Project Manager, Advanced Operations - NPD

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite

Who we want:

• Analytical problem solvers: People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
• Dedicated achievers: Relentless about quality, people who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
• Goal-oriented orchestrators: People who can effectively coordinate and focus the work of skilled employees toward an important goal, prioritizing to the right activities that lead to success.
• Motivated product launchers: People who bring strategic direction and drive for execution to ensure products are developed and launched with precision.
• Curious learners: Technical project leaders with an innate curiosity that drives them to understand all aspects of New Product Development.

What You Will Do:

As a Project Manager, Advanced Operations you will 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.

Additional Responsibilities:

• The individual will be responsible for project & stakeholder management, people management (where applicable) and the technical assessment of all assigned projects.
• 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 Product Transfer Projects and initiatives while 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 various functional partners Product Development, Advanced, Operations, Quality etc. to drive successful project implementation.
• 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 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.

• Provide overall project direction as related to schedule, cost, performance, and resources.
• Will be responsible for team dynamics and making sure the team optimally organized
• Will develop strong relationships with team members
• Will develop, monitor, and control project plans including:
  • Scope
  • Schedule / GANTT chart / Burndowns / Task List
  • Business Case / Capital Equipment Request
  • Risk / Resources / Budget
• Will help develop functional specifications that fully define project and product.
  • Cost
  • Performance criteria

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 4+ years of Project Management experience and leading teams within projects
• Experience in a regulated industry

Preferred Skills Needed:

• PMP Certification, experience in Agile or MS Project, project management tools
• Experience managing multi-year New Product Development projects
• High level of PC Skills required. (MS Excel, Access, PowerPoint, MS Project).
• Results and action orientation - ability to get work done in a timely fashion and handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Excellent Interpersonal Skills - able to express ideas and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including executive
• Excellent analytical skills, ability to plan, organize and implement concurrent tasks.
• Will have demonstrated an ability to define project risk and to effectively manage project risks.
• Experience working with M&A activities such as due diligence, integration, and remediation.

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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