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Sr. Program Manager will be responsible for leading a large, strategically-critical project or projects to ensure timelines and goals are met/communicated as they relate and support the Trauma & Extremities implementation of the “Accelerate” Program which will implement a new complex Enterprise Requirement Planning (ERP) system for three critical divisions of Stryker. In addition to managing a variety of Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) and stakeholders to deliver the agreed upon solution, you will be responsible for Change Management activities, including Stakeholder assessment, communication plans, change impact assessments and ensuring that impacted teams successfully navigate through the change curve once the program has been delivered.

This PM role is a vital part of the Accelerate Program team responsible for delivering a new ERP solution, as well as other transformational initiatives that are not only crucial for the success of the Division but also imperative to the organizational efficiency and profitability of Stryker as a whole. This role requires you to work closely with Division and Business Unit leadership / SME’s across T&E, Joint Replacement (JR) and Spine as well as the Accelerate program teams to ensure project objectives are appropriate, required project resources (budget and people) are allocated, and project risks are mitigated.

What you will do:

+ Develop program charters and management plans.Direct, manage, monitor, and control programs.Identify, optimize, and maintain inter-program synergy.Evaluate tradeoffs across programs.

+ Be a change leader and advocate for the Accelerate program across Stryker.

+ Develop, optimize, and manage timelines. Analyze and address critical path, major workstreams, intersecting milestones. Own the program schedule.

+ Create program budgets with cross-functional managers and directors. Optimize, monitor, and maintain costs within budget. Drive project cost efficiencies.

+ Partner with project teams to create program Quality Plans, using a multitude of quality planning tools and techniques. Monitor and maintain plans.

+ Develop a risk management plan for the program(s). Identify, analyze and understand project risks, develop and monitor a risk response plan.

+ Estimate, acquire and assign resources.Define roles, responsibilities and deliverables for each team member.Provide direct feedback to functional managers and directors on performance reviews.Coach and mentor team members and functional managers.

+ Own Change Management plans in conjunction with business and Accelerate Change Management (CM) team.Develop stakeholder strategies for the effective management across broad range of expectations and requirements.Develop and execute communications management plan for program teams and key stakeholders.Create and influence best practices for divisional communications management.

+ Responsible for effective meeting management and group facilitation activities for programs/projects in scope.

Required Qualifications:

+ BS or equivalent (MS and/or MBA preferred) and 10+ years of work experience

+ Proven experience leading large, complex, cross-functional programs — ideally within highly regulated or global organizations

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):

+ Familiarity with training delivery coordination (e.g., identifying trainers, supporting learning labs) and change management best practices.

+ Proficiency in Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or other project management tools, with flexibility to leverage preferred applications.

+ PMP or PgMP or equivalent preferred

+ $100,500 - $215,300salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.

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.