We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 28 Feb 2025

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Our Diabetes Business is looking for a Product Development Program Manager to ensure best-in-class new product development practices as a competitive advantage for the business. You will have responsibility for leading programs, leading portions of programs under the direction of a Core Team Lead or providing program/project management structure to core teams working with a CTL. The program manager will lead and direct day to day activities for core team members through managing project plans, issues tracking, and accountability for deliverables across multiple functional organizations. They will also take on other organizing programs that may be outside of the scope of lifecycle management but related to product support including examples such as significant compliance activities, product end of life, PDP improvement programs and support for individual CAPAs or other quality initiatives.

This position will be responsible for achieving successful implementation of strategic lifecycle product development programs.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Accountable to the Product Review Committee and PMO Leader for overall program execution

• Ensures that products are launched on time and meet established goals and objectives that support the financial and competitive goals of the organization

• Manages and tracks project budget with components that include human resources, prototypes, suppliers, and general expenses to meet established return on investments per project

• Coaches team members to ensure process adherence and effective project management, utilizing best practice project management skills, as well as framing and resolving issues through the PDP process and other best practices

• Provides feedback to functional department heads during AOP, strategic planning process and the performance management process

• Leads or leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes, and therapies

• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management

• Manages the development and implementation process of a company’s products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of existing products and processes

• Communicates with stakeholders, obtains stakeholder engagement to ensure the end products or processes will solve the business problems

Must Have: Minimum Requirements 

 To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident in your applicant profile. 

• Bachelors Degree with 5+ years of product development, program/project management, or engineering experience

OR

• Advanced degree with 3+ years of product development, program/project management, or engineering experience

• Program management experience in the medical device, aerospace, automotive or other highly regulated industry

• Experience in leading project teams within matrix organizations requiring strong influence management skills

• Results oriented, strong sense of urgency, and makes timely decisions in the face of risk and uncertainty

• Strong analytical, planning, organization, and time management skills to effectively develop and execute comprehensive programs and budgets

• Effective decision-making skills with ability to negotiate and balance decisions and priorities across needs of several functional departments and willingness to make tough decisions 

 

Nice to Have  

• Project Management Certification