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Stryker Program Manager, Product Transfer in Battle Creek, Michigan
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As a Program Manager at Stryker, you will lead the management and coordination of complex programs related to Plant Network and Product Transfers. Your role involves spearheading a cross-functional team to meticulously plan and execute programs within specified timelines and budgets, adhering closely to the Stryker Product Transfer Processes and Governance. This will involve harnessing top-tier program management tools, discipline, and methodologies to achieve optimal outcomes.
Who we want:
Goal-driven orchestrators adept at efficiently coordinating and directing the efforts of skilled employees towards achieving crucial milestones leading to overall success.
Self-directed individuals who take full ownership of their work, driving productivity, change, and successful outcomes autonomously.
Committed achievers thriving in fast-paced environments, dedicated to finding solutions leading to project completion in compliance with procedures and expectations.
Collaborative partners who foster cross-functional relationships bringing together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvement and exceptional outcomes.
Effective communicators adept at sharing updates and articulating issues and recommendations to stakeholders and senior management.
What you will do:
Take ownership of the overall program architecture, where success is gauged by the effective implementation of a strategy and the realization of benefits such as financial savings. The Program Manager is accountable to project stakeholders for achieving program objectives within defined scope, schedule, cost, and quality parameters.
Responsible for clear, objective and quantifiable measurement of program progress and efficient communication of program status.
Lead the team in developing and managing the detailed project Gantt chart. Analyze critical path, major workstreams, and intersecting milestones. Proactively seek and develop opportunities driving efficiency and speed.
Estimate, acquire and assign cross functional project resources. Define the role, responsibility, and deliverables for each team member.
Take responsibility for identifying, monitoring, and effectively managing project risks.
Set clear priorities, instilling a sense of urgency and importance within the team, all while adhering to best practices in Project Management methodology during project execution.
Develop a Stakeholder management plan for the project, based on the identification, analysis and understanding of Stakeholder expectations.
Cultivate influential relationships across the organization by nurturing global connections. Influence others positively, even without direct authority, in a manner that inspires them to want to collaborate and align with your team's objectives.
Ensure that the business, quality, and financial contexts are thoroughly understood and appropriately represented in program design and decision-making processes.
Provide direction to the team during complex or challenging situations, facilitating the removal of obstacles, assigning suitable resources, and collaborating with other functions to streamline work processes and resolve issues efficiently.
Deliver exceptional leadership to Project Resources, fostering a collaborative decision-making environment while establishing an escalation process for resolving disagreements when necessary.
Participate in the selection, training, and performance appraisal process of project resources. Provide mentorship and coaching to Project Managers
What you need:
Bachelors Degree in an engineering or technical discipline - required
8+ years of work experience in complex project/program management or combination of engineering and project/program management experience. - required
PMP certification or equivalent - required
Experience in medical device or other highly regulated industry – highly preferred
Experience with Product Transfers or New Product Introduction – highly preferred
Exceptional communication skills, extensive experience in influencing and reporting to senior leadership, and a proven ability to navigate high-level stakeholders effectively.
Excellent analytical skills, adeptness in planning, organizing, and executing multiple tasks simultaneously, coupled with the capacity to comprehend intricate inputs and distill crucial information effectively.
Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker 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 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.
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.