Program Manager, Technical Transfer Specialist

Freudenberg Group • Beverly, MA

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About The Position

Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world! Responsibilities: Collborate with operations leadership and cross-functional corporate stakeholders to transfer product lines and their manufacturing capabilities from one site to another that meets our customers’ expectations. Drive alignment between the sending and receiving teams on scope, timelines and critical dependencies required to move a product line and its manufacturing technology to a validation ready state at the new site, while maintaining a balance across receiving site readiness, quality, and risk on the critical path. Establish the governance structure with the required project and senior leadership steering committee meetings and monitor key performance metrics following our PMO process to assess technical and operational success of the transfer project and facilitate data-driven adjustments. Act as the central operations consultant for tracking the status and health of major transfer initiatives to ensure a unified view across key cross-functional corporate stakeholders, operations and engineering team leaders, and sending and receiving teams to proactively prompt action and decision making where needed. Establish and monitor KPIs to assess transfer performance, including schedule adherence, cost performance, validation success, quality metrics, and supply continuity. Draft the Specialty Components transfer procedure and establish the operational foundation to ensure manufacturing outputs are transferred smoothly on time and meeting product requirements, without compromising innovation, growth improvements, and execution velocity through excessive requirements and overhead. Motivate the sending and receiving teams by creating clarity, especially coaching each team through a change acceleration process and the power of teamwork. Serve as primary technical point of contact to resolve conflicts, manage backlog, and negotiate scope changes and timelines with the sending and receiving teams, the operational leadership, and the commercial team. This position requires about 80% of the time traveling to the respective sites, and leadership meetings at Beverly, MA headquarters. labo Qualifications: Bachelor's/University degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, or related science/technical field. 8+ years’ experience in Medical Device or related regulated industry. 6+ years’ experience in Project/Program Management in a manufacturing environment, with advanced experience of leading work within a project plan framework, including managing a schedule, budget, scope, progress, reporting, and prototyping through product launch. Strong working knowledge of core medical device manufacturing technologies, including injection molding and extrusion of thermoplastics and silicone, as well as complex multi-step catheter and device assembly processes (automated, semi-automated, and manual), including bonding, reflow, machining, skiving, swaging, tipping, and related finishing operations. Experience with common medical device materials, including advanced polymers (e.g., Pebax, Nylon, PTFE, FEP, PEEK) and steerable or structural materials (e.g., Nitinol, stainless steel), and an understanding of their processing, performance, and regulatory considerations. Experienced in technology/manufacturing transfers, in a global set-up, dealing directly with customers and our commercial team. Concise and clear communicator, especially when working with external partners and customers. Expertise in navigating cultural nuances and building relationships internationally; preference for previous experience working in Costa Rica, and Ireland. The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Freudenberg Medical LLC Welcome to Freudenberg Without Freudenberg, indoor air would not be as clean, cars would not drive and wounds would not heal as quickly. And these are just three examples from thousands of our applications. Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 51,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's/University degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, or related science/technical field.
• 8+ years’ experience in Medical Device or related regulated industry.
• 6+ years’ experience in Project/Program Management in a manufacturing environment, with advanced experience of leading work within a project plan framework, including managing a schedule, budget, scope, progress, reporting, and prototyping through product launch.
• Strong working knowledge of core medical device manufacturing technologies, including injection molding and extrusion of thermoplastics and silicone, as well as complex multi-step catheter and device assembly processes (automated, semi-automated, and manual), including bonding, reflow, machining, skiving, swaging, tipping, and related finishing operations.
• Experience with common medical device materials, including advanced polymers (e.g., Pebax, Nylon, PTFE, FEP, PEEK) and steerable or structural materials (e.g., Nitinol, stainless steel), and an understanding of their processing, performance, and regulatory considerations.
• Experienced in technology/manufacturing transfers, in a global set-up, dealing directly with customers and our commercial team.
• Concise and clear communicator, especially when working with external partners and customers.
• Expertise in navigating cultural nuances and building relationships internationally

Nice To Haves

• preference for previous experience working in Costa Rica, and Ireland.

Responsibilities

• Collborate with operations leadership and cross-functional corporate stakeholders to transfer product lines and their manufacturing capabilities from one site to another that meets our customers’ expectations.
• Drive alignment between the sending and receiving teams on scope, timelines and critical dependencies required to move a product line and its manufacturing technology to a validation ready state at the new site, while maintaining a balance across receiving site readiness, quality, and risk on the critical path.
• Establish the governance structure with the required project and senior leadership steering committee meetings and monitor key performance metrics following our PMO process to assess technical and operational success of the transfer project and facilitate data-driven adjustments.
• Act as the central operations consultant for tracking the status and health of major transfer initiatives to ensure a unified view across key cross-functional corporate stakeholders, operations and engineering team leaders, and sending and receiving teams to proactively prompt action and decision making where needed.
• Establish and monitor KPIs to assess transfer performance, including schedule adherence, cost performance, validation success, quality metrics, and supply continuity.
• Draft the Specialty Components transfer procedure and establish the operational foundation to ensure manufacturing outputs are transferred smoothly on time and meeting product requirements, without compromising innovation, growth improvements, and execution velocity through excessive requirements and overhead.
• Motivate the sending and receiving teams by creating clarity, especially coaching each team through a change acceleration process and the power of teamwork.
• Serve as primary technical point of contact to resolve conflicts, manage backlog, and negotiate scope changes and timelines with the sending and receiving teams, the operational leadership, and the commercial team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level