Project (R&D) Manager 3

21 Feb 2025

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Job Posting Title: Project (R&D) Manager 3

Employment Type: Contract

Location: Sunnyvale, CA/ Orange, Connecticut (Hybrid 2 days a week onsite)

Roles and Responsibilities:This role is responsible for driving complex product development efforts from conception to manufacturing stability. Responsibilities include:
  • Driving a portfolio of product design projects, particularly focused on early-stage development
  • Ensure Design Control processes are followed per relevant procedures
  • Facilitate and ensure that complex, high-value Business Unit projects are properly scoped, resourced, and communicated to minimize risk, deliver on-time and on-budget
  • Organize and lead phase gate review meetings
  • Creating and maintaining project schedules and goals appropriate for the phase the project is in
  • Develop and monitor project budgets
  • Provide clear communication to the organization on project status, critical path, as well as potential areas of risk
  • Work closely with Product Development, Manufacturing, Marketing, Regulatory, and Quality organizations to ensure input and representation in the development process
  • Contributes to product prioritization decisions by providing data and analysis from current and past projects
  • Provides feedback to team members regarding performance and requirements.
  • Build strong informal and formal communication channels to deliver information that is accurate and up-to-date to all stakeholders
  • Utilize corporate approved tools and implement them to empower and unencumber team members as they work to complete projects
  • Organize and guide large numbers of distributed, cross-functional resources successfully
  • Function as the primary point-of-contact for key leaders and stakeholders across the organization

Skill/Job Requirements:
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Comfortable with all phases of the product or software development lifecycle including idea generation, concept development and testing, design, implementation, validation and transfer
  • Willing to go the extra mile with a strong work ethic; self-directed and resourceful with the ability to deal with conflict and drive to solution
  • Proven ability to lead, influence and work well at all levels of an organization and in a cross functional team environment
  • Ability to handle ambiguity effectively and oversee multiple projects at once
  • Requires knowledge of engineering, product strategy and business management
  • Experience in analyzing tradeoffs between product features, customer needs/requirements, produce-ability and cost
  • Demonstrated ability to synthesize data, set actionable goals and drive metrics and execution
  • Minimum 6-8 years of experience involved in the development and commercialization of products
  • Medical device experience preferred
  • [for software – remove if not applicable] In depth understanding of Agile methodology, its values and principles, including backlog grooming, release and sprint planning, burn-up/down charts, etc.
  • High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously; must work well under pressure, be flexible, and meet deadlines
  • Energetic and balanced person with a drive for results, who feels accountable, has a great attitude, and is a team-player; self-starter with high degree of initiative, urgency, and follow through
  • Desired project tools experience includes CA Technology - Resource Management tool, JIRA, Confluence
  • Certification in project management (PMP) desired
  • BS or equivalent work experience in a scientific field preferred; business

  • ID: #49331403
  • State: California Sunnyvale 94085 Sunnyvale USA
  • City: Sunnyvale
  • Salary: $70 - $87
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2023-02-21
  • Deadline: 2023-04-18
  • Category: Manufacturing