Senior Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives (Hybrid)

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM; Market Cap $44.3B) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.

We are driven by nearly 10,000 ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

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Join our dynamic Corporate Strategy & Planning team at Dexcom, where we are at the forefront of shaping the organization's growth strategies and guiding its future trajectory.

As a Senior Project Manager, your role is pivotal in spearheading strategic initiatives and processes related to intellectual property (IP). You'll be part of a dynamic team committed to driving innovation and ensuring Dexcom's continued success in the ever-evolving landscape of medical technology. This role will engage directly with the IP team on strategic project planning and execution.

Where you come in:

• Lead the development of detailed project plans, dashboards, and workflows, ensuring clarity on timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
• Facilitate and plan meetings and approaches to gather critical updates, determine risk mitigation strategies, and make key decisions on ongoing projects and opportunities.
• Lead the development and execution of prioritization frameworks and models, bringing a data driven approach to prioritization for focused recommendations, aligned with corporate strategy and our strategic portfolio.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across regions and functions to aggregate data analyses, evaluate IP positions, and develop recommendations.
• Manage a portfolio of strategic IP projects and develop standard processes to enable scalability of our IP team.
• Act as an internal strategic advisor, partnering with senior leadership to identify, prioritize, and make decisions on growth strategies.
• Monitor and update Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for corporate initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
• Build, structure, and manage steering committees and related governance, facilitating decision making, strategic actions, and execution plans with multiple levels of leadership audiences.
• Create and manage progress and health visualizations and dashboards that measure / monitor overall performance and execution status of roadmaps, projects and portfolios.
• Facilitate lessons learned sessions to drive continuous improvement in project execution.
• Review and optimize internal processes to drive scalability and improve processes.
• Utilize tools such as SharePoint, Smartsheet, and Lucidchart to optimize project management and capture input from project teams.

What makes you successful:

• Experience in corporate strategy, strategic planning, or business strategy roles in the medical device, diabetes, life sciences, or digital health industries preferred.
• Experience working in IP or Legal department highly preferred.
• Strong communication, listening, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, SharePoint, Smartsheet, and Lucid chart.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Dynamic, curious, and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Experience in understanding company financials and strategic frameworks.
• Comfortable facilitating and supporting cross-functional meetings.
• Lean Six Sigma, Change Management, or Project Management Certifications a plus.

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