Sr. Program Manager

Duties And Responsibilities

Demonstrates program management standard methodologies and contributes to improving processes.
Leads the team to prepare for Phase Gate and other Go/No-Go decisions by executive leadership, ensuring that decisions are advised by a balanced and clearly articulated representation of the relevant data.
Ensures alignment of product value proposition, program scope, and strategic business objectives.
Leads program planning process ensuring requirements are clear and driven by customer need and experience.
Defines, delegates, and evaluates the roles, responsibilities, goals and deliverables for core and extended team members.
Manages internal teams and external vendors and partnerships.
Independently determines and pursues courses of action vital to obtain desired results.
Communicates program updates to functional management and executive leadership.
Defines program resource needs and negotiates program resourcing plans.
Leads key technical design and commercial excellence reviews, constructively challenging the team and the organization to rethink assumptions and approach headwinds in new ways.
Leads cross-functional teams through problem resolution including root cause analysis and corrective action.
Analyzes data and sophisticated situations involving evaluation of tangible variables to programs or collective system of projects.
Works with functional leaders to ensure the appropriate Core Team resources are committed to the projects and contribute to required performance levels.
Ensures effective and efficient regular formal and informal communications with the Core Teams using a variety of tools and channels.
Lead, direct, coach, and mentor Team Members to maximize project success.
Provide meaningful and significant feedback to functional leaders regarding the performance of Core Team members that is considered in annual performance evaluations.
Lead product development utilizing a multitude of processes such as BD’s Global Product Delivery System, Voice of the Customer/Business, Project Management, and Agile.
Ensure programs align with company quality management systems.
Builds high morale and ensures the team commits to goals and objectives by creating a common purpose and direction.
Suggests opportunities for improvement that have a significant impact (cost, cycle time, quality, etc.) and assists in developing or executing implementation plan.
Lives and promotes the BD values.

Minimum Qualifications

Demonstrated self-starter, and highly motivated.
Holds understanding of technical/scientific principles that relate to immune oncology.
Experience of developing IVD products in the U.S. and/or EU and/or rest of the world.
Demonstrates excellence in both oral and written communication, in cross functional, and cross- cultural environment.
Ability to interact with executive leadership, highlight issues and provide options and solutions for resolution.
Demonstrates ability to be effective in sophisticated projects with ambiguity and/or rapid change.
Multiplexes well to prioritize multiple tasks and schedule work to meet business needs.
Recognizing problems and using analytical problem skills to resolve.
Demonstrates organizational and planning skills, and driving for results.
Shows proficiency in team skills with ability to develop associates and influence others.
Fosters collaboration among team members.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field required, an MBA or other sophisticated business/management degree beneficial. PMP certification or equivalent beneficial.
Demonstrable experience with modern program management tools and techniques to drive cohesion and execution within a cross functional core and extended team environment
Minimum of 10-15 years of relevant proven experience in medical devices, diagnostics, or life sciences including demonstrated ability in successfully leading sophisticated, multi-year new product development programs delivered through robust, cross-functional, teams based in a matrix organization.