Project Manager

Location: Hennepin County, Minnesota. Contract position.

About the role

Lead sustaining projects on the Urology Project Management team. You will collaborate cross-functionally and internationally to drive projects that are critical to business growth and continuity. You will join a team of passionate individuals striving to improve patient care. The projects will vary in size and scope but may include supporting Quality/Regulation driven projects, supporting material or supplier changes, executing product extensions, executing value improvement projects or product design enhancements. These projects often have a high level of visibility throughout the organization. This role interfaces with key cross-functional groups including R&D, marketing, clinical, medical safety, design quality, regulatory affairs, process development and operations. You are a self-motivated individual with demonstrated leadership skills. You will be responsible for leading diverse, cross-functional team(s) to evaluate, design, build, and implement solutions to support the project goals. Additionally, you will engage with functional managers to manage the portfolio of sustaining projects for your business unit and align projects priorities and resources needs to execute successfully the sustaining strategy. Your success in this role requires creating a cohesive strategy for project execution, an effective project team culture, and driving execution to ensure project completion.

Responsibilities

• Partner and collaborate with a variety of functions, regions, and business resources to achieve project objectives
• Generate and implement project plans, communications, and schedules to assist with task prioritization and workload adjustments to maximize team potential
• Manage project challenges including scope impact assessments and recommended solutions
• Build team ownership and commitment to project plan and identify, manage, and communicate project risks
• Interact with senior leaders on complex matters requiring coordination between organizations
• Prepare and deliver project status updates to management
• Document risk mitigation plans, decision logs, meeting minutes, project metrics, and other key communications
• Ensure current policies and practices are followed
• Identify resources required for project activities, develop project budgets, resource allocations and timelines
• Effectively lead global project teams ensuring good cross-functional communications and alignment on priorities amongst projects
• Assist with Annual Operating Plan (AOP), making sure all sustaining project requests & associated resourcing are accounted for
• Build Quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Engineering, Project Management, or Business
• 4 to 5+ years of relevant experience
• Project management experience leading cross‑functional teams
• Project management experience managing project scope, schedule and budget, and ability to balance multiple priorities
• Strong cross‑functional communication, team building, planning and problem‑solving skills
• Candidate must be comfortable communicating and/or presenting in front of all levels of the organization
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.; no employer-sponsored work authorization available

Qualifications

• Experience in the medical device industry
• PMP certification beneficial but not required
• Willingness to travel up to 15%, including some international travel

Skills

• Proficiency in MS Project
• MS Office Tools
• Resource & Budget Planning

Schedule

Hybrid – 3 days on site