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As the Manager, Deployment Readiness you will ensure stakeholders are ready to transition from their legacy ecosystem to SAP and its surrounding ecosystem with minimal operational disruption. You will play a pivotal role in successful cutover to and adoption of the new technology ecosystem by the business, particularly through global manufacturing and commercial operations.

This is a remote position based in the eastern time zone.

Who we want

Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.

Network builders. Managers who build connections with other teams and divisions and coordinate cross-functional collaboration.

Self-directed initiators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.

What you will do

• Lead and facilitate alignment with a large array of leaders from the business (including upper management) in helping navigate ambiguity as we develop a clear cutover strategy.

• Facilitate and identify the detailed business requirements for the cutover plan to transition from Legacy to the new SAP Ecosystem.

• Ensure close partnership with IT, Functional teams, and Data Migration team to serve the Business as a liaison and ensure a cohesive approval to cutover strategy and activities.

• Support Go/No-Go meeting metrics for business operational readiness.

• Facilitate the development of the business continuity planning (inventory strategy, communication, backup processes, etc.).

• Ensure collaboration with partners in the end-to-end process inclusive of global applications, manufacturing, and the Stryker countries.

• Prepare the business for the cutover and Hypercare period, including logistics and communication, working closely with the communications team.

• Oversee the intake of Hypercare (post go-live) incidents and set clear direction ensuring the business has a sound process to get quick action, prompt communication, and business continuity.

• Manage the Hypercare exit with the deployment leads to ensure a seamless transition from the project team (deployment readiness) to the global process governance organization.

• Proactively identify opportunities within Cutover and Hypercare processes and drive improvements working with identified stakeholders, other cutover team members, and delegate accordingly to ensure improvements can be properly implemented in a timely manner.

What you need

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• 8+ years of experience related to the responsibilities of this role.

• 3+ years of experience in SAP (or other major ERP) along with planning cutover and implementation stages in large scale transformation programs preferred.

• Experience managing projects, including business readiness, implementation, deliverable tracking, and risk management required.

• Experience presenting to and communicating with senior/executive level leadership required.

• Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools preferred.

$112,800 - $239,900 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Actual minimum and maximum may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

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.