Medtronic's Diabetes Operating Unit is seeking a Senior Product Development Project Management Specialist to ensure best-in-class new product development practices as a competitive advantage for the business, aiming for successful implementation of strategic product development programs.
Requirements
- Project Management Certification (PMP)
- Experience in product development of drug delivery devices, preferably insulin delivery devices
- Strong project management skills with experience effectively and efficiently executing against project contracts; knowledge of process and project planning best practices.
- Experience in leading within matrix organizations requiring strong influence management skills
- 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
- Experience devising and implementing streamlined processes and strategic programs to improve efficiency, timeliness, and productivity
- A change agent with the willingness and ability to lead and institute change
Responsibilities
- Leads or leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for new product development and 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 new or existing products and processes.
- Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
- Monitors the project from initiation through delivery.
- Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
- Gathers requirements, works on requirements planning, requirements elicitation and requirements management to ensure they meet demands of project's key stakeholders.
Other
- Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of 4+ years medical product development, program management or other relevant experience OR Advanced Degree and minimum of 2+ years medical product development, program management or other relevant experience
- The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location.
- The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.
