Senior Manager, Project Management

Edwards Lifesciences • Irvine, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Manager, Project Management role is within Edwards’ Transcatheter Heart Valve (THV) Commercial PMO. The position plans, executes, and manages projects to achieve successful outcomes, leading cross-functional initiatives from early concept through commercialization. It requires leadership, collaboration, and communication to manage complex projects, align stakeholders, address risks and dependencies, facilitate decision-making, and provide organizational transparency on progress and outcomes. The role also serves as a project and program management subject matter expert and guides and mentors project managers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 10 years of hands-on experience managing projects and/or programs of increasing complexity, or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria.
• Demonstrated experience in project management methodology.
• Proven expertise using MS Office Suite and related project management systems.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and interpersonal relationship skills, including negotiation and relationship management skills and the ability to drive achievement of objectives.
• Expert understanding and knowledge of principles, theories, and concepts relevant to managing multiple projects within an overall program.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational, analytical, and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent understanding of and work experience with project budgets and financial management.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to influence change.
• Experience facilitating change, including collaboration with management and executive stakeholders.
• Experience within a regulated environment.
• Strict attention to detail.
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels.
• Ability to work and excel in a fast-paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment.
• Adhere to company rules and requirements, including pandemic protocols and Environmental Health & Safety rules, and take adequate control measures to prevent injuries and pollution and protect the environment within their span of influence or control.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or equivalent, or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Green Belt or Black Belt.
• Scrum Master certification.
• Program Management Professional (PgMP) certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop a high-level milestone plan for the program and manage program changes according to the change management plan to control scope, quality, schedule, cost, and contracts.
• Manage large-scale to enterprise-wide projects.
• Facilitate the creation and approval of program business cases and coordinate resource sharing and prioritization among projects.
• Execute program plans, including quality, risk, communication, and staffing plans, and communicate program status and data to maintain accurate, current information for stakeholders.
• Obtain program approval and actively manage program benefits and issues in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain program stakeholder relationships, expectations, and communications, both internally and externally.
• Own one or more PMO continuous improvement activities.
• Identify and evaluate process improvement, course correction, and course alignment opportunities.
• Manage project closure activities, gather lessons learned, and drive changes for continuous improvement in future projects.
• Serve as a project and program management subject matter expert, including guiding and mentoring project managers.
• Source and direct contract resources associated with projects within the program.
• Develop expertise in a business process, professional discipline, market, or product.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Performance-based incentives.
• A wide variety of benefits programs to address employees’ and their families’ diverse individual needs.

What This Job Offers

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