Stryker

Compensation

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Who we want: The ideal candidate for the Associate Project manager position possess strong organizational skills, excellent communication abilities, and a proactive approach to problem-solving. They should have experience coordinating project tasks, managing timelines and collaborating with cross functional teams. Additionally, familiarity with project management methodologies and tools. What you will do: • Contribute to the development of the project charter and/or develop sub-project charter and management plan. Recommend tradeoffs within project. • Assist in defining and managing project scope; review with manager for approval. Outline major workstreams. • Complete assigned tasks according to established timeline. Assist in the development of a detailed project Gantt chart. Manage a sub-project timeline. • Collaborate with supervisor and/or project PM to establish sub-project budget. Monitor and maintain costs within budget. • Partner with sub-project teams to establish project Quality Plans. Monitor and maintain plans. • Create a risk register and management plan for the sub-project. Identify, analyze and understand project risks and develop sub-project risk response plan. • Participate in the development of a Procurement Management Plan. • Develop a sub-project team list with cross-functional staffing requirements. Define the role, responsibility and deliverables for each team member. Work with project or program manager to provide input to functional performance reviews. • Create a Stakeholder register for the sub-project and assist in the preparation of a Stakeholder management plan. • Support the development of a project communications management plan or develop a sub-project communications plan. • Additional role-specific technical areas of responsibilities may be added as deemed necessary by the local hiring manager. • Gains stakeholder trust, and maintains open communication channels with stakeholders, including development teams and sponsors • Stays calm under pressure timelines and seeks to add additional responsibility where appropriate to have an impact outside of core role • Self-motivated: enjoys tackling goals, growing and developing, and is accountable for goals being met • Consistently drives results • Effective communicator and presenter: understands how to engage diverse audiences, adjust as appropriate and checks for understanding along the way • Understand the importance of networking and utilizing that network to improve individual job performance • Actively seeks to understand how goals fit into broader organizational goals • Works to build customer centric solutions that are flexible as needs change, and incorporates customer feedback quickly • Can consolidate large amounts of data, pinpoint valuable information free of personal bias to make timely and durable decisions • Understands when to take risk and when to escalate, evaluating issues based on parts, patterns and relationships. • Is able to pressure test ideas and share conclusions with a broader audience in a concise manner. • Exercises good judgment regarding when and how to escalate issues • Growth mindset – learns from previous mistakes and picks up new skills quickly. • Additional role-specific knowledge and capabilities may be added as deemed necessary by the local hiring manager. Minimum Qualifications (Required): • 2+ years of work experience Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired): • CAPM or equivalent preferred