(Senior) Project Manager R&D (m/f/d)

CMF's Patient Specific Solutions team specializes in mass‑producing products that are entirely unique — each implant individually designed and manufactured to serve a single patient. As part of our Project Management Office for Patient Specific Solutions (PSS), you’ll play a key role in driving innovation that directly improves patient care, leading diverse teams, managing complex projects, and shaping the next generation of patient‑specific products and solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Work across a mix of hardware, software, and process improvement projects – managing initiatives that shape both our products and the way we manufacture.
• Ensure seamless collaboration between R&D, Process Development (AO), QA, and other key functions.
• Lead the team with autonomy in the development of the project charter and management plan.
• Direct, monitor, and control projects; evaluate trade‑offs within scope, timeline, resources, and budget.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop, manage, and own project scope.
• Create a detailed Work Breakdown Structure and track the project schedule.
• Develop and manage the detailed project Gantt chart, analyze the critical path, major workstreams, and intersecting milestones.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional managers to define the project budget and maintain costs within that budget.
• Develop a risk‑management plan, identify and analyze risks, and monitor risk‑response actions.
• Estimate, acquire, and assign cross‑functional project resources.
• Facilitate alignment on roles, deliverables, and work packages across contributors to ensure clarity and effective collaboration.
• Possess visibility across multiple functions and influence strategic decisions through strong project leadership and PMO best practices.
• Foster a collaborative environment that values proactive problem‑solving, continuous learning, and open communication, shaping delivery of innovation.

What You’ll Need

• PMP or equivalent preferred.
• BS or equivalent with 3+ years of work experience, capable of building successful relationships with internal and external personnel across departments and understanding quality systems.
• High emotional intelligence, calm under pressure, and adept in conflict resolution.
• Drive results to support the business, even under demanding timelines, stepping up to take on additional responsibility where appropriate.
• Adept at team management, selecting the right people for the right tasks, maintaining morale, and recognizing contributions.
• Influence without direct authority, making others eager to join your team.
• Incorporate end‑user feedback throughout the project lifecycle, communicating changes, updates, and decisions to stakeholders.
• Understand how goals fit into broader organizational objectives and align schedule and priorities accordingly.
• Keep the customer at the heart of work.
• Exercise good judgment, weighing benefits and risks to make sound decisions amid ambiguity.
• Maintain a growth mindset – learn quickly and adapt to changing environments.
• Familiar with agile project management methods (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and able to apply them within a corporate environment typically driven by Waterfall processes.
• Experience balancing hybrid project approaches to support efficient delivery of both hardware and software medical device projects preferred.
• Background in process development or process improvement (Lean, Six Sigma) considered a plus.

Preferred Skills / Engineering Tools

• PMP or equivalent preferred.
• Preference for experience balancing hybrid project approaches (Waterfall and Agile) to deliver hardware and software medical device projects efficiently.
• Background in software, hardware, and/or process development preferred.

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies, driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics, and Spine, helping improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Together with its customers worldwide, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.