Senior Clinical Project Manager (Hybrid)

Work Flexibility: Hybrid Stryker is hiring a Senior Clinical Project Manager for our Joint Replacement division. This is a hybrid position based in Mahwah, NJ . As Senior Clinical Project Manager, you will serve as the cross-functional project leader responsible for delivering clinical research business initiatives through effective project execution, stakeholder engagement, process improvement, technology implementation, and compliance-focused operational support. This role leads strategic initiatives that improve processes, implement technology solutions, and support operational excellence. Working with cross-functional stakeholders and external partners, you will drive projects that enhance clinical systems, streamline workflows, and strengthen business performance. What you will do Lead cross-functional projects from initiation through implementation, stabilization, and closeout, ensuring milestones, budgets, and timelines are achieved. Develop and maintain project plans, resource forecasts, communication strategies, and risk mitigation plans to support successful delivery. Drive implementation and optimization of clinical research technology platforms, coordinating requirements gathering, testing, deployment, and adoption activities. Partner with business, quality, information technology, and vendor teams to design scalable solutions that support clinical research operations. Facilitate user acceptance testing, training activities, change management initiatives, and post-implementation support. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, quality, compliance, and user experience through process mapping, workflow redesign, and standardization efforts. Establish project governance structures and provide leadership updates, metrics, and reporting on project performance, risks, and adoption outcomes. Maintain compliant, inspection-ready documentation and support validation, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance activities throughout the project lifecycle. What you need Required Bachelor’s degree in science or health care field Minimum 6 years of clinical affairs, clinical operations, and/or clinical project management experience within the device or pharmaceutical industry Experience leading cross-functional projects involving business process transformation, systems implementation, or operational improvement initiatives Experience managing multiple projects and competing priorities simultaneously Preferred Experience implementing or optimizing clinical technology platforms such as clinical trial management systems, electronic data capture systems, electronic trial master files, electronic clinical outcome assessment tools, analytics, reporting, or quality management systems Knowledge of clinical research regulations and standards, including ISO 14155 Project Management Professional (PMP), Agile, Six Sigma, or comparable certification US20 : $132,100 - $220,100 USD Annual Travel Percentage: 10% 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.