IT Solution Manager, Legal & Compliance (Hybrid)

Who We Want

Goal-oriented orchestrators. People who can effectively coordinate and focus the work of skilled employees toward an important goal, prioritizing to the right activities that lead to success.

Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data, and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.

Curious learners. People who seek out cutting-edge research and information to expand and enhance their ability to be ready for what’s next.

What You Will Do

The Solution Manager bears overall accountability for solution delivery in accordance with Enterprise Architecture guidelines that provide capabilities in Legal & Compliance. You will lead the team directly responsible for delivery of new capabilities and supporting technologies to the Legal & Compliance functions at Stryker in a growing space. You will also own resource vendor relationships including planning and contract negotiation. Your team will be responsible to produce detailed technical documentation, configuration and/or development within the assigned applications, understanding of the overall design and architecture of in-scope platforms, and delivery of the end-to-end solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead build and delivery activities for all Legal & Compliance products/applications/technologies following Stryker’s Software Development Lifecycle(SDLC) framework and processes
• Lead and direct the work of direct team members and cross-functional teams including Technical Solution Leads, Technical Solution Analysts and Solution Architects within the Corporate Functions Legal & Compliance areas or programs
• Execution of transition-to-run activities and deliverables provided to ensure a smooth transition to operations
• ​Ensure objectives, requirements, and activities are clear to team members and status, risks, and issues are clearly communicated to stakeholders and managed
• ​Serve as an escalation point for Solution Delivery related questions, issues, risks, and strategy
• ​Work with the Demand Review Board to manage demand into Corporate Functions Legal & Compliance with respect to available capacity
• ​Plan and execute activities for assigned projects for Corporate Functions Legal & Compliance
• ​Author contractual agreements with external suppliers as required
• ​Manage and coordinate with external suppliers and deployment partners to ensure they meet their contracted deliverables, agreed upon timelines, and metrics
• ​Lead/champion new generation of technologies in the Corporate Functions Legal & Compliance arenas
• ​Choose the right technology platform for implementing an architected solution
• ​Formulate deployment strategies to ensure reliability and scalability for Stryker systems
• ​Assess technological risks that could jeopardize the growth and/or operations of the organization; make recommendations on applications retirement
• ​Provide consultation on complex projects, considered the top-level contributor/specialist

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What You Need

• Bachelor’s degree required - Computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business preferred
• Minimum 10 years of professional work experience, including direct people leadership experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience deploying or delivering solutions that provide capabilities and services for Legal and Compliance systems (i.e.: Icertis)
• Experience leading direct teams, as well as vendor and cross-functional resources in projects and programs
• Deep understanding and knowledge of enterprise systems including but not limited to contract lifecycle management. Familiarity with Icertis’s Contract Intelligence platform is a strong plus.
• Strong commercial awareness and acumen and dealing with vendors including contract negotiation
• Versatility and willingness to work with constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm
• Experienced in enterprise solution methodologies, preferably in both traditional waterfall and agile approaches preferred
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with a diverse set of audiences including Senior Management