Senior Project Manager - Wisconsin

Stryker Corporation; Wisconsin; Remote; USD 103,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation is seeking a Field-based Senior Project Manager – Communications in Wisconsin to oversee a portfolio of complex healthcare technology and capital installation projects. This role requires ~60% travel to customer sites and entails end-to-end project leadership from planning through completion.

You will manage scope, budgets, schedules, risks, and cross-functional resources while supporting strategic business initiatives and ensuring site readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; or Associate’s with 4+ years; or high school diploma with 6+ years of relevant work experience.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant project management experience.
• Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, and risks through lifecycle.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects with internal/external teams.
• Knowledge of construction processes, schedules, trade coordination, site readiness, or renovation activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of complex, customer-facing projects from charter development through execution and completion.
• Develop charters, management plans, schedules, WBS, resource plans, and project documentation.
• Manage scope, budgets, schedules, and costs; evaluate tradeoffs per requirements.
• Identify risks and quality trends; create mitigation plans with customers and internal teams.
• Coordinate cross-functional resources to support execution and site readiness.
• Advise on priorities, scheduling decisions, scope changes, risks, and dependencies.
• Lead small strategic projects and guide Associate Project Managers and teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree with 4+ years

High school diploma with 6+ years

Job description

Work Flexibility: Field-based Senior Project Manager – Communications - Wisconsin

Join Stryker’s Communications business as a Senior Project Manager leading a portfolio of complex, customer-facing healthcare technology and capital installation projects. You will oversee projects from planning through completion, managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and cross-functional resources while also supporting strategic business initiatives. This role is based in Wisconsin and requires approximately 60% travel to customer sites throughout the entire state. This is a field-based role and requires regular travel to customer sites within the assigned territory. Candidates must have reliable transportation and be able to travel between multiple locations as business needs require.

What You Will Do

• Lead a portfolio of complex customer-facing projects from project charter development and planning through execution and completion.
• Develop project charters, management plans, schedules, work breakdown structures, resource plans, and project documentation to establish scope, deliverables, and accountability.
• Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, and costs; evaluate tradeoffs and adjust plans based on customer, installation, and business requirements.
• Identify project risks, quality trends, and scheduling conflicts; develop mitigation plans and partner with customers and internal teams to resolve issues.
• Coordinate cross-functional resources across project planning, room design, installation, quality, and other functions to support project execution and site readiness.
• Advise customers and internal stakeholders on project priorities, scheduling decisions, scope changes, risks, and dependencies throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead small-scale strategic business projects, aligning cross-functional stakeholders around project objectives, responsibilities, timelines, and deliverables.
• Direct project team activities and provide guidance and performance feedback for Associate Project Managers and other project team members.

What You Will Need

• Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree; OR Associate’s degree with minimum 4 years of relevant work experience; OR high school diploma with minimum 6 years of relevant work experience.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant project management experience.
• Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, and risk throughout the project lifecycle.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects involving internal stakeholders, external customers, vendors, or other business partners.
• Knowledge of construction processes, construction schedules, trade coordination, site readiness requirements, facility renovation activities, or construction project coordination.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience with healthcare technology or medical device capital equipment installation projects.
• Experience with construction processes, construction schedules, trade coordination, site readiness, facility renovation, or construction project coordination.
• Experience managing large-volume, complex capital installation projects.

$102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual Travel Percentage: 60%

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 driven to work together with our customers to make healthcare better.

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.