Project Manager

Viant•Fremont, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The R&D Project Manager leads from the front, applying hands-on technical expertise to drive projects through all medical device product lifecycle stages. This role ensures customer needs are met, facilitates regular communication, and maintains budget control. The PM fosters seamless collaboration between internal teams and customers to deliver best-in-class design and quality.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
1–3 years of medical device product design and development experience.
Familiarity with FDA regulations and ISO 13485 standards.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to convey ideas, recommendations, and solutions clearly, logically, and concisely.
Well-organized with effective time management, prioritization, and resource management skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic R&D environment.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Biomedical Engineering.
PMP Certification.
Working knowledge in one or more of the following areas: Technical disciplines such as CAD modeling, design of experiments (DOE), PCBA development, or similar.
Product development for interventional, diagnostic, intravascular, bioelectronics, or other medical devices.
Risk Management, Manufacturing Quality, and Operations.
Financial budget tracking and reporting.
Demonstrated initiative for self-development and continuous learning.
Creative and resourceful problem-solving skills.
Flexibility, persistence, passion, entrepreneurial mindset, and a strong drive to succeed.

Responsibilities

Leverage technical expertise to lead projects from discovery to design transfer, taking ownership of key milestones and deliverables.
Manage consistent information flow among team members, management, and clients.
Identify and communicate project risks such as changes to scope, timeline and budget.
Organize, delegate and track tasks across internal teams and external partners (vendors, clients) to ensure projects stay on schedule and within budget.
Analyze and track current project deliverables and ensure alignment with internal and external stakeholders.
Develop project plans outlining phases, tasks, dependencies, timelines, resource allocation, and costs.
Establish and track weekly, monthly goals, budgets and schedules for projects and team members.
Lead design reviews and risk management documentation.
Ensuring the planning, coordination, execution, tracking and reporting using software tools like MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA etc.
Working Proficiency with MS Office.
Maintain detailed project documentation throughout all phases of research and development.
Employ excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills with all levels of personnel and management.