Project Manager III

Job Summary

This position is in On-market support, primarily focusing on Consumables/hardware. Heavy focus on design improvement activities and validation of molded components, processes and fixturing. Engineering background is desirable. Applicants must have excellent organizational skill as well as a flexible schedule due to the locations of our teams both on the west coast and in EU. Communication is key in this environment in both written and spoken media. Project managers will be responsible for communicating to both the technical teams and executive management as well as vendors.

Essential Functions

• Provide technical and team leadership to one or more small project team(s), including planning, scheduling, and technical leadership within the project area; drive the integration of activities between functions.
• Responsible for project planning and scheduling utilizing deliverable milestone methods and critical path scheduling, and developing task and project estimates; coordinate roles and responsibilities within the project team; provide schedule and budget forecast for the project.
• Responsible for conducting regular project team status meetings and reviews; plan and schedule technical reviews at appropriate project milestones; ensure deliverables are completed and documented.
• Coordinate with Scrum Masters on Sprint forecasts; track deliverables status from Sprint Demos.
• Coordinate project resources to identify root cause(s) of project issues, and develop and manage a plan to fix, test, and implement an appropriate solution through completion.
• Ensure project risks, both technical and management risks, are identified and appropriate risk mitigation plans are developed and executed; track and respond to risk triggers; regularly assess and report the status of overall project risk.
• Create and maintain design control file to current phase ensuring accuracy.
• Responsible for communication within the project team and to program management and upper management; develop and implement a project communication plan.
• Coordinate with vendors and outside service suppliers to ensure project deliverables are completed correctly and on time or that services are provided in accordance with the project plan.
• Participate in discussions with commercial functions (operations, regulatory, distribution, customer support, marketing, sales, service, affiliates, etc.) to support on-market changes and/or new product introduction.
• Identify and obtain support to resolve project team conflict; foster a creative, professional climate that will maximize the contributions of the technical staff.

Secondary Functions

• Participate in activities focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the product development processes and procedures.

Qualifications

• BS in STEM is preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product development or project management
• Experience in design and development of medical instrumentation desirable
• Certification in project management is desired
• Problem-solving, conflict management, listening, managing and measuring work
• Strong project management skill set and familiarity with project management tools and techniques
• Team player, self-motivated, perseverance
• Strong oral and written skills
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Design Control