Senior Project Manager
About The Position
The Senior Project Manager is a strategic leader within the P3MO organization responsible for leading complex, high‑visibility projects across the product lifecycle—from concept through commercialization and sustaining engineering. This role ensures that project outcomes meet business, regulatory, quality, and customer expectations through rigorous planning, governance, and cross‑functional leadership. The Senior PM operates with a high degree of independence, influencing project direction, guiding teams through ambiguity, enabling informed decision‑making, and ensuring strong alignment with organizational strategy. Beyond leading their own projects, this role also contributes to the maturity of the PMO by improving processes, strengthening project discipline, and mentoring less‑experienced project managers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 7+ years’ experience in program/project management within a PMO or similar environment, including leading cross-functional teams, managing multiple projects, driving governance, and working with senior stakeholders.
- Proven experience in a regulated environment, ideally within IVD, medical device, or life sciences, with strong knowledge of design control, quality systems (ISO13485), and regulatory requirements (FDA, IVDR, CE).
- Proven track record managing new product development (NPD) or product lifecycle projects from concept through launch, with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and compliance.
- Skilled in presenting project updates and recommendations to senior leadership, using data-driven insights to support decision-making
- Hands-on experience with project and resource management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project, Planisware, or equivalent) to support planning, tracking, and reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions and influence without authority.
- Experience with mentoring junior project managers or team members is required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting tool implementation or optimization is a plus.
- PMP Certification preferred
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple projects, ensuring objectives align with organizational goals and are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Develop detailed project plans, risk assessments, and resource allocations, ensuring compliance with group standards and best practices.
- Facilitate stakeholder communication and engagement across diverse teams and locations to promote collaboration and transparency.
- Implement proactive risk and opportunity management processes to mitigate issues and leverage favorable conditions.
- Support project teams with methodologies, tools, and best practices, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Participates in direct strategic project planning, change control and execution
- Aligns project goals with organizational strategy
- Resolves high impact issues and remove roadblocks
- Ensures portfolio-level resource and risk management
- Shapes business cases, charters, and benefit tracking
- Manages high-stakes stakeholder negotiations
- Leads cross-site, multi-country team coordination
- Contributes to efficiencies and innovations in PMO process
- Trains and coaches junior PMs
- Aligns project execution with strategic business decisions
- supports strategic decisions impacting multiple projects
- Resolves conflicts across projects or departments
- Business case development and approval strategy
- Coordinate with departments on selection of team members to participate in projects
Benefits
- A choice of medical (including prescription), dental, and vision plans providing nationwide coverage and telemedicine options
- Company-Provided Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Retirement Plan including a generous non-discretionary employer contribution and employer match.
- Adoption Assistance
- Wellness Programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- Commuter Benefits
- Various voluntary benefit offerings
- Discount programs
- Parental leaves
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
