Senior Project Manager

About the role

The Senior Project Manager will lead cross-functional development teams to complete all work necessary to effectively initiate, plan, execute, control, and complete projects. The Senior Project Manager must build strong teams, prioritize activities, manage risks, and communicate effectively with stakeholders to meet project objectives for scope, budget, and timeline. The Senior Project Manager will have the opportunity to support a variety of types of projects within medical device contract manufacturing NPI and contract design projects. This position will be based in Fridley, MN with movement to the White Bear Lake, MN site as need for project support.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional leadership and customers to create an aligned overall project plan and schedule for complex projects (e.g. contract manufacturing of assemblies or part families, contract design, original device design, 510k, CI, and/or site improvement/expansion/transfer projects).
• Manage and direct project activities needed to achieve project objectives, with a strong understanding of resources, skills, and timing necessary to meet competing project schedules.
• Anticipate, assess, and mitigate project risks and provide visibility to cross-functional leadership and customers clearly and concisely.
• Complete resource planning/reporting to achieve project deliverables.
• Develop and improve project management tools, systems, and processes alongside project managers and cross-functional teams.
• Conduct project portfolio scenario analysis as needed to inform tradeoffs.
• Partner with Finance and Portfolio Management to support business case development and ROI assessments for projects and capital expenditures.
• Establish strong ownership of all project reporting/communication and governance requirements, internally and externally, at peer and executive levels (e.g. project governance, resource planning, KPIs).
• Establish strong ownership of the full project life cycle, driving successful results through leadership from initiation to deployment of the project.
• Effectively communicate complex information with varying levels of collaborators, including customers and stakeholders.
• Support project costing initiatives and partner with Commercial, Portfolio, and R&D personnel to develop inputs to project proposals.
• Coaches and mentors less experienced project managers (formally or informally).
• Other duties as required or assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field required; master’s degree helpful.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience required, with experience working in highly regulated environments preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification strongly preferred.
• Must be willing and able to travel between White Bear Lake, MN and Fridley, MN