Senior Manager, Program Management

Edwards Lifesciences • Irvine, CA

1d • $139,000 - $196,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Our Global Operations & Quality team plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular disease. You’ll partner cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams, delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning, labeling, warehouse management, material handling, or any of our other supply chain opportunities, you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world. The Senior Manager, Project Management (Subject Matter Expert - Individual Contributor) will initiate, plan, execute, control and manage all aspects of project(s) to ensure ultimate project success for our Worldwide Engineering business unit.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience managing complex projects in a highly regulated environment.
• On‑site presence required to effectively lead teams, collaborate cross‑functionally, and support operations.
• Domestic and international travel from 10% to 25%.

Nice To Haves

• Background in Engineering, Supply Chain, New Product Introduction (NPI), or Systems Integration within a complex, regulated environment.
• PMP certification and/or advanced degree (e.g., MBA, MS) preferred.
• Deep expertise in project and program management methodologies, tools, and best practices, with experience leading large-scale, complex initiatives.
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite and enterprise project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Clarizen, or similar).
• Strong executive communication, documentation, and interpersonal skills, with demonstrated ability to influence, negotiate, and build trusted relationships across all organizational levels.
• Extensive knowledge of program management principles, including planning, risk management, governance, and performance tracking for large, cross-functional programs.
• Exceptional problem-solving, organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive data-informed decisions.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the overall program strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment to business objectives while governing scope, schedule, cost, quality, and contractual commitments through disciplined change management.
• Lead complex, cross-functional program execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring milestone delivery and proactively mitigating enterprise-level risks and dependencies.
• Translate ambiguous, large-scale business needs into clear program deliverables, ensuring alignment across stakeholders while managing scope, budget, and timeline trade-offs.
• Partner with senior leadership to develop and secure approval for business cases, leveraging data, financial modeling, and industry insights to guide investment decisions.
• Champion and lead PMO continuous improvement initiatives, driving standardization, scalability, and adoption of best practices across the organization.
• Oversee program performance through data-driven insights, identifying trends, risks, and variances, and implementing corrective actions to ensure successful outcomes.
• Influence and align executive and cross-functional stakeholders, establishing clear expectations, governance, and communication strategies across global teams.
• Drive program closure and sustainability planning, including institutionalizing lessons learned and embedding improvements into future program delivery models.
• Serve as a senior project management SME, mentoring and developing project managers while shaping organizational capabilities, frameworks, and talent strategies.

Benefits

• competitive salaries
• performance-based incentives
• a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

What This Job Offers

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