Senior Project (Design) Mgr

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$144,900 - $245,300•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager, PMO organizes activities within the Program Management Office in the New Product Development organization. The PMO leads cross-functional teams in new product development and continuation engineering initiatives, and includes project managers, program managers, and project coordinators. This role orchestrates project-team activities to deliver product designs within demanding release schedules. It supports vision and intelligence products, including endoscopes, light sources, and hardware- and software-enabled imaging modalities, with a heavier emphasis on software-based projects as well as hardware projects. The position works closely with a broad range of functions, including Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Human Factors, Technical Publications, Training, Service, Finance, Marketing, and other program and project managers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a scientific or engineering field plus 8 years of experience leading teams in medical-device product development and commercialization, or a master’s degree plus 6 years of such experience.
Experience developing highly complex medical-device products through Design Controls, including capital equipment and consumables, with demonstrated success in product launches following product development cycles.
Strong project/program management, planning, decision-making, negotiation, communication, and change-management skills.
Ability to lead, influence, and work effectively at all organizational levels in cross-functional team environments.
Experience leading project teams across engineering disciplines, including clinical, mechanical, electrical, and software.
Ability to foster collaboration across departments and influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
Ability to identify critical issues, react quickly under pressure, and drive issues to closure through coordinated direction.
High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple competing priorities, work under pressure, remain flexible, and meet deadlines.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and documentation skills, with high emotional intelligence.
Energetic, results-driven, accountable, collaborative, self-starting, and resourceful, with initiative, urgency, follow-through, and a strong work ethic.
Ability to handle conflict, ambiguity, and multiple projects effectively, and to lead large numbers of people across a variety of programs.
Commitment to developing better product-development and program-management processes.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.
Experience across all phases of the product-development lifecycle, from idea generation and concept development/testing through design, implementation, validation, and transfer.
Experience with high-volume manufacturing; knowledge of automated production lines and injection molding.
Working knowledge of manufacturing, engineering, product strategy, and business management.
Experience evaluating tradeoffs among product desirability, feasibility, and viability.
Ability to synthesize data, set actionable goals, and drive metrics and execution.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional project teams for product development and product improvements.
Ensure Design Control processes are followed according to relevant procedures.
Ensure complex, high-value Business Unit projects are properly scoped, resourced, and communicated to minimize risk and deliver on time and on budget.
Organize and manage team meetings, design review meetings, and phase-gate review meetings.
Create and maintain project schedules.
Develop and monitor project budgets.
Communicate project status, critical path, and potential risks clearly to the organization.
Plan and track project teams’ creation of design history documents.
Work with Operations and Manufacturing management to determine strategies for product cut-ins and roll-ins.
Support definition and alignment of project goals with business unit and corporate objectives, and organize and prioritize team work to achieve them.
Support team members, including functional managers, in planning and executing activities needed to achieve project goals.
Support project-team resource demand planning, including estimating work efforts, needs, roles, and responsibilities.
Communicate project priorities, deliverables, and milestones to the PMO team, cross-functional team members, business unit management, and shared services management.
Coordinate with other project managers leading overall product development programs to understand goals, scope, and timelines, and help functional managers negotiate resources and schedules.
Facilitate sharing of best practices and feedback within the PMO organization and identify process-improvement opportunities.