Sr. Program Manager

About the Role

Diality is a medical device company focused on developing solutions to improve lives impacted by kidney disease. Diality offers the Moda-flx Hemodialysis System, a user-friendly, mobile, and connected hemodialysis system designed to maximize clinical flexibility and ease-of-use for both clinical and non-clinical users. The Moda-flx Hemodialysis system combines flow rate capabilities of conventional in-center dialysis devices with a fully integrated reverse osmosis (RO) water filtration system to provide a broad range of prescriptions and meet the needs of any professional dialysis care setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and implementation of projects by working closely with the project sponsor and cross functional teams.
• Hold functional team members accountable to maintaining milestones and deliverable commitments.
• Facilitate and control the definition of project plan, project scope, project schedule, project budget, milestones goals and deliverables.
• Define project tasks and resource requirements.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, operations, quality, regulatory, clinical, and commercial functions.
• Monitor and report project staff, budget, and resources allocation.
• Plan and schedule project timelines.
• Track project deliverables using appropriate tools and metrics.
• Provide leadership, direction, and support to project team.
• Constantly monitor and report on progress of the project to management.
• Present reports defining project progress, problems, and solutions.
• Document, implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs.
• Provides solutions to various issues in creative and effective ways.
• Directs the application of existing principles and guides development of new policies and ideas within the function.
• Understands and works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Exhibits advanced wide-ranging experience, using in-depth professional knowledge, acumen, concepts, and company objectives to develop, resolve complex models and procedures.

Qualifications & Skills

• Proficient at using project management tools such as MS Project.
• Proficient at using computer-based software for managing Agile (Scrum) projects (Jira or similar).
• Ability to operate autonomously while running one to multiple new product development projects.
• Familiarity with hybrid Scrum/Waterfall Project Execution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate ideas and concepts into practical solutions.
• Highly organized/detail oriented, excellent follow through and follow up skills, results, and delivery oriented.
• Able to multi-task a variety of duties and work requests.
• Self-motivated and works well under pressure with changing priorities and a workload.
• Team player with very good collaboration skills, fostering knowledge sharing with team members.
• Demonstrated positive interpersonal skills with the flexibility and adaptability to relate to and collaborate with people at all levels of organization and work well with a diverse employee group.
• Positive attitude and desire to succeed.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science related field.
• Minimum 10 years' of related experience or 8 years and a Master's degree.
• 8+ years of program management experience in the life sciences industry with specific experience in medical device highly desired.
• Proven experience taking a project through scoping and requirements identification through production release.
• Proven experience in stakeholder management and setting expectations.
• Proven experience managing complex technical projects in a medical device space.
• Experience in engaging cross functional leadership in engineering, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, finance, commercial.
• PMP and/or CSM preferred.

Travel & Physical Requirements

• Willingness to travel domestically as needed (up to 10%) primarily to visit vendors and attendance at select conferences.
• Sustained periods of time standing and sitting in a laboratory.
• Sitting at a desk utilizing a computer.
• Some lifting of less than 25 pounds.
• Typical office areas with offices, cubicles and conference rooms.