Project Manager

Stryker; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join the Global Quality & Operations PMO in Irvine, CA, leading strategic initiatives that drive scalable, predictable, and efficient growth across the organization. You will manage cost reduction projects including sterilization optimization, capacity improvements, and automation, while guiding cross-functional teams to deliver measurable business value.

The role emphasizes influence without authority, navigating complexity, and delivering results

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4+ years of experience in project management, engineering, operations, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex cross-functional projects from initiation through completion.
• Develop and manage project charters, scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, quality plans, stakeholder strategies, communication plans, and governance.
• Create and maintain detailed project plans with WBS, critical path, and milestones.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements, manage scope, and drive decision-making.
• Secure cross-functional resources and provide performance feedback to managers.
• Drive risk mitigation, issue resolution, and procurement collaboration to ensure delivery.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Process optimization

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Stryker is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join the Global Quality & Operations PMO and lead strategic initiatives that drive scalable, predictable, and efficient growth across the organization.

This role will manage a pipeline of Cost Reduction projects, including sterilization optimization, production capacity and throughput improvements, process automation, data and systems initiatives, and scrap reduction programs. The ideal candidate is a strong cross-functional leader who can influence without authority, navigate complexity, and consistently deliver business results.

What You Will Do:

• Lead complex, cross-functional projects from initiation through completion, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Develop and manage project charters, scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, quality plans, stakeholder strategies, communication plans, and project governance.
• Create and maintain detailed project plans, including work breakdown structures, critical path analysis, major workstreams, and key milestones.
• Partner with stakeholders to define requirements, manage scope, evaluate tradeoffs, and drive decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify, secure, and coordinate cross-functional resources while providing performance feedback to functional managers as appropriate.
• Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue resolution to ensure successful project delivery.
• Support procurement activities and collaborate in the selection and management of external partners and suppliers.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and communicate project status, key decisions, risks, and changes to leadership and project teams.
• Incorporate customer and end-user feedback to improve project outcomes and maximize business value.
• Lead strategic initiatives focused on cost reduction, operational excellence, process optimization, automation, capacity improvements, and productivity gains.
• Ensure compliance with applicable quality systems and standards.
• Perform additional project leadership responsibilities as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4+ years of experience in project management, engineering, operations, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, or a related field.

Preferred

• PMP certification or equivalent project management credential.
• Experience leading cost reduction, manufacturing optimization, operational excellence, or process improvement initiatives.
• Experience within the medical device industry or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional strategic programs.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

US15:

$95,800 - $159,600 USD Annual

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

Stryker 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. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.