Program Manager, PMO

We are looking for a seasoned Program Manager in our Peripheral Vascular Division who thrives as an individual contributor while operating confidently in highly cross‑functional, regulated environments. You will lead projects from early concept through commercialization, ensuring delivery of high-quality, innovative medical products on time and within budget.

You will need to live within commuting distance to Stryker’s Waltham, MA office and be on-site 5 days per week.

• Collaborate with PMO and site leadership to define, manage and own project scope for arterial portfolio of projects.
• Develop and manage the detailed project Gantt charts. Own the schedule. Monitor and track the status. Evaluate tradeoffs within projects.
• Analyze critical path, major work streams, and intersecting milestones.
• Create project budgets with cross-functional managers and directors. Optimize, monitor, and maintain costs within budget.
• Develop a risk management plan for the projects. Identify, analyze, and understand project risks, develop and monitor a risk response plan.
• Develop a Stakeholder engagement plan for projects, based on the identification, analysis and understanding of Stakeholder expectations and requirements.
• Estimate, acquire and assign cross functional project resources. Define the role, responsibility, and deliverables for each team member. Coach and mentor team members.
• Develop and Execute communications management plan for project team, key stakeholders, and business leaders.
• Ensure projects adhere to divisional NPD governance processes, driving compliance to established frameworks to support consistent execution.
• Lead change management efforts across cross-functional teams to ensure smooth adoption of new processes, technologies, and strategies.
• Support maturation of the PMO organization by helping to implement new tools, templates, and technologies. Educate cross-functional resources on PMO initiatives and ensure consistent adherence to established processes and standards.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or related field
• Minimum 8 years of work experience leading engineering or product development programs in a regulated industry
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously in a fast‑paced environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Project with experience creating and regularly maintaining project timelines.

• PMP Certification
• Experience with hardware, software and/or capital equipment projects
• Experience influencing cross‑functional stakeholders without direct authority

$141,600 - $236,000 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 Med Surg, 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.