Senior Program Manager for Software and Hardware (Medical Device)

Position Overview

The Senior Program Manager is responsible for leading the planning, coordination, and execution of product development projects that result in new products or feature additions or enhancements to existing products. Acts as lead with Marketing, Engineering, Operations, Sales, as well as Service to establish and manage project plans to meet commitments and company objectives.  Facilitates the resolution of conflicts in the areas of product definition, project strategy and resource deployment. Ensures compliance with established procedures for product development in a regulated environment.  Manages all Program Management trainings and execution for the global teams.

Company Overview

FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc. is the innovator and world leader in bedside and point-of-care ultrasound, and an industry leader in ultra-high frequency micro-ultrasound technology. Headquartered near Seattle, the company is represented by a global distribution network in over 100 countries. Sonosite’s portable, compact systems are expanding the use of ultrasound across the clinical spectrum by cost-effectively bringing high-performance ultrasound to the point of patient care. For more information, please visit www.sonosite.com.

 

FUJIFILM Corporation is a subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation. FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, leverages its depth of knowledge and proprietary core technologies to deliver innovative products and services across the globe through the four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging with over 70,000 employees. Guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles,” we address social challenges and create a positive impact on society through our products, services, and business operations. Under its medium-term management plan, VISION2030, which ends in FY2030, we aspire to continue our evolution into a company that creates value and smiles for various stakeholders as a collection of global leading businesses and achieve a global revenue of 4 trillion yen (29 billion USD at an exchange rate of 140 JPY/USD). For more information, please visit: www.fujifilmholdings.com.

 

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Job Description

Essential Job Functions:

• Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Manage the on-going execution of the product development project plan through leadership of the with cross-functional project team and in compliance with QSR820.1 (FDA medical device) requirements.
• Build and lead a Programs team focused on growth core company objectives.
• Engage with business stakeholders to understand use cases, define requirements, and perform business analysis.
• Apply project management discipline to develop plans, define scope, document requirements, and manage budget/schedule/resources for a complex group of projects.
• Use best-in-class project management techniques to achieve project goals on time with a high level of quality, while managing expectations of stakeholders
• Work collaboratively with other Program Managers and Engineering leaders toward common Engineering vision and goals.
• Drive the tracking and management of roadmaps, project schedules, risks/mitigation plans, deliverables and KPI’s.
• Communicate program status, program readiness, business and technical issues, risks and their resolution across Engineering, including senior management.
• Serve as a facilitator/mediator across departments, ensuring seamless coordination and communication.
• Conduct project post mortems and create a recommendations report in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Computers Science discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 7-10 years of experience in product development from concept development to production release.
• Proven record of managing cross functional teams in a matrix organization with key deadlines, with changing project scopes.
• Experience with new product development of software and hardware in regulated development environment.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to lift 25lbs with or without accommodations.
• Excellent written and verbal presentation skills.
• Strong leadership skills; self-starter, good listening skills.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• A proven track reco