Project Specialist

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Bogota, Capital District, Colombia Until 9/15/2026 2+ years exp First posted July 17, 2026 Last posted July 17, 2026
Job description

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.  

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards.  We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered and recognised.


What You Can Expect

Under general supervision, the Project Specialist supports cross-functional teams by developing and maintaining detailed project timelines, monitoring milestone progress, and consolidating schedule updates across multiple workstreams. The role is highly focused on Gantt chart management, progress reporting, and maintaining project data such as timeline slips, resource needs, risks, and forecasted completion dates to help ensure projects remain on track and stakeholders are informed

How You'll Create Impact

  • Develops, maintains, and updates detailed project timelines and Gantt charts across multiple teams and workstreams.
  • Coordinates with team leads and stakeholders to track milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and critical path activities.
  • Tracks resourcing needs across teams and identifies gaps or constraints that may impact project delivery.
  • Monitors schedules for delays, timeline slips, and changes in forecasted completion dates, escalating issues as needed.
  • Creates and distributes regular progress reports, schedule dashboards, and project status summaries for stakeholders and leadership.
  • Consolidates updates from several teams to ensure project plans reflect current status, risks, and interdependencies.
  • Prepares schedule updates, progress metrics, action items, and follow-up documentation for project review meetings.
  • Maintains and analyzes project data, including milestone status, timeline variances, timeline slips, and resource requirements.
  • Maintains accurate project trackers, planning tools, and reporting files to support consistent schedule visibility and decision making.
  • Partners with project managers and functional teams to improve reporting consistency, planning discipline, and timeline transparency.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

What Makes You Stand Out

  • Strong project scheduling, timeline management, and Gantt chart administration skills across multiple teams.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to maintain, interpret, and communicate project data accurately.
  • Effective communication, organization, and follow-up skills with strong attention to detail.

Your Background

  • Bachelor’s or other advanced degree with at least 3-4  years of experience in project coordination, project scheduling, or project support roles....or ....
  • Master’s Degree with at least 2 year of experience in project coordination, scheduling, reporting, or related project support work.
  • Project management certification (such as PMP or CAPM) or other related formal training strongly preferred.
  • Excel advanced level
  • Analytical tools advanced level
  • PMO tools to follow up and track
  • English advanced level
  • Ideally medical devices experience
  • Plus- previous experience in smartsheet and sharepoint
  • Plus- previous experience in process flow plataforms (mapping and diagrams)

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Physical Requirements

Travel Expectations

less 10%


EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

About this role

Summary

Supports project timelines, Gantt charts, milestones, and stakeholder updates.

Job title

Project Specialist

Experience level

3-4 years or 2+ years with master's

Minimum experience

2+ years exp

Industry

medical technology

Location requirements

Bogota, Colombia; remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

project schedulingGantt chartproject datacommunicationExcel advancedanalytical toolsPMO toolsEnglish advanced

Preferred skills

medical devicessmartsheetsharepointprocess flow platforms

Specializations

project schedulingGantt chartproject datarisk management
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia

Work arrangement unknown City
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