Stryker Corporation

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Stryker is seeking to hire a Manager, R&D Engineering with a focus in product development to support Stryker’s Joint Replacement division. This role will support new product development. This role is hybrid, located in Mahwah, NJ. Stryker | Joint Replacement

Who we want:

• Talent Developers. Growth-oriented managers who recruit and hire top-performing talent and prioritize the development of their team members.
• Managers who drive performance. People who implement process improvements and leverage the talent of their team to consistently increase performance and productivity.
• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, and use cases to develop best practices and remove roadblocks for teams.

As a Manager, R&D Engineering (Product Development), you will support our Knee Business Unit within Stryker’s Joint Replacement Division. You will provide coaching and direction to a team of R&D Engineers focused on projects that enhance and expand our Knee product portfolio from inception to launch. This business-critical role requires close collaboration with R&D Leadership, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Manufacturing, and Operations to deliver high-quality, new Knee products to market. 

What you will do:

• Execute a robust talent offense by attracting, developing, retaining, and engaging top talent while driving personal/professional growth of individuals, the team and delivering high quality results with passion, energy, and drive.
• Lead and mentor others in driving positive outcomes to technical, business, and personnel problems based the application of problem-solving and process improvement methodologies.
• Make independent decisions for project, program, or portfolio level issues.
• Lead a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging at a team level in hiring and staff development.
• Lead high complexity projects and initiatives within the business unit, with responsibility for planning, budgeting, meeting project goals and adequately staffing with talent.
• Lead and mentor others in complex cooperative efforts across cross-functional teams and business units, influencing multiple technical areas of expertise and building key relationships, to drive innovation and ensure achievement of business goals.
• Drive financial accountability across direct team and roll-up at a project level. Responsible for budget creation and contributing to higher-level R&D budget at business unit level, projections, and tracking activities.
• Partner with senior leaders to strategize and execute customer facing activities like Voice of Customer and customer centric design across the business.
• Partner with customers and internal / external key opinion leaders (KOLs) to develop technical strategies that meet clinical / business needs.
• Collaborate on financial / business modeling and contribute to strategy and execution for one or more product segments / business function.
• Lead a team and cross-functional counterparts to demonstrate compliance with applicable regulatory requirements for a specific project/program.
• Provide overall direction to direct reports/department as related to design controls for new and existing processes/products.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Required:

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Biomedical or Mechanical Engineering or applicable technical field.
• 8+ years applicable experience, with 2+ years direct people management experience preferred.

Preferred:

• Demonstrated expertise in the design of orthopaedic medical devices, implants, instruments and/or procedural workflow.
• Demonstrated expertise in the function, clinical issues, and performance requirements of orthopaedic implants, instruments, and procedural workflow within an FDA regulated industry.
• Experience with new product development process, design controls, and managing cross-functional teams.
• General knowledge of the healthcare market and competitors.
• Proven ability to deliver programs or other business goals on time, on quality and within budget.
• Experience with 3D printing and coded manufacturing.
• Experience interfacing with customers.

Travel Percentage: 20%

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.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.