Program Manager - San Diego, United States - MILLENNIUMSOFT
Description
Job Title - Program Manager
Location - San Diego, CA
Duration 5+ Months
Work hours: 8am-5pm, 40 hours/week
Client: Medical Device Company
Job Category: Project Management
Level Of Experience: Senior Level
Employment Type: Contract on W2 (Need US Citizens Or GC Holders Only)
Not looking for an IT or Finance PM. Prefer candidates that are local, project position. Open to direct report working remote, however prefer onsite.
Description:
Looking for Program Manager to support large New Product Development program.
Familiarity with product development of high volume disposable medical devices strongly preferred.
Same for work experience in production ramp-up and market introductions.
Drive the development of new medical device development programs through project completion within timeline, quality and budgetary limits
Lead and integrate cross-functional teams and manage deliverables and decision making in a matrix organization
Lead, manage and direct the development and execution of integrated project plans relevant to the deliverables and ensure alignment across relevant functions and a smooth transition among pipeline stages
Manage multiple projects across several departments while influencing project decisions in coordination with Marketing, Medical Affairs, R&D, Clinical, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Manufacturing and Logistics
Identify and implement solutions to improve tracking, planning and collaboration
Ability to gain cooperation of others and effectively facilitates cross-functional meetings and discussions
Ensure effective, accurate and timely communication across functional areas and matrix
Serve as a primary point of contact for management regarding progress and goals
Work with the functional leaders to identify and resolve any team and individual performance issues
Bring a broadened business perspective to each project through an understanding of the inner-workings of Marketing, Quality, R&D, Finance, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Clinical, Medical Affairs, and Operations
Minimum Qualifications:
A minimum of a Bachelor's degree
A minimum of 5-7 years of Project Management experience
A minimum of 13+ years related work experience in product development.
Demonstrated success in several large Project/Program Management roles including Development and Deployment, preferably healthcare, or closely related is a plus
Experience leading large global programs with distributed teams and leadership
Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation and influencing skills
Ability and willingness to travel occasionally.
Preferred Qualifications:
PMP certification
High volume device and/or drug development and project management within the medical device/pharmaceutical industry, or reasonable combination of the two
Strong familiarity with the integration of requirements and deliverables associated with Design Controls (21CFR into the product development process
Experience with short release cycles
Experience managing ambiguity and providing clarity for teams
Experience working in a highly government-regulated environment (FDA, MDR).
Must have led a cross-functional project team through regulatory submission and product commercialization
Demonstrated learning agility of new subject matter
Demonstrated application of product development and project management best practices on recent programs
Experience working in a highly government-regulated environment (FDA, MDR).
Must have led a cross-functional project team through regulatory submission and product commercialization