. Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions.
• Motivated product launchers. People who bring strategic direction and drive for execution to ensure products are developed and launched with precision.

What you will do

• The individual will be responsible for project & stakeholder management, people management (where applicable) and the technical assessment of all assigned projects.
• The Project Manager will successfully lead an engineering team to deliver key programs or projects per associated timelines, quality requirements and budget.
• Assume overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project. The Project Manager is responsible to the project stakeholders for delivering a project's objectives within scope, schedule, cost, and quality
• Lead New Product, Process and Technology implementation initiatives while tightly managing project spend on capital & expense budgets
• Define and clarify project scope while developing and maintaining the project schedule. Ownership for managing and reporting project progress.
• Work closely with Product Development, Advanced Technology and Global Marketing to drive successful project implementation. Actively engage with Manufacturing Operations to evaluate existing process layouts in terms of new process integration, ensuring best utilization of floor space, minimized handling and optimum process flow.
• Participate in the selection, training and performance appraisal process of project resources, including temporary contract SMEs as required
• Responsible for identifying, monitoring, and appropriately managing project risk and liaise with broader AO team on common NPI issues and resolutions
• Establishment of priorities, imparting a sense of urgency and importance to the team while using project management tools and techniques to support the delivery of new products per cost and time commit.

What you will need

• 3 to 5 years of experience in a technical and/or project management role
• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or with 4 or more years' experience in a technical and/or project management role.
• Advanced English level
• Previous experience in a Manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated Leadership, Project Management and Engineering experience in New Product Introduction in a regulated environment would prove beneficial.
• Experience in an FDA regulated or regulated industry beneficial.
• High level of PC Skills required. (MS Excel, Access, PowerPoint, MS Project).
• Experience of GD&T, Process mapping, statistical methods and process/ product validations would prove beneficial.
• Will have demonstrated an ability to define project risk and to effectively manage project risks.

About Stryker

Our benefits:

• 12 paid holidays annually
• 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.

For a more detailed overview of our benefits or time off, please follow this link to learn more: US Stryker employee benefits

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company 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 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com.

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