Program Manager, PMO (Remote)

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As the Program Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing multiple projects that collectively contribute to the development of a clinical knee application. 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 Digital Robotics and Enabling Technologies business unit.

To learn more about Stryker’s Mako Knee portfolio click here:

https://patients.stryker.com/knee-replacement/options/mako-robotic-arm-assisted-total-knee

What You Will Do

• Collaborate with Business Unit (BU) leadership to define and align program scope with strategic product development goals, ensuring clear ownership and accountability across functions.
• Lead the creation and management of comprehensive program schedules, including detailed Gantt charts and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS); analyze critical paths, key workstreams, and interdependencies to proactively manage timeline risks.
• Develop and oversee program budgets in collaboration with cross-functional leaders, ensuring cost optimization and adherence through continuous tracking and variance analysis.
• Coach and mentor PMO and Project team members on all aspects of project management, including planning, execution, risk mitigation, stakeholder communication, and delivery best practices to ensure consistent project success and team development
• Drive the creation and implementation of robust Quality Plans in partnership with project teams, applying quality planning tools and methodologies to ensure product and process excellence throughout the development lifecycle.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive Risk Management Plan, identifying and assessing program-level risks and developing effective mitigation strategies to minimize impact on scope, schedule, and quality.
• Own the development of a Procurement Management Plan and serve as a strategic partner in vendor selection, contract negotiation, and procurement lifecycle management to support program needs.
• Forecast, acquire, and manage cross-functional resources for program execution, clearly defining team roles and responsibilities; provide coaching, performance input, and contribute to functional and program-level talent development.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement Plan, identifying key stakeholders, analyzing their needs and expectations, and ensuring alignment through targeted communication and collaboration strategies.
• Create and manage a tailored Communications Plan, ensuring timely, transparent, and effective communication with program teams, executive sponsors, and business stakeholders.
  
  

What You Need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree
• Minimum of 8 years of medical device experience in the full New Product Development (NPD) lifecycle, including project strategy development, budget management, stakeholder engagement, and successful product launches.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or PgMP or equivalent
  
  

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.