Job Description Summary

Job Description

We are the makers of possible 

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. 

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. 

Reporting to the Associate Director of Program Management, the Senior Program Manager is responsible for ensuring the success of major, multi-faceted and highly complex programs within the Medication Delivery Solutions (MDS) Medication Delivery Business at BD. Specifically, the candidate will demonstrate best practices in cross functional team/external partnership leadership to drive excellence in areas such as portfolio management, project tracking, leadership communication. This Leader will define the portfolio architecture and drive successful project / program execution globally. The Sr. Program Manager will effectively develop, organize, and motivate a highly skilled cross-functional team.

This is a critical role within the BD MDS PMO and is based in Franklin Lakes, NJ. This role will have direct visibility at the executive leadership of the business and has major impact on the successful completion of strategically important programs.

Experience

• Understanding of milestone-based program planning (Daily Standup, risk register management, visual planning) for ongoing projects.

• Define project resource needs and negotiate program resourcing plans. Work with functional leaders to ensure the appropriate core team resources are committed and contribute to required performance levels.

• Lead product development activity ensuring that a structured design and development process is followed, ensuring compliance with quality management systems and regulatory requirements, where applicable.

• Ensure alignment across product value proposition, program scope, and strategic business objectives. Lead program planning process ensuring all requirements are clear and driven by market needs, customer insights and experience.

• Ensure governance mechanisms, such as core team meetings, key technical design and commercial excellence and industrialization reviews are undertaken in a timely, comprehensive, and effective manner.

• Identifies and manages project risks and issues, ensuring their timely mitigation and resolution with impacted partners.

• Lead cross-functional teams through problem resolution including root cause analysis, corrective and preventive action. Constructively challenge the team and the organization to rethink assumptions and approach headwinds in new ways.

• Build high morale and ensure the entire team commits to the target goals and objectives by creating a common purpose and direction.

Scope of Responsibility

• Oversee portfolio of projects to ensure on time delivery to commitments

• Drive the development and deployment of program management tools and techniques.

• Set clear objectives and measurements. Skilled at facilitating team dynamics.

• Possess the skills and ability to engage, influence, and direct all functions and partners involved in the development of new products.

• Excellent influencing skills with the ability to achieve challenging goals through others without direct authority across different functions, external partners, geographies, and cultures.

• Expert at leading complex projects delivering the right outcomes balancing on time delivery, budget, quality and market and customer expectations. Highly skilled in integrated program planning along with tactical project planning, risk management, project execution and communication to all levels of the organization.

• Ability to take disparate data points and make sound business decisions and bring clarity to ambiguous situations.

• Time management, self-control, continuous learning, drives for order yet flexible and nimble.

• Demonstrate leadership, learning agility and action orientation when facing uncertainty. Instill confidence through leadership and actions.

Requirements:

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science & E