Program Director, NPD Robotics

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Create a clear sense of urgency, transparency in reporting, and effective resource management to ensure projects are delivered on-time, at budget, and with high-quality.
• Apply best practices to ensure delivery of specific projects and on-going releases of SW platforms.
• Ensure delivery is compliant with all Quality Management Systems and Medical Device best practices.
• Manage day-to-day project execution including all reporting of progress, risk identification, mitigation planning, and problem resolution.
• Work closely with R&D and Commercial partners to ensure projects maximize business value per project charter and to develop an overall program pipeline strategy that aligns with key product group strategies and priorities.

What will you be doing?

• Core team leader/project manager of significant and complex strategic products consisting of HW, embedded systems, workflow automation, and cloud applications within a connected digital ecosystem.
• Direct responsibility for leading and delivering projects on time, within budget and with minimal long-term sustaining engineering required.
• Forms and leads cross-functional new product development teams to deliver project objectives.
• Fosters teamwork within project team and with other groups.
• Works with partner groups to gain alignment and support to achieve project objectives.
• Develops and maintains detailed project schedules and budgets for assigned projects.
• Leads tactical project execution.
• Provides direct and regular communication to senior management on progress, opportunities and issues.
• Interacts with Franchise leadership to help set Franchise direction for product pipeline and product commercialization.
• Oversees the design and implementation of cloud applications and services.
• Applies Agile development methodologies and leverages DevOps practices.
• Collaborates with key project sponsors across the range of cross-functional expertise and competencies necessary for the successful commercialization of prioritized projects.
• Contributes to monthly Phase Review project governance process and yearly portfolio planning.
• Routinely reports on the status of the project relative to the schedule, budgets, risks, and opportunities.
• Ensures design control requirements are met for project.
• Contributes to the Design History File (DHF).
• Ensures a quality focus and that customer needs are met.
• Actively leads development activities for complex electromechanical systems and software development.
• This includes the integration of software technical project management with design control activities.
• Facilitates Engineering Design Reviews, Systems Requirements, Vendor Review Meetings, and other cross functional meetings, as needed.
• Ensures proper documentation of the proceedings and follows up on any incomplete action items.
• Fosters an environment of collaboration, continuous improvement and best practices.

What will you need to be successful?

• A minimum 10 years’ Program Management experience with a demonstrated ability to influence the organization and process evolution to a future vision of large-scale product platforms.
• Successful history of large, multi-disciplinary project leadership in a MedTech / medical devices environment, including experience developing Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) and Medical Device Data Systems (MDDS), IOT solutions, or complex electromechanical systems such as robotics.
• Familiarity with FDA regulations and processes is preferred.
• Cloud / Hosted SW project management experience is desirable as is a technical background in such systems.
• Experience with solutions of this type in the regulated medical field is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated experience with Project Management and Agile best practices.
• PMP, Agile/ScrumMaster certifications preferred with demonstrated experience with tool suites and platforms that facilitate these work processes.

Qualifications

• B.S degree in Engineering or equivalent in related discipline: electrical engineering, software engineering, integrated systems engineering, bio-medical engineering, or mechanical engineering preferred.

Benefits

• Benefits include 401k Matching Program, 401k Plus Program, Discounted Stock Options, Tuition Reimbursement, Work/Life Balance, Flexibility, Training, Extra Perks, and more!

About the Role

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