Project Management Director (Commercial)

Talent Acquisition Team • Caledonia, MI

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About The Position

The Project Management Director, Commercial is a senior execution leader within Aspen Surgical’s Commercial organization, responsible for accelerating the company’s highest-priority cross-functional programs. The role works regularly with commercial leadership and the C-suite to translate strategic priorities into disciplined, time-bound action.

The Director coordinates complex initiatives spanning product development, commercial operations, launch readiness, portfolio management, portfolio transitions, and customer-facing programs. The position influences teams across the organization while remaining focused on commercial enablement. It requires creating structure from ambiguity, maintaining pace in a fast-moving environment, and building cross-functional credibility to advance critical company priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8–10+ years of progressive project or program management experience.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives in a medical device or similarly regulated industry.
• Track record managing technical and commercial programs concurrently, including product development cycles, regulatory-sensitive timelines, and customer-facing launch and portfolio activities.
• Ability to operate and communicate at the executive level, deliver program reporting and recommendations to C-suite leadership, and drive decisions.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including aligning functions with competing priorities and influencing without authority.
• Strong understanding of medical device commercial operations, including product lifecycle management, supply chain transitions, customer engagement, and sales support.
• Ability to create pace and accountability in complex, matrixed organizations where direct authority is limited.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to develop clear plans, priorities, and governance structures from broadly defined mandates and evolving needs.
• Organizational awareness and interpersonal acuity to navigate stakeholder dynamics and competing agendas and drive alignment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including translating program complexity into executive-ready narratives, presentations, and decision documents.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or PMP certification.
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Smartsheet or MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary execution leader for high-priority cross-functional programs, with accountability for pace, structure, and outcomes.
• Partner with commercial leadership and the C-suite to translate strategic priorities into integrated plans with clear milestones, owners, and accountability.
• Drive progress across complex initiatives by surfacing risks early, accelerating decisions, and sustaining momentum across teams and organizational boundaries.
• Influence and align senior stakeholders across QA/RA, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Sales without direct authority.
• Establish and lead cross-functional governance, including meeting cadence, escalation paths, status reporting, key performance metrics, and program documentation.
• Identify structural, process, and accountability gaps that limit execution velocity, and drive interventions to unblock progress and build durable operating discipline.
• Support commercial enablement functions, including launch readiness, portfolio transitions, customer continuity, and sales support programs.
• Develop and maintain executive-ready program reporting and communications that accurately convey status, risks, and decisions required.
• Build trust-based relationships with functional leads and mid-level managers to sustain execution across concurrent programs and promote follow-through.

What This Job Offers

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