Work Flexibility: Onsite Position Summary The Manager, Continuous Improvement & PMO leads the Mako Robotics Continuous Improvement program and Project Management Office (PMO). This role drives Lean transformation, operational excellence, and portfolio governance across manufacturing operations while facilitating long-range operational strategy and execution. The position is responsible for delivering measurable business results through cost savings, capacity expansion, productivity improvement, and strategic project portfolio management. What You'll Do Develop and execute the site's Continuous Improvement and PMO strategy, aligning initiatives to both annual objectives and 3-5 year operational growth plans. Drive Lean manufacturing practices, including Daily Management, Leader Standard Work, Gemba, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and structured problem solving. Build a culture of operational excellence focused on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, capacity, and cost performance. Lead and develop a Continuous Improvement and PMO team, including direct leadership of PMO resources and capability development across the organization. Partner cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Operations teams to identify and implement strategic improvements. Own a portfolio of initiatives focused on cost savings, operational efficiency, capacity expansion, and business transformation. Facilitate project intake, business case development, prioritization, resource planning, governance reviews, and benefits realization. Lead recurring PMO governance reviews to assess portfolio performance, remove execution barriers, track cost savings commitments, and ensure projects deliver expected results. Partner with Finance to validate business cases, monitor projected versus realized savings, and drive accountability for operational and financial outcomes. Provide leadership with clear visibility into portfolio health, project risks, resource constraints, business impact, and strategic trade-off decisions. Lead high-impact cross-functional programs and influence decision-making across all organizational levels, including constructively challenging assumptions and recommending alternative approaches when needed. Establish project management standards, governance processes, and best practices while ensuring compliance with applicable quality, financial, EHS, and regulatory requirements. Leadership & Business Expectations Balances near-term improvement needs with long-term cost, capacity, and strategic portfolio commitments. Creates clear project ownership, decision rights, resource priorities, and escalation paths across the portfolio. Develops Lean, structured problem-solving, project-management, and portfolio-management capability across the Mako organization. Communicates risks, tradeoffs, investment needs, progress, and results clearly to site and senior leadership. Builds an inclusive, engaged, high-accountability team culture focused on safety, quality, customers, people development, and measurable business outcomes. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related discipline. At least 8 years of relevant manufacturing, continuous improvement, project management, or operations experience, including at least 3 years leading CI initiatives, projects, programs, or technical professionals. Preferred Qualifications Master's degree, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, PMP certification, or equivalent professional qualification. Experience leading Continuous Improvement and PMO functions in medical device or other highly regulated manufacturing environments. Demonstrated success managing project portfolios tied to cost savings, productivity improvements, capacity expansion, and operational transformation. Experience leading portfolio governance reviews, financial benefit tracking, benefits realization, and executive-level reporting. Proven ability to influence leaders, challenge conventional thinking, facilitate difficult conversations, and drive accountability across cross-functional teams. Strong business and financial acumen with experience connecting operational improvements to measurable P&L impact. United States of America Pay Ranges: USN: $118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual View the U.S. work location and transparency guide to find the pay range for your location. 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. Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com Work Flexibility Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location. Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based. Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category. Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.

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