New · posted Nov 1
Stryker · Medical Devices
Senior Clinical Project Manager
- Mahwah, NJ
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- Manager
The role
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 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
Preferrednice to have
- 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
What you'll 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.
Pay
$132,100 – $220,100 a year
Employer providedWhere you'll work
Mahwah, NJHybridOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Job intelligence
The context around this role
Live data · November 1, 2026
Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
This role's midpoint is 5% above the US median for Clinical Project Management roles at this level.
This roleEmployer provided
Manager roles in the US18 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $132,100 | — | $220,100 |
| All US (middle half) | $159,250 | $167,500 | $183,875 |
This role: Stryker's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Clinical Project Management roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, November 1, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Clinical Project Management
The general path across 37 open Clinical Project Management roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Stryker's own promotion track.
Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 19 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Collaboration and leadership7
- Clinical trial conduct5
- GMP and compliance4
- Lab testing and methods2
- Quality systems and risk2
- Documentation and SOPs1
- Validation and qualification1
- Data and digital systems1
Company hiring pulse
Stryker on Regulatory Jobs
- 68
- Open roles
- 57
- Distinct roles
- 17
- Locations
By discipline
- Quality51 75%
- Regulatory12 18%
- Clinical5 7%
By level
- Senior & Principal39 57%
- Associate & Specialist21 31%
- Manager8 12%
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