Manager- Quality

Manager is expected to collaborate with divisional functional leaders to set a strategic plan for a long-term partnership for Quality functions (PMS/QMS/Design Quality) including the strategic support for product development and sustaining engineering. This role involves leading and driving competency development while partnering with divisional stakeholders to enhance capabilities foster synergies and maintain consistency aligned with Stryker NVs strategic mission. The manager is a leader who challenges the team and the status quo enabling talent development and process improvement to enhance efficiency.

What You will do:

Business Planning:

• Collaborate and formulate strategic plans for Quality function and lead and drive implementation to support the overarching strategic and manage complex and multi-functional projects alongside team leaders and functional stakeholders.

• Develop metrics to measure the success of the and deliver annual budgets (headcount expense and capital) for final review and justification and ROI to support programs projects and the value the team the team accountable for business goals.

Technical Leadership:

• Ensure consistency between SGTC and other NV sites in terms of PMS/QMS/Design Quality strategize and develop competencies to support the divisions vision.Collaborate and develop plans to leverage regional technical expertise to drive functional significant guidance and approval for technical mentoring and grooming of the team to meet global functional goals.

• Work with the SGTC-based team to plan and execute projects providing leadership and direction to the team in complex situations removing obstacles assigning resources and interfacing with other functions to assist with issue cross-functionally in identifying and resolving technical issues.

• Drive and evaluate project and department progress technical development plans and in functional reviews at SGTC and Fremont.

People Management:

• Recruit select and onboard top talent within the team to increase performance and actively address performance a team of highly engaged technical professionals.

• Ensure cross-training programs with global sites providing appropriate product and technical specifications directions and with functional leaders and/or representatives to define annual/quarterly objectives for SGTC team members and monitor targets KPIs performance objectives etc. for individuals within functional roles and manage direct reports to meet or exceed these targets.

• Foster a culture of collaboration between NV and SGTC to leverage key skill sets for effective project management and delivery aligned with divisional close collaboration and cross-training with the global career development mentorship and coaching within the team.

• Determine project staff assignments schedule work to meet completion dates and deliverables and ensure appropriate staffing the development of department tools and continuous improvement a high level of team in advocacy activities of a technical audit/nature.

What You Need

Education/Special Training Required:

Bachelors degree in Engineering or applicable technical field (Mechanical Industrial or Biomedical Engineering preferred)

Qualifications/Work Experience Required:

• 12-16 years of medical device experience (Design Quality Post Market Surveillance Design & Development)

• 5 years of People management / Program management experience preferred.