Senior Program Manager – (Medical Device System)

Description

The company is a global healthcare technology business that makes medical devices.

The Digital Technologies R&D team builds connected surgical products that give surgeons real-time guidance and decision support in the operating room.

The team develops compact, high-performance embedded systems for edge computing and connectivity, and uses state-of-the-art computer vision to give the fullest possible view of a surgery.

You will work with engineers, designers and product owners to move the next generation of surgical technology from development to delivery.

The role suits an experienced program manager who delivers results and can run several complex projects at once.

Responsibilities

• Lead global cross-functional and cross-business-unit teams that design, build and commercialise digital, electro-mechanical and robotic medical devices.
• Plan, coordinate and monitor work inside a development team and across the portfolio, managing risk to hit business goals.
• Lead cross-functional teams that evaluate and run new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes and therapies.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of active projects and act as the link between functional and business management.
• Run the development and rollout of products and services with departmental or cross-functional teams, from initiation through delivery.
• Find and assess project risks and issues, and resolve them to protect productivity, quality and customer satisfaction.
• Set up ways to track progress and step in to solve problems with functional managers and business partners.
• Support requirements planning, elicitation and management so the work meets the needs of key stakeholders.
• Report progress, status and risk mitigation plans to executive business leaders.
• Other duties may be assigned beyond this list.

Requirements

• Hands-on end-to-end project management experience in hardware and embedded software development.
• Working knowledge of several project methodologies, including waterfall, Scrum and Agile.
• More than 10 years leading varied, complex projects and programs that span functions and business units.
• Strong written and spoken communication.
• Experience with highly regulated or safety-critical systems is essential.
• Medical device experience is strongly preferred.
• A degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• A recognised project management qualification or certification, such as PMP, Prince2 or SaFE.

Conditions

The salary range for this UK role is GBP 100,000 to GBP 150,000.

The final salary will be set by objective, job-related factors such as relevant experience, skills and qualifications, under the company's compensation framework.

The role is eligible for a short-term incentive, the company's the company Incentive Plan (MIP).

Benefits

• A competitive salary and a flexible benefits package.
• A wide range of benefits, resources and compensation plans to support you at each career and life stage.
• Eligibility for the short-term incentive plan (MIP).