Software Project Manager
HISTOSONICS INC
Summary
The Software Project Manager leads the planning, coordination, and execution of software development programs and releases for the Edison system. This role drives cross-functional alignment across software engineering, quality, regulatory, product development, clinical, and systems engineering teams to deliver software products and releases that meet business objectives, regulatory requirements, and program milestones. Success in this role requires experience leading software product development within FDA-regulated medical device environments.
Job description
Position Summary
The Software Project Manager leads the planning, coordination, and execution of software development programs and releases for the Edison system. This role drives cross-functional alignment across software engineering, quality, regulatory, product development, clinical, and systems engineering teams to deliver software products and releases that meet business objectives, regulatory requirements, and program milestones. Success in this role requires experience leading software product development within FDA-regulated medical device environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead software project execution across feasibility, development, verification, validation, and release activities.
- Drive software release execution and cross-functional alignment on scope, priorities, dependencies, risks, and milestones to support successful software delivery.
- Facilitate software project meetings, release planning activities, quarterly planning, scrum of scrums, risk reviews, milestone reviews, release readiness reviews, and other Agile team ceremonies as needed.
- Own the planning, tracking, and coordination of software release documentation and DHF deliverables, ensuring completeness, traceability, and audit readiness.
- Serve as the central point of contact for software projects, providing updates and escalating constraints to Product Development Leadership.
- Ability to work through ambiguity in a growing software organization, flexing across project management, scrum facilitation, release coordination, and documentation as needed.
- Communicate clearly and proactively with stakeholders across technical, clinical, regulatory, and leadership audiences.
- Lead release readiness activities and reviews in accordance with the Software Development Process.
- Build and maintain project and release dashboards, defining and monitoring key metrics to provide visibility into scope, progress, risks, and release readiness.
- Apply phase-gate and milestone-driven product development principles to ensure project plans, documentation, and processes meet applicable quality and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical, engineering, scientific, business, or related field.
- 10+ years of experience in software project management, software program management, or related software development roles, including 3+ years supporting FDA-regulated medical device software product development.
- Experience planning and coordinating complex software releases involving multiple teams, dependencies, and regulatory deliverables.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating Design History File (DHF) deliverables, traceability, and audit readiness for FDA-regulated medical device software products.
- Experience leading software development activities including requirements management, verification, defect management, release planning, scrum of scrums, and design reviews.
- Experience developing medical device software in accordance with IEC 62304 and Design Control requirements.
- Experience using Azure DevOps or similar tools to plan, track, and communicate software development and release activities.
- Proven ability to collaborate across matrixed organizations, communicate technical status and risks effectively, and drive alignment without direct authority.
- Up to 10% domestic travel required.
Preferred
Certified Scrum Master (CSM, CSP-SM), PMI-ACP, or equivalent Agile certification.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical, engineering, scientific, business, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in software project management, software program management, or related software development roles
- 3+ years supporting FDA-regulated medical device software product development
- Experience planning and coordinating complex software releases involving multiple teams, dependencies, and regulatory deliverables
- Demonstrated experience coordinating Design History File (DHF) deliverables, traceability, and audit readiness for FDA-regulated medical device software products
- Experience leading software development activities including requirements management, verification, defect management, release planning, scrum of scrums, and design reviews
- Experience developing medical device software in accordance with IEC 62304 and Design Control requirements
- Experience using Azure DevOps or similar tools to plan, track, and communicate software development and release activities
- Proven ability to collaborate across matrixed organizations, communicate technical status and risks effectively, and drive alignment without direct authority
- Up to 10% domestic travel required
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM, CSP-SM), PMI-ACP, or equivalent Agile certification
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-term Disability Insurance
- Long-term Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid Time Off
Company overview
HistoSonics Inc. is a venture-backed medical device company pioneering non-invasive sonic beam therapy using the science of histotripsy. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota with additional offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the company has grown from 40 employees to over 200 professionals. HistoSonics' proprietary Edison System utilizes focused sound energy to create pressure that liquefies and destroys targeted tissue at sub-cellular levels, offering a revolutionary approach to treating tumors and diseased tissue without incisions, radiation, or heat. The company's technology represents a new category of non-invasive, image-guided therapy that provides personalized, tissue-specific treatments with precision and control while minimizing undesirable side effects. Currently, the Edison System has been used to treat over 1,000 patients for liver tumors at nearly 50 active centers across the United States, United Arab Emirates, and Hong Kong. HistoSonics recently secured $250 million in growth financing from prominent investors including Thiel Bio, Founders Fund, and Bezos Expeditions, positioning the company to expand into new clinical applications and global markets while advancing its mission to deliver innovative treatment options to patients worldwide.