Associate Director, Program​/Project Manager

Associate Director, Program / Project Manager

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We are a global business within BD Medical, dedicated to delivering quality and innovative solutions in Advanced Access Devices (AAD). The business is committed to maintaining its accelerated growth through portfolio diversification, differentiated offerings and geographic/market expansions, while maintaining the profitability of the core product lines. We manage a healthy portfolio of programs ranging from incremental innovation to disruptive & breakthrough opportunities enabling medication delivery solutions.

Our project managers have passion for bringing new technical solutions to market to meet serious unmet clinical needs, have strong records of professional achievement, and have the capacity and desire for continuous development and growth.

We are the makers of possible. BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of Med Tech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

• Lead and motivate a large‑scale cross‑functional NPD team of high complexity within the AAD Platform within the Business Group of MDS.
• Apply a wide application of project management principles, theories, and concepts including customer scope requirements, work breakdown structures, risk management, integrated business plans, and product requirements.
• Deliver projects on‑time through predictable and transparent execution.
• Act as an agile problem solver, master negotiator, motivational coach, product development process expert, prudent risk taker, and team champion.
• Influence solutions and resolve business and/or technical problems at all levels of the organization.
• Communicate strategic and technical direction for the project/program team.
• Self‑starting and take action without prompting or direction to solve problems.
• Understand business, market growth drivers and trends, and influence business case development.
• Understand all functional work streams in a phase gate process and envision an integrated project plan.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure timely delivery, review and approvals via multiple regional registrations in addition to other conflicting/dependent programs.
• Ensure the execution, quality, and results of the projects and the success of the resulting products for the business or in the market.
• Communicate critical project risks, mitigations, questions and/or challenges to functional managers and business leaders.
• Define program resource needs and negotiate program resourcing plans; work with functional leaders to ensure the appropriate core team resources are committed.
• Mentor, coach and challenge core team members, functional leaders and business leaders regarding functional and cross‑functional strategies and approaches to improve program development outcomes.
• Analyze development situations and data with in‑depth evaluation of multiple factors.
• Communicate and implement the strategic and technical direction for the project/program teams.

• BS degree in engineering (required).
• At least 10 years relevant experience in medical device product development and design.
• 3+ years of experience leading medical device cross‑functional, global teams through complex projects or programs.
• New product development experience with Class II medical devices.
• Successful launch experience of medical device products from concept through launch.
• Ability to develop technical and business process solutions to complex problems.
• Knowledge of global medical device regulatory requirements (FDA, Anvisa, NMPA, MDR) and quality standards (ISO, GB, JISC).
• Complete understanding of medical device project management principles, theories & concepts.
• Experience with creating work breakdown structures, risk management, and integrated business plans.
• Thorough understanding of functional work streams in a…