Job Description
As the Senior Project Manager, you will lead a cross-functional engineering team in the planning, coordinating, monitoring, and executing new product development medical device projects. In your role, you will ensure R&D projects are completed on time/cost & budget. You will support cutting-edge medical device products from the inception phase to launch for Stryker’s Surgical Technologies business unit within Stryker Instruments.
To learn more about Stryker’s Surgical Technologies portfolio, click here: https://www.stryker.com/us/en/surgical-technologies.html
You will need to live within commuting distance to our Portage, Michigan office. You will need to be in the office 3 days a week and can work from home on other days.
- What you will do
- Lead the team in developing the project charter and management plan. Direct, manage, monitor, and control projects. Develop a strong business case and evaluate tradeoffs within a project.
- Collaborate with project stakeholders to develop, manage, and own project scope. Create a detailed Work Breakdown Structure.
- Develop and manage the detailed project Gantt chart. Analyze critical paths, major workstreams, and intersecting milestones. Own the project schedule.
- Collaborate with cross-functional managers to define project budgets. Monitor and maintain costs within budget.
- Partner with the project team to create Quality Plans using 2-3 quality planning tools and techniques. Monitor and maintain plans.
- Develop a project risk management plan. Identify, analyze, and understand project risks; develop and monitor a risk response plan.
- Estimate, acquire, and assign cross-functional project resources. Define each team member's role, responsibility, and deliverables.
- Provide direct feedback to the functional manager on performance reviews.
- Develop a Stakeholder management plan for the project based on identifying, analyzing, and understanding Stakeholder expectations.
What you need
- Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Engineering Management, or a related field
- Minimum 6 years of engineering or product development experience, with a strong focus on new product development (NPD), including at least 2 years of project management experience leading cross-functional teams through full product development cycles.
- Proven ability to manage technical scope, schedules, and stakeholder alignment in an R&D or innovation-driven environment.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- New Product Development experience or product launch experience
- Utilization of Agile and rolling-wave or waterfall planning methodology
- Knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes for product design
- Led or developed products for medical devices or regulated industries
- Experience developing injection-molded products and/or single-use products
- PMP or equivalent preferred
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