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Position Summary

An opportunity for a Senior Project Manager at our new manufacturing site in Skawina. This greenfield project requires a dynamic individual responsible for managing and coordinating high-impact projects associated with new products, product transfers, and technologies. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with product development, operations, and marketing teams to drive speed to market, enhance product quality, and ensure ease of manufacture.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Project Management : Oversee the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling, and closure of projects. Deliver projects within scope, schedule, cost, and quality parameters.

Lead New Product/Product Transfer, process, and technology implementation initiatives while managing project spend on capital and expense budgets.

Participate in the selection, training, and performance appraisal of project resources. Lead shared resources and deploy them in line with program priorities, ensuring elements of the team report to the PM.

Performance Measurement : Establish clear, objective, and quantifiable metrics to monitor project/program progress, including PTQ, slippage, float, risk rating, and financials.

Collaboration : Work closely with Divisional and GQO representatives to ensure successful project implementation. Engage actively with Manufacturing Operations to optimize floor space utilization, minimize handling, and enhance process flow.

Problem Solving : Lead teams in complex situations, remove obstacles, assign appropriate resources, and interact with other functions to assist with issue resolution and work process streamlining.

Risk Management : Identify, monitor, and manage project risks effectively, liaising with the broader AO team on common NPI/Product Transfer issues and resolutions.

Priority Setting : Establish priorities, impart a sense of urgency, and follow Project Management methodology in project execution.

Leadership : Provide high-quality leadership to Project Resources, generating an engaging and positive environment. The Project Manager will be measured against milestone delivery and people performance throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications and Skills

Education : Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline with 4+ years of experience in a technical and/or project management role. Project management qualification is desirable.

Interpersonal Skills : Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to express ideas and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams. Open-mindedness and the ability to recognize good ideas are essential.

Experience : Demonstrated leadership, project management, and engineering experience in New Product Introduction and/or Product Transfers in a regulated environment are highly beneficial.

Decision Making : Decisive, taking ownership for results and able to influence key decision-makers.

Analytical Skills : Excellent analytical skills with the ability to plan, organize, and implement concurrent tasks. Able to distill critical information from complex inputs.

Risk Management : Proven ability to define and manage project risks effectively.

Regulated Industry Experience : Experience in an FDA-regulated or similar regulated industry is beneficial.

Technical Skills : High level of PC skills with expertise in MS Project (MS Excel, Access, PowerPoint). Experience with MES/SAP, GDT, process mapping, statistical methods, and process/product validations is advantageous.

Join us in shaping the future of manufacturing at our state-of-the-art facility in Skawina. Apply now to be part of an innovative team dedicated to excellence and efficiency!

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company 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.

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.