Job Description

About Stryker

Stryker is one of the world's leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World's Best Workplaces and a Best Workplace for Diversity by Fortune Magazine. Learn more about our award-winning organization by visiting stryker.com

Who We Want

Enablers. People who empower teams and enable them to seek out the hard projects and challenge the status quo to build better solutions and processes.

Strategists. Leaders who can see the forest through the trees and make strategic recommendations to help the business grow

Collaborators. Relationship-savvy people who intentionally make and strengthen connections with both internal partners and external contacts.

Achievers. Change agents who strive to accomplish tasks and are constantly driven to do more.

Purpose-driven Visionaries: People who thrive when they have a mission that matters: Making Stroke History.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Manager in our new products PMO, you will inspire and mentor a team of project/program managers to create high-functioning project teams and develop innovative and best-in-class products to our customers. You will efficiently manage team workflow to support a wide range of projects in development phases ranging from early feasibility to commercialization. You will partner with cross-functional leaders to develop comprehensive product development and lifecycle plans and drive alignment with business objectives. You build bridges and negotiate solutions, influencing and communicating within and outside your team, driving decisions across all levels of the organization. You will be contributing to the standardization of the project management best practices and seeking opportunities to harmonize processes and systems across programs. Your professional development is our key investment; we expect you to grow your talents while learning and applying project and program management principles, stroke treatment techniques, and organizational best practices to ensure we deliver the best products to our customers.

You MUST have:

* A bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field
* At least 5 years regulated industry experience
* At least 3 years people management experience
* A sense of urgency in driving projects and desire to set ambitious goals and work aggressively to help teams meet project schedule
* The ability to analyze complex situations, distill issues, develop insights, challenge the status quo, and synthesize recommendations
* Competence in using negotiation and excellent interpersonal communications skills to gain consensus and defend decisions across the organization vertically and horizontally

We would prefer you to ALSO have:

* A master's degree in an engineering or technical field, and/or business administration
* 5+ years medical device industry experience
* A PMP(R) certification
* Proven experience strategically establishing, developing, and growing a technical function
* Extensive knowledge of 21 CFR 820.30 - Design Controls and ISO 13485 section 7.3 - Design and Development
* Experience with using and/or administering Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software
* A track record of contributing to successful medical device product introduction including at least one significant program from proof-of-concept through pilot production

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