Project Manager (Sustaining)

Lead with purpose. Deliver with impact.

At Stryker, we’re seeking a Project Manager in R&D who thrives on driving results, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering high-quality outcomes. If you're energized by collaboration, innovation, and making a measurable difference, this is your opportunity to lead projects that matter.

What You Will Do

• Partner with project stakeholders to define, refine, and align on project scope and objectives.

• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, including detailed work breakdown structures (WBS), integrated schedules, Gantt charts, critical path analysis, and key workstreams.

• Lead, direct, and control project execution, proactively evaluating trade-offs to optimize scope, schedule, cost, and quality.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and subject matter experts to establish budget requirements, and monitor and manage costs to ensure alignment with approved financial targets.

• Establish and execute a robust risk management plan by identifying, analyzing, and mitigating project risks throughout the lifecycle.

• Support procurement planning and partner selection in collaboration with sourcing and supply chain stakeholders.

• Define resource needs, secure and allocate project team members, clarify roles and deliverables, and provide performance feedback to functional managers as appropriate.

• Develop and implement stakeholder and communications management plans to ensure alignment, transparency, and engagement across key audiences.

• Represent the project in governance forums and leadership reviews, effectively communicating scope changes, resource needs, timeline adjustments, and budget impacts.

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or related field

• Minimum 4 years of relevant project management experience

• Experience in regulated or quality-driven environments

• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Smartsheet)

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent

• Medical device industry experience

$89,300.00 - $193,400.00 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Posted Date: 03/09/2026
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.