Senior Project Manager

Primary Function of Position

The Senior Project Manager, PMO organizes a diverse set of activities of the Program Management Office (PMO) group within the New Product Development organization. The PMO group is responsible for leading cross functional teams in new product development and continuation engineering initiatives, and consists of project managers, program managers and project coordinators. The Senior Project Manager, PMO orchestrates the activities of their project teams to deliver compelling final product designs within demanding product release schedules. This role will also have a focus on developing new products to support the Cardiac market, and driving expansion of products and procedure indications into new regions.

Essential Job Duties

• Lead cross-functional project teams for product development and product improvements
• Ensure Design Control processes are followed per relevant procedures
• Facilitate and ensure that complex, high-value Business Unit projects are properly scoped, resourced, and communicated to minimize risk, deliver on-time and on-budget
• Organize and manage team meetings, design review meetings, phase gate review meetings
• Create and maintain project schedules
• Develop and monitor project budgets
• Provide clear communication to the organization on project status, critical path, as well as potential areas of risk
• Plan and track the creation of the design history documents for projects by the project teams
• Work with Operations and Manufacturing management to determine strategies for product cut-ins and roll-ins
• Support in defining and aligning project goals with business unit and corporate objectives
• Organize and prioritize the work of the teams to accomplish the objectives
• Support team members including functional managers across the business to plan and execute the activities required to achieve project goals
• Support resource demand planning for project teams including estimating project work efforts, needs, roles and responsibilities
• Communicate project priorities and key project deliverables and milestones broadly including within the PMO team, to all cross-functional team members, to business unit management, and to shared services management
• Cope effectively with other project managers who are driving overall product development programs, to understand project goals, scope, and timelines, and help functional managers negotiate resources and schedules
• Facilitate best practices sharing and feedback to PMO organization and seek areas of process improvements

Qualifications

• BS degree (or equivalent experience) in a scientific / engineering field, 8+ years experience leading teams in the development and commercialization of medical device products. Or similarly, MS degree plus 6 years experience. Advanced degree is a plus
• Strong project/program management, planning, decision making, negotiating, communication, and change management skills
• Experience and skills developing medical device products through Design Controls with a very high level of complexity including capital equipment and consumables with demonstrated success at product launches as a result of completing product development cycles
• Exceptional aptitude for cultivating collaboration across department boundaries and influence cross-functional teams without formal authority to ensure project success
• Proven success recognizing critical issues with the ability to react quickly under pressure, and drive issues to closure by providing coordinated direction

Preferred Skills And Experience

• A highly passionate individual who cares deeply about delivering improved surgical solutions to patients and has a proven ability to coordinate the efforts of talented people
• Proven ability to lead, influence and work well at all levels of an organization and in a cross functional team environment
• Experience with leading people within a project team that includes many engineering disciplines, including clinical, mechanical, electrical, and software
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously; must work well under pressure, be flexible, and meet deadlines
• Excellent communication (written, verbal), presentation and documentation skills and high emotional intelligence
• Energetic and balanced person with a drive for results, who feels accountable, has a great attitude, and is a team-player; self-starter with high degree of initiative, urgency, and follow through
• Willing to go the extra mile with a strong work ethic; self-directed and resourceful with the ability to deal with conflict and drive to solution
• Ability to handle ambiguity effectively and oversee multiple projects at once
• Ability to lead a large number of people on a variety of programs
• And commitment to constantly develop new and better processes for product development including program management
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing is highly desired, as well as knowledge of automated production lines, injection molding
• Working knowledge of manufacturing, engineering, product strategy and business management
• Experience in studying tradeoffs between product desirability, feasibility, and viability
• Demonstrates ability to synthesize data, set actionable goals and drive metrics and execution
• Certification in project management (PMP)