Associate Director, Program Manager

Becton Dickinson Medical Devices•Sparks, NV

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role provides enterprise-level leadership for complex sustaining programs within Global Operations across the consumables portfolio, including reagents, assays, media, and associated transport or delivery devices. The position ensures business continuity, regulatory compliance, and long-term product reliability. The Associate Director will own and drive a strategic portfolio of sustaining initiatives focused on quality improvements, product and process enhancements, and cost optimization aligned with business objectives and cost-to-win targets. This role serves as a senior decision-making leader, facilitating trade-off discussions for initiatives with significant technical, operational, regulatory, and financial dependencies. The individual will lead and influence cross-functional, multi-site teams, ensuring alignment across R&D, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and Commercial organizations. Responsibilities include establishing program and portfolio priorities, defining resourcing strategies, and negotiating capacity and funding plans to ensure successful delivery of timelines and commitments. The role requires influencing stakeholders at all levels, including senior and executive leadership, to secure alignment, sponsorship, and timely resolution of issues impacting sustaining programs. Ownership of executive-level communication and reporting, delivering clear, concise, and data-driven updates on portfolio health, risks, dependencies, financials, and decision points is essential. Setting governance expectations for planning and execution of sustaining initiatives, ensuring clarity of scope, requirements, schedules, and adherence to global quality and regulatory standards is also key. The Associate Director will maintain accountability for budgets, schedules, performance metrics, and benefit realization, including improvements to product reliability, quality, supply continuity, and cost reduction. Leading proactive risk management strategies and coordinating cross-functional problem-solving to mitigate risks impacting product availability, compliance, or customer experience are critical. The role also involves facilitating and challenging technical, operational, and design reviews, constructively questioning assumptions and enabling innovative, compliant solutions for sustaining activities.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in science, engineering, or a related field
10+ years of progressive experience leading complex programs and portfolios within Biotech, IVD or Medical Device industries, including consumables-based platforms.
Proven track record of leading large-scale, multi-site programs in highly matrixed organizations, requiring advanced influence, negotiation, and stakeholder management capabilities.
Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior decision-maker, balancing technical, operational, and business priorities while driving outcomes under risk and ambiguity.
Strong understanding of regulated product development, sustaining engineering, global regulatory requirements, and product lifecycle management (PLM) in controlled environments.
Experience executing business-critical sustaining initiatives, including quality remediation, material or supplier changes, lifecycle management, and cost improvement programs.
Recognized as a collaborative leader with strong executive presence and credibility across technical and operational organizations.
Advanced understanding of program and portfolio management principles and methodologies, applied effectively in complex, regulated settings.
Highly proficient in MS Project, Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams, with demonstrated experience leading executive-level reviews and data-driven discussions.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or equivalent in science, engineering, or business (MBA preferred).
PMP, or equivalent advanced program or portfolio management certification.
Deep knowledge of IVD or Medical Device regulations, Biotech product development processes, and manufacturing operations.
Demonstrated success managing sustaining portfolios focused on quality improvement, cost reduction, and lifecycle management across consumables.
Experience supporting consumable manufacturing or sustaining activities involving reagents, media, assays, and associated transport or delivery components in regulated environments.
Ability to influence and advise senior and executive leaders while navigating complex, cross-functional decision-making processes.
Experience with SAP and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

Provide enterprise-level leadership for complex sustaining programs within Global Operations across the consumables portfolio, including reagents, assays, media, and associated transport or delivery devices, ensuring business continuity, regulatory compliance, and long-term product reliability.
Own and drive a strategic portfolio of sustaining initiatives focused on quality improvements, product and process enhancements, and cost optimization aligned with business objectives and cost-to-win targets.
Serve as a senior decision-making leader, facilitating trade-off discussions for initiatives with significant technical, operational, regulatory, and financial dependencies.
Lead and influence cross-functional, multi-site teams, ensuring alignment across R&D, Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and Commercial organizations.
Establish program and portfolio priorities, define resourcing strategies, and negotiate capacity and funding plans to ensure successful delivery of timelines and commitments.
Influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including senior and executive leadership, to secure alignment, sponsorship, and timely resolution of issues impacting sustaining programs.
Own executive-level communication and reporting, delivering clear, concise, and data-driven updates on portfolio health, risks, dependencies, financials, and decision points.
Set governance expectations for planning and execution of sustaining initiatives, ensuring clarity of scope, requirements, schedules, and adherence to global quality and regulatory standards.
Maintain accountability for budgets, schedules, performance metrics, and benefit realization, including improvements to product reliability, quality, supply continuity, and cost reduction.
Lead proactive risk management strategies, coordinating cross-functional problem-solving to mitigate risks impacting product availability, compliance, or customer experience.
Facilitate and challenge technical, operational, and design reviews, constructively questioning assumptions and enabling innovative, compliant solutions for sustaining activities.