Associate Project Manager, Compliance

Stryker Group; Trenton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Group in New Jersey is seeking an Associate Project Manager to advance process, project, and portfolio excellence within the Global Compliance organization. This hybrid role partners with the Senior Manager, Compliance PMO to drive operational effectiveness while managing risk across functions.

You will lead small to medium projects, manage project workstreams, develop analytics and reporting tools, coordinate meetings, and support change management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 6+ years of work experience in a regulated industry such as MedTech, FinTech, Pharmaceuticals.
• 2+ years of experience in project management in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead small to medium-scale projects within the PMO.
• Develop and maintain project analytics, reporting, and management tools.
• Facilitate meetings, develop agendas, document action items, and track deliverables.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to promote collaboration and operational excellence.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Risk management

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

The Associate Project Manager is responsible for advancing process, project, and portfolio excellence across the Global Compliance organization. Reporting to the Senior Manager, Compliance PMO, this role sits within the Global Compliance Project Management Office and serves as a key partner in driving operational effectiveness while enabling strong business outcomes and managing risk across functions.

In this hybrid project management and process improvement role, the Associate Project Manager leads small to medium-scale projects, supports enterprise initiatives through the management of project workstreams, and develops and maintains project analytics, reporting, and management tools. The role also provides critical project coordination support, including facilitating meetings, developing agendas, documenting action items, and tracking deliverables to ensure successful execution.

Additionally, the Associate Project Manager evaluates Compliance processes, identifies opportunities for optimization, and partners with stakeholders to design and implement sustainable improvements on a global scale. This individual leads change management efforts, drives stakeholder engagement, and supports the adoption of new processes and ways of working. Responsibilities also include facilitating daily huddles and continuous improvement workshops, creating and maintaining process documentation, and coordinating cross-functional teams to promote collaboration, alignment, and operational excellence.

Project Management

• Manage projects to achieve Compliance's strategic objectives, driving process improvements, business transformations, and technology innovations.
• Develop and maintain project infrastructure, including project charters, plans, schedules, governance models, resource registers, budgets, RAID logs, and communication plans.
• Gather and incorporate stakeholder feedback efficiently throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support resourcing allocation in program plans and assist with program gating processes.
• Organize and facilitate project-related activities such as kick-offs, meetings, workshops, decision-making processes, communications, and stage gate reviews.
• Assist in developing risk management plans, actively identifying, analyzing, and monitoring risks and issues, and implementing mitigation strategies.
• Support project change management and communication activities.
• Engage with project stakeholders, including sponsors, owners, managers, and external partners, ensuring alignment with organizational strategic goals.
• Coordinate with IT, Finance and other functions to ensure smooth project delivery
• Develop improvement projects and ideas for processes. Engage cross-functionally to collect business requirements and convert into executable plans of action and processes.
• Perform end-to-end process mapping to identify standardization and risk mitigation opportunities.

PMO and Program Support

• Enhance the PMO function by developing project resources, tools, templates, systems, and governance to deliver predictable, sustainable projects.
• Manage a portfolio of projects through monitoring, governance and metrics to measure success
• Support the PMO's project methodology by mentoring colleagues on project approaches, tools, and resources to enhance organizational project management skills and outcomes.
• Identify opportunities to contribute to other projects or programs to increase efficiency.
• Implement project management best practices globally within the Compliance department.
• Incorporate end-user feedback to refine project scope throughout the lifecycle and effectively communicate changes to stakeholders.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree
• 6+ years of work experience
• 2+ years of experience working in a highly regulated industry such as MedTech, FinTech, Pharmaceuticals.

Preferred

• 2+Experience in project management. PMP/CAPM certification
• Experience in process mapping or Lean Six Sigma certification

Posted Date: 08/28/2026 This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN: $89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual
• US5: $93,800 - $156,200 USD Annual
• US10: $98,200 - $163,700 USD Annual
• US15: $102,700 - $171,100 USD Annual
• US20: $107,200 - $178,600 USD Annual
• US30: $116,100 - $193,400 USD Annual

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