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.

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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:

• Minimum Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering or Computer Science, or related discipline (Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management)
• Minimum 6 years of work experience within engineering or manufacturing, with 2+ years of Project Management leadership experience

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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