Associate Project Manager, R&D

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

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.

As the Associate Project Manager, you will be a part of a cross-functional engineering team in the planning, coordinating, monitoring and execution of 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 Interventional Spine (IVS) business unit within Stryker Instruments.

To learn more about Stryker’s IVS portfolio click here: Stryker Interventional Spine

What you will do

• Partner with the team in the development of the project charter and management plan.  Direct, manage, monitor, and control project.   Develop strong business case and evaluate tradeoffs within project.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to develop, manage and own project scope.  Create detailed Work Breakdown Structure.
• Develop and manage the detailed project Gantt chart.  Analyze critical path, major workstreams, and intersecting milestones. Own the project schedule
• Collaborate with cross-functional managers to define project budget. Monitor and maintain costs within budget.
• Partner with project team to create project Quality Plans using 2-3 quality planning tools and techniques. Monitor and maintain plans.
• Develop a risk management plan for the project. Identify, analyze, and understand project risks; develop and monitor a risk response plan.
• Estimate, acquire and assign cross functional project resources. Define the role, responsibility, and deliverables for each team member.  Provide direct feedback to functional manager on performance reviews.  
• Develop a Stakeholder management plan for the project, based on the identification, analysis and understanding of Stakeholder expectations.

What you need

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Engineering or related discipline (Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management)
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in new product development or sustaining engineering, manufacturing process development and validation, or operations process development and validation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes for product design
• Injection molding
• IQ/OQ/PQ or similar process validations
• Supplier-facing execution work
• Lead or developed projects for medical devices or regulated industries
• PMP or equivalent preferred

Travel Percentage: 20%

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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