Project Manager, Software

Stryker Group; Portage (MI); On-site; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Group in Portage, MI seeks a seasoned project leader to drive software and software-enabled medical device initiatives within Acute Care R&D. You will guide programs from initiation through closure, partnering across technical, quality, regulatory, and commercial functions to ensure disciplined execution.

You will develop charters and integrated plans, manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and dependencies, and drive compliance with design control, cybersecurity, and quality systems.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience in project management or leadership.
• Experience applying project management methodologies, planning tools, and risk practices.
• Experience with stakeholder management and project status reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead software and software-enabled medical device initiatives from initiation to closure.
• Develop charters, integrated plans, schedules, budgets, and risk registers.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, dependencies, and change requests.
• Build detailed schedules with critical paths and milestones.
• Drive design control, software lifecycle, cybersecurity, and quality compliance.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Marketing, Service, etc.
• Create project quality plans, risk-response plans, and budgets with partners.
• Report status on schedule, scope, quality, budget, and risk to leadership.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Scheduling & planning

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

What You Will Do:

Lead software and software-enabled medical device initiatives within Acute Care Research and Development, partnering across technical, quality, regulatory, and commercial functions. You will guide projects and major workstreams from initiation through closure while supporting disciplined execution, regulatory compliance, and predictive delivery.

• Lead software development, software sustainment, lifecycle management, and software-enabled medical device projects or major workstreams from initiation through closure.
• Develop project charters, integrated plans, schedules, budgets, resource assumptions, and risk registers.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, dependencies, issues, and change requests.
• Build detailed project schedules that identify critical paths, major workstreams, dependencies, decision points, and intersecting milestones.
• Drive compliance with applicable design control, software development lifecycle, cybersecurity, quality system, and project management requirements.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution among Research and Development, Quality, Regulatory, Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Marketing, Service, and supporting functions.
• Create project quality plans, risk-response plans, stakeholder communication approaches, and resource and budget assumptions with project partners.
• Report project status to project teams, functional stakeholders, and project management leadership, including updates on schedule, scope, quality, budget, and risk.

What You Will Need:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
• 4+ years of professional experience, including project management or project leadership experience.
• Experience applying project management methodologies, planning tools, risk management practices, stakeholder management, and project status reporting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing software development, software sustainment, or software-enabled product development projects.
• Experience in Research and Development, medical devices, healthcare technology, or another regulated product development environment.
• Experience with Agile, hybrid, iterative, or phase-gated software delivery models.
• PMP, CAPM, Agile, Scrum, or an equivalent project management certification, or willingness to obtain one.

• $89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual