Manager, R&D Process & Technology Development

Stryker Corporation; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in Salt Lake City is seeking an experienced NPI Project Manager to lead a team delivering catheter, guidewire and implantable neurovascular devices. You will define scope, allocate resources, and manage budgets to ensure timely market introductions.

Collaborate across divisions to address challenges, drive launches on quality, cost, and schedule, and remove obstacles. Travel about 20% to support cross-site activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of technical experience in a product or process development role.
• 2+ years of people management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multifunctional team for NPI projects in catheter, guidewire, and implantable devices.
• Plan and manage project scope, resources, and budgets for each product.
• Set priorities and provide clear direction to the team.
• Collaborate across divisions to deliver products to market on time.
• Address blockers and drive launch readiness with cross-functional partners.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Influence

Presentation

Project management

Lean methodologies

Process mapping

DFM

Clean rooms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Work Flexibility: Onsite Job Description In this role, you will be responsible for achieving process development milestones on two or more new product introductions (NPI’s). You will lead a team who have various levels of experience who are tasked with the project management for NPI projects used to manufacture catheters, guidewires and implantable neurovascular devices. Partner effectively across divisional and operations functions to deliver new products to market on time. Provide clear direction on projects and define priorities for the team. Determine project scope, scale, resource needs, and financial requirements for each new product, while maintaining accountability for capital and expense budgets. Critically assess new product charters and financial plans to identify key deliverables, including standard cost and launch requirements. Collaborate with counterparts across the broader organization to address common NPI challenges and implement effective resolutions. Guide the team through complex or difficult situations, remove obstacles, assign appropriate resources, and partner with other functions to resolve issues. Establish priorities and create a sense of urgency to deliver new products within quality, cost, and timeline expectations.

What You Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of technical experience in a product or process development role.
• 2+ years of people management experience.

Preferred Skills:

• Results-driven leadership style with the ability to motivate and guide teams.
• Strong technical skills and knowledge of medical device manufacturing processes.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, influencing, and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, project management, process validation, and engineering experience in new product introduction, with a track record of bringing products to market.
• Experience with process mapping, design transfer, design for manufacturability (DFM), Lean methodologies, and Class 6 clean rooms.

United States of America Pay Ranges: $123,900 - $206,500 USD Annual Travel Percentage: 20%

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. Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com

Work Flexibility

• Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location.
• Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based.
• Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category.
• Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.