R&D PMO, Program Manager

Becton Dickinson Medical Devices • San Diego, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Program Manager will be accountable for tracking progress against FY26 objectives, managing trade‑offs, escalating risks early, and maintaining transparent communication with leadership. Translating strategic goals into executable plans and ensuring that the program delivers measurable business impact. We are the makers of possible BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. R&D PMO, Program Manager This Program Manager is responsible for overseeing and ensuring the success of multi-faceted and highly complex new product development program within the Medication Management Solutions (MMS) Platform at BD. This role will leverage best practices in cross functional team/external partnership leadership to drive excellence in areas such as product design and development, and full commercial launch. This role will also enable efficient and accurate management of resources, budgets, and project data to support strategic decision-making within the MMS Platform at BD. This role will be champion of design control and product life cycle management.

Requirements

• Knowledge of the medical device industries beneficial integrating science and technology into business processes.
• Experience in medical device industries required, including experience in FDA or other regulated environments.
• Knowledge of the medical device industries beneficial integrating science and technology into business processes.
• Exceptional analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills coupled to strong business, strategic and financial knowledge.
• Expert in the development and deployment of program management tools and techniques including methods for tracking progress, risk management and delivery of major milestones.
• Understanding of engineering development lifecycles and the ability to translate technical inputs into program-level actions and timelines
• Excellent influencing skills with the ability to achieve challenging goals through others without direct authority across different functions, external partners, geographies, and cultures.
• Drive for accountability within self and others.
• Proven project management experience with delivering medium-to large-scale projects in managed service model from concept through delivery and operations
• Relentless advocacy for the customer with a focus on meeting or exceeding customer requirements.
• Driving the team to make trade-offs that optimize customer and business value while maintaining program velocity and outcomes that sustain the highest standards of quality.
• Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering related is required.
• Minimum of 6-8 years of experience in successfully leading complex, multiyear new product development programs delivered through high performing cross-functional teams based in a matrix organization.
• Willing to travel up to 20%

Nice To Haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification not required but is a preferred
• Scrum Master and SAFE Agile certification is preferred

Responsibilities

• Manage all activities of the Product Development Process phases: Concept, Feasibility, Development, Qualification and Launch
• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and cross functional teams management.
• Develop project plan, risk-based timeline and budget to support project goals, including tracking and monitoring activities
• Lead cross-functional teams through identification of risks & mitigations, problem resolution and root cause analysis, corrective and preventive action.
• Manage project communications to all stakeholders (project teams, engineering teams, functional managers, and senior management)
• Monitor the effectiveness and performance of the launch and project team and facilitate the development of contingency plans, recommending corrective actions as required.
• Ensuring compliance with quality management systems and regulatory requirements, where applicable.
• Facilitating the exchange of information between departments on a day-to-day basis and maintaining liaison with all members of the project team between project team.
• Lead the team to prepare for and execute Phase Gate.
• Represent the team with BD leaders, ensuring such decisions are informed by a balanced and clearly articulated representation of the relevant data.
• Develop a mentality of collaboration, execution, and continuous improvement within the program through these mechanisms.
• Leverage technical acumen to partner with engineering teams, monitor development progress, and ensure alignment between technical deliverables and program timelines
• Collaborate and act as the key liaison between cross-functional and external vendors.
• Responsible for driving design control requirement during the product development.

Benefits

• At BD, we are strongly committed to investing in our associates—their well-being and development, and in providing rewards and recognition opportunities that promote a performance-based culture. We demonstrate this commitment by offering a valuable, competitive package of compensation and benefits programs which you can learn more about on our Careers Site under Our Commitment to You .
• Salary or hourly rate ranges have been implemented to reward associates fairly and competitively, as well as to support recognition of associates’ progress, ranging from entry level to experts in their field, and talent mobility.

What This Job Offers

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