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Who we want

Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.

Subject matter experts. Managers who not only oversee the collection, review, and analysis of data but can interpret, translate, and present on all various matters as needed.

Compliance-focused orchestrators. Managers who carefully oversee people, processes, and deliverables to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.

Managers who drive performance. People who implement process improvements and leverage the talent of their team to consistently increase performance and productivity.

Goal-oriented orchestrators. People who can effectively coordinate and focus the work of skilled employees toward an important goal, prioritizing the right activities that lead to success.

Process and system-oriented skills. People who can translate business processes into system solutions to drive innovation and optimization.

Job overview

The Program Manager EEMEA will lead and execute all projects within EEMEA whilst providing leadership on project and process improvement methodologies to drive business growth and support the development of a continuous improvement culture. This role will focus on engaging closely with the business to execute projects and prioritize improvement opportunities. These projects will be primarily strategic, cross-organizational initiatives to integrate businesses, implement innovative technologies, and automate and simplify significant business operations.

What you will do

• Ensure successful implementation of business projects and initiatives related to process optimization and new tools and technologies.

• Collaborate with project stakeholders to develop and manage project scope. Contribute to the creation of detailed Work Breakdown Structure.

• Understanding of project/program management techniques and methods and contribute to the detailed project Gantt chart. Collaborate with PM (Project Management) on major workstreams, and intersecting milestones. Own your teams project schedule

• Collaborate with cross-functional managers to define project budget. Monitor and maintain your team's costs within budget.

• Implement risk management strategies and templates for projects or programs, enabling effective identification and monitoring of risk response.

• Responsible for evaluating a range of projects with the goal of facilitating staffing, resolving resource allocation conflicts, and monitor staff utilization on the activities that will generate the highest business value aligned with the prioritization process. May recruit, hire, onboard, manage, and develop direct staff.

• Build and sustain effective stakeholder relationships at all levels, particularly with business partners. Develop stakeholder strategies for effective management across broad range of expectations and requirements.

• Implement effective communications management strategies to senior management with specific emphasis on business objectives delivery, efficient resource deployment, effective risk and issue management.

• Responsible for effective meeting management and group facilitation activities for programs/projects in scope

• Support the management of divisional/department strategic planning activities to meet divisional/department goals.

• Leads programs. Advises other Project Management roles on major programs. Drive project and program cost efficiencies. Make portfolio spend decisions. Has a deep understanding of how to apply quality system(s).

• Additional role-specific technical areas of responsibilities may be added as deemed necessary by the local hiring manager.

• Shows care and concern about team members, regardless of background, and creates an inclusive team environment for team members with diverse cultural backgrounds

• Demonstrates tact and diplomacy when confronted with politically contentious situations, stays calm under pressure and has great conflict resolution skills

• Consistently drives results despite demanding deadlines, and proactively seeks to go above and beyond, taking on additional responsibility and leadership roles where appropriate. Collaborate across teams, knows how to play to people's strengths; creates an environment of high morale with strong recognition and barrier removal team members

• Can gain end-user/stakeholder feedback across all levels to make the project better, efficiently using stakeholders' time and incorporates feedback throughout the project/program life cycle

• Is a great communicator both formally and informally; use accessible language and can speak confidently and with a sense of authority

• Is a great influencer - gains agreement from both sides of discussion, expertly crafting arguments to objections

• Forges strong relationships with outside colleagues and incorporates insight on common delivery and execution challenges from network to drive projects and improve team performance

• Actively seeks to develop awareness of project objectives and how they relate to broader organizational goals and prioritizes project tasks based on impact to these goals.

• Considers the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one for project or program, applying a structured approach to problem solving without deferring to others

• Deals well with ambiguity and can make decisions with relevant but not necessarily complete information

• Works well with a wide variety of people, adapt to change and encourage cooperative learning through performance feedback

• Additional role-specific knowledge and capabilities may be added as deemed necessary by the local hiring manager.

What you need

• Master or University Degree required

• Lean Certifcation required & PMP certification preferred

• 5+ years experience as Project/Program Manager

• Experience with ERP & CRM implementation

• Experience of complex business environment with cross-collaborational functions

• Demonstration of strong leadership and influencing skills

• Analytical and problem solving skills and ability to implement change

• Medical/Healthcare Company experience preferred

• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills

• Good understanding of business growth and sales strategies according to healthcare markets

• Strong project management, coordination and organizational skills

About Stryker

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company 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 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com. (http:)

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.