Senior Program Manager - Government Affairs and Market Access

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  • Mahwah, NJ, 07430, US
  • Remote-US
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Work flexiblity: Remote or Hybrid or Onsite Req ID: R533721 Employee type: Full Time Job category: Project/Program Management Travel: 30% Relocation: Yes

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Job description

Stryker is hiring a Senior Program Manager, Government Affairs and Market Access.

What you will do

The Project Manager for the Global Government Affairs, Health Economics, Market Access (GAMA) organization is a key role designed to drive project and portfolio excellence across GAMA’s strategic initiatives. The Project Manager will lead multiple GAMA projects simultaneously, applying their expertise in project management to create new and streamline existing processes, ensure timely deliverables, and enhance overall project quality.

  • Develop a risk management plan for the program(s), optimizing, and managing inter-program timelines. Analyze and address critical path, major workstreams, intersecting milestones.
  • Create program budgets with cross-functional managers and directors. Optimize, monitor, and maintain costs within budget. Drive project cost efficiencies.
  • Collaborate on the development of the project governance and stakeholder management plan for the project, by identifying, analyzing, and understanding of stakeholder expectations.
  • Identify, analyze, and understand project risks, develop and monitor a risk response plan. Mentor others in risk management practices.
  • Manage vendors to deliver discrete project outcomes. Maintain strong vendor relationships and manage contracts effectively.
  • Develop stakeholder relationships and strategies for the effective management across broad range of expectations and requirements, Create and influence best practices for divisional communications management.
  • Additional role-specific technical areas of responsibilities may be added as deemed necessary by the local hiring manager.
  • Builds successful working relationships with internal and external personnel in various departments. Understands quality system(s).
  • Drives results in support of the business, even in the face of demanding timelines. Steps up to take on additional responsibility where appropriate
  • Adept at team management selects the right people to the right tasks all while maintain team morale and recognizing contributions.
  • Can influence without direct authority in a way that makes others want to be on their team.
  • Incorporates end-user feedback to refine scope through the project lifecycle and can communicate changes, updates, and decisions to key stakeholders.
     

What you will need

  • Bachelor of Science, engineering or related Advanced degree.
  • 10 years of related work experience, 5 working in a highly regulated industry such as MedTech, FinTech, Pharmaceuticals.

Preferred: 

  • PMP or PgMP or equivalent preferred B.A. or B.S. from accredited university
  • 10+ years of project management experience

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 MedSurg, 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. Apply Now
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