Hybrid Senior Clinical Project Manager — Ops & Tech

Stryker Group; Mahwah (NJ); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Group in the United States is seeking a Senior Clinical Project Manager to lead cross‑functional clinical programs within the Joint Replacement division. This hybrid role based in Mahwah, NJ, combines strategic project leadership with hands‑on execution to advance research initiatives, optimize workflows, and ensure regulatory readiness throughout the project lifecycle.

You will develop plans, manage budgets and timelines, enable technology‑enabled solutions, and partner with quality,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science or health care field.
• Minimum 6 years of clinical affairs, clinical operations, and/or clinical project management experience within the device or pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects involving business process transformation, systems implementation, or operational improvement initiatives.
• Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects from initiation through implementation, stabilization, and closeout, ensuring milestones, budgets, and timelines are achieved.
• Develop and maintain project plans, resource forecasts, communication strategies, and risk mitigation plans to support successful delivery.
• Drive implementation and optimization of clinical research technology platforms, coordinating requirements gathering, testing, deployment, and adoption activities.
• Partner with business, quality, information technology, and vendor teams to design scalable solutions that support clinical research operations.
• Facilitate user acceptance testing, training activities, change management initiatives, and post-implementation support.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, compliance, and user experience through process mapping, workflow redesign, and standardization efforts.
• Establish project governance structures and provide leadership updates, metrics, and reporting on project performance, risks, and adoption outcomes.
• Maintain compliant, inspection-ready documentation and support validation, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance activities throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Cross-functional project leadership

Project management

Clinical operations experience

Prioritization & multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in science or health care field

Job description

Stryker Group in the United States is seeking a Senior Clinical Project Manager to lead cross‑functional clinical programs within the Joint Replacement division. This hybrid role based in Mahwah, NJ, combines strategic project leadership with hands‑on execution to advance research initiatives, optimize workflows, and ensure regulatory readiness throughout the project lifecycle.

You will develop plans, manage budgets and timelines, enable technology‑enabled solutions, and partner with quality,