NPI Project Manager

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NPI Project Manager

Role: Permanent, Hybrid.

Join Stryker as a Project Manager - Advance our Mission to Make Healthcare Better!

Are you ready for a dynamic and rewarding Project Management career where you will support the launch of innovative NeuroSurgical products? Stryker invites you to embark on an exciting journey as a Project Manager within our Advanced Operations (AO) team.

About Us: Stryker is a global leader in medical technology, committed to transforming healthcare through innovative solutions. As a Project Manager at Stryker, you will be at the forefront of supporting New Product Development in the NeuroSurgical space.

Your Role: As the Project Manager, you will take ownership of New Product Development (NPD) deliverables within the AO function. You will lead a team of talented Process and Project Development Engineers, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams including R&D, Operations, Shared Functions, and Suppliers.

Why Join Us: At Stryker, we are committed to empowering our employees to make a difference. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on groundbreaking projects that have a tangible impact on patients' lives. With a supportive and inclusive culture, ongoing development opportunities, and competitive benefits, Stryker is not just a place to work – it is a place to thrive.

Ready to Make Your Mark: Join us in shaping the future of NeuroSurgical. Apply now to become a key player in our mission to redefine healthcare through innovation.

Talents we are looking for:

• 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.

• Self-directed imitators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.

• 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, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.

Key Areas of Responsibility: 

• 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 utilisation of floor space, minimised 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. 

• All other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications Knowledge Skills:

• Bachelors degree in an engineering discipline or with 4 or more years’ experience in a technical and/or project management role

• Excellent Interpersonal Skills - able to express ideas and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams. Be open minded with the ability to recognise good ideas. 

• Excellent analytical skills, ability to plan, organise and implement concurrent tasks. 

• Will have demonstrated an ability to define project risk and to effectively manage project risks. 

• Excellent attention to detail. 

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.