Project Manager, Software

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Stryker is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead software and software-enabled medical device initiatives in Acute Care R&D. You will partner across technical, quality, regulatory, and commercial teams to guide major workstreams from initiation to closure, ensuring compliant, on-time delivery.

You will develop charters, integrated plans, and risk registers, manage scope, schedule and budgets, and report status to leadership, while fostering disciplined execution and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
• At least 4 years of professional project management or leadership experience.
• Experience applying project management methodologies, planning tools, risk management, stakeholder management, and project status reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead software and software-enabled medical device initiatives from initiation through closure across cross-functional teams.
• Develop charters, integrated plans, schedules, budgets, resource assumptions, and risk registers.
• Build detailed schedules with critical paths and milestones; manage scope, budget, quality, risks and changes.
• Report project status to teams and leadership, including schedule, scope, budget and risk updates.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Status reporting

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field

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 predictable 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

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.