Associate Project Manager, Engineering

Stryker; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker UK is seeking an Associate Project Manager to direct a multi-disciplinary team across NPD and sustaining engineering, focused on enabling electrode development and achieving project objectives.

The role involves developing charters, defining scope, managing schedules and budgets, building risk and procurement plans, and communicating with stakeholders. Minimum: BS or equivalent and 2+ years’ experience; CAPM preferred.

Qualifications

• BS or equivalent and 2+ years of work experience.
• CAPM or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the project charter and/or develop sub-project charter and management plan.
• Assist in defining and managing project scope; review with manager for approval. Outline major workstreams.
• Complete assigned tasks according to established timeline. Assist in the development of a detailed project Gantt chart. Manage a sub-project timeline.
• Collaborate with supervisor and/or project PM to establish sub-project budget. Monitor and maintain costs within budget.
• Partner with sub-project teams to establish project Quality Plans. Monitor and maintain plans.
• Create a risk register and management plan for the sub-project. Identify, analyze and understand project risks and develop sub-project risk response plan.
• Participate in the development of a Procurement Management Plan.
• Develop a sub-project team list with cross-functional staffing requirements. Define the role, responsibility and deliverables for each team member. Work with project or program manager to provide input to functional performance reviews.

Education

BS or equivalent and 2+ years of work experience

CAPM or equivalent preferred

Job description

Who we want

Associate Project Managers have accountability and authority for achieving a project’s objectives. They direct a multi-disciplinary team aiming to complete a project. This position will involve coordination across NPD and sustaining engineering efforts focused on enabling electrode development.

What you will do

• Contribute to the development of the project charter and/or develop sub-project charter and management plan. Recommend tradeoffs within project.
• Assist in defining and managing project scope; review with manager for approval. Outline major workstreams.
• Complete assigned tasks according to established timeline. Assist in the development of a detailed project Gantt chart. Manage a sub-project timeline.
• Collaborate with supervisor and/or project PM to establish sub-project budget. Monitor and maintain costs within budget.
• Partner with sub-project teams to establish project Quality Plans. Monitor and maintain plans.
• Create a risk register and management plan for the sub-project. Identify, analyze and understand project risks and develop sub-project risk response plan.
• Participate in the development of a Procurement Management Plan.
• Develop a sub-project team list with cross-functional staffing requirements. Define the role, responsibility and deliverables for each team member. Work with project or program manager to provide input to functional performance reviews.
• Create a Stakeholder register for the sub-project and assist in the preparation of a Stakeholder management plan.
• Support the development of a project communications management plan or develop a sub-project communications plan.
• Additional role-specific technical areas of responsibilities may be added as deemed necessary by the local hiring manager.
• Gains stakeholder trust, and maintains open communication channels with stakeholders, including development teams and sponsors
• Stays calm under pressure timelines and seeks to add additional responsibility where appropriate to have an impact outside of core role
• Self-motivated: enjoys tackling goals, growing and developing, and is accountable for goals being met
• Consistently drives results
• Effective communicator and presenter: understands how to engage diverse audiences, adjust as appropriate and checks for understanding along the way
• Understand the importance of networking and utilizing that network to improve individual job performance
• Actively seeks to understand how goals fit into broader organizational goals
• Works to build customer centric solutions that are flexible as needs change, and incorporates customer feedback quickly
• Can consolidate large amounts of data, pinpoint valuable information free of personal bias to make timely and durable decisions
• Understands when to take risk and when to escape, evaluating issues based on parts, patterns and relationships.
• Is able to pressure test ideas and share conclusions with a broader audience in a concise manner.
• Exercises good judgment regarding when and how to escape issues
• Growth mindset – learns from previous mistakes and picks up new skills quickly.
• Additional role-specific knowledge and capabilities may be added as deemed necessary by the local hiring manager.

Minimum Qualifications (Required)

• BS or equivalent and 2+ years of work experience

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired)

• CAPM or equivalent preferred

United Kingdom Pay Ranges

• United Kingdom: £36,800 - £61,200 GBP Annual

At Stryker, we believe transparency helps candidates make confident decisions about their next career step. Compensation is an important part of that process and we want to be clear about how pay is determined. The compensation information posted for this role may be presented as a salary range or a fixed amount depending on the role. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for incentive compensation (such as bonus and/or commissions where applicable), along with Stryker’s comprehensive benefits package.

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.