Project Manager Global R&D

Job Details

Description

As the Project Manager Global R&D, you’ll play a pivotal role in bringing new products to the market to make a positive impact on our customers – to make them live better, feel better and look better. This role reports to the Director of Global Program Management MDIC and works within our Project Management team in Mesa, Arizona. You will lead and support new/ongoing development projects, towards achieving the project milestones while ensuring the work meets Design Control requirements. You will need to have a thorough understanding of Project Management practices, principles, and tools for medical device projects, strong problem solving and communication skills and the drive and hands-on leadership qualities needed to deliver on challenging project goals.

You Will Be Responsible For:
Project Planning

• Effectively lead, guide, manage, and mentor a team of internal and external cross functional resources to deliver the set project milestones to support the required regulatory submissions.
• Responsible for the planning and coordination of all project team activities, translating strategy into cross-functional integrated project plans.
• Prioritize the project tasks by identifying the critical path, remove any obstacles or barriers, resolve issues or conflicts to progress the project.

Budget Management

• Define, monitor, and manage project budgets, including quarterly forecasting and monthly budget reporting.
• Assist, as needed, the respective functional team member with contracting process for outsourced activities including review and approval of the contract as necessary according to the approved project budget.

Risk Management

• Anticipate and manage project risks and issues and provide specific mitigation and corrective action strategies.

Resource Management

• Manage resources within a project team, when needed, negotiate with respective functional groups for the acquisition of required personnel for the project.

Communication

• Facilitate project team meetings, set agendas, publish meeting minutes, follow-up on action items, and maintain required project documentation.
• Develop presentations and communicate project status against key project milestones and budget for a broad set of stakeholders.

Additional Tasks

• Lead ad-hoc projects and/or multidisciplinary task forces for ongoing development and/or refining of processes as needed.
• Motivate and mentor the team to achieve set project objectives Lead ad-hoc projects and/or multidisciplinary task forces for ongoing development and/or refining of processes as needed.
• Motivate and mentor the team to achieve set project objectives.

You Will Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific, engineering, or health care discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in pharma, medical device product development.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in the role of Project Manager/Leader of cross-functional projects.
• Thorough understanding of Project Management practices, principles, and tools for medical device/drug/consumer product development projects.
• experience with Design Control, ISO 13485, ISO 14971 and other applicable standards.
• Demonstrated project management skills in leading multi-disciplinary, multi-regional teams.
• Knowledge across the entire product development process from concept phase through design and development, design transfer, regulatory submission and approval, and launch.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects and/or programs concurrently.
• Advanced MS Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word skills and proficiency in MS Project.

Qualifications

Education

Preferred
Bachelor of Arts or better.

Experience

Required
5 years: Minimum of 5 years of experience in pharma, medical device product development.

2 years: Minimum of 2 years of experience in the role of Project Manager/Leader of cross-functional projects

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Job Type: Full-time