Program Manager

Job Description :

Pay Range $47.25hr - $65hr

Responsibilities :

• Driving a portfolio of product design projects.
• 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
• Creating and maintaining 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.
• Work closely with Product Development, Manufacturing, Marketing, Regulatory, and Quality organizations to ensure input and representation in the development process.
• Work closely with NPI counterparts to ensure prototypes, supplier and manufacturing activities are scheduled and tracked appropriately.
• Contributes to product prioritization decisions by providing data and analysis from current and past projects.
• Provides feedback to team members regarding performance and requirements.
• Build strong informal and formal communication channels to deliver information that is accurate and up-to-date to all stakeholders.
• Utilize corporate approved tools and implement them to empower and unencumbered team members as they work to complete projects.
• Organize and guide large numbers of distributed, cross-functional resources successfully.
• Function as the primary point-of-contact for key leaders and stakeholders across the organization.

Skills, Experience, Education and Training :

• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership on the project status.
• Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle including idea generation, concept development and testing, design, implementation, validation and transfer.
• 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.
• Proven ability to lead, influence and work well at all levels of an organization and in a cross functional team environment.
• Ability to lead a large number of people on a variety of programs.
• Ability to handle ambiguity effectively and oversee multiple projects at once.
• Requires knowledge of engineering, product strategy and business management.
• Experience in analyzing tradeoffs between product features, customer needs / requirements, produce-ability and cost.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize data, set actionable goals and drive metrics and execution.
• Minimum 8-12 years of experience involved in the development and commercialization of products.
• Medical device experience preferred.
• Previous experience working with optical / electrical / mechanical product development is desired.
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously; must work well under pressure, be flexible, and meet deadlines.
• 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.

• Desired project tools experience includes CA Technology - Resource Management tool, JIRA, Confluence.
• Certification in project management (PMP) desired.
• BS or equivalent work experience in a scientific field preferred; business, finance or related field will be considered in conjunction with experience.
30+ days ago