**Why join Stryker?**:
Our total rewards package offering includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards - not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.
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**Who we Want**:
- ** Dedicated achievers.** People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
- ** Analytical problem solvers.** People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
- ** Goal-oriented**:Keeping the customer and requirements squarely in focus, people who deliver safe and robust solutions.
- ** Detail-oriented process** **improvers.** Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes - finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
- ** Leader.** **Provide overall management and leadership to the team
**Job Description**:
Project Associates participate in the achievement of a project's objectives as an active member of the project team. The project associate centrally manages and facilitates project activities and data tracking to enhance project data quality and process consistency. He/she supports the project manager workload by supporting the overall project management process. This role in project management provides a great learning opportunity for those newer to the discipline looking for a career path in project management.
**What you will do**:
- Complete project documentation and facilitate project management processes on behalf of, and working with, project managers
- Participate in development of charter and management plan. Recommend tradeoffs within projects and support project activities_._
- Participate in the development of and execute tasks within pre-defined project scope. Alert manager of scope excursions.
- Complete assigned tasks according to established timeline. Assist in the development of a detailed project Gantt chart.
- Participate in the development of the budget and identify the cost of upcoming project expenditures. Aid in the management of project financials throughout the project lifecycle.
- Participate in the development of Quality Project Planning and Execution.
- Support the creation and management of a project risk and issue register. Identify and analyze project risks and assist in developing a risk response plan.
- Participate in the development of a Procurement Management Plan.
- Participate in the development of a project team list with cross-functional staffing requirements.
- Support the creation of a Stakeholder register and assist in the preparation of a Stakeholder management plan.
- Participate in the development of a project communications management plan.
- Manage project management tools and supporting sites
- Provide regular and ad hoc reporting of detailed project data
- Experience with project planning and scheduling
- Highly organized, possessing strong analytical abilities
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Able to work successfully in a team environment and independently
- 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.
**What you need**:
- BS or equivalent and 0+ years of work experience
**Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired)**:
- CAPM or equivalent preferred
**About Stryker**:
Stryker is one of the world's leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better.
The company offers innovative products and services in Medical and Su