Project Manger with Medical Device & New Product Development(NPD)

Project Manger with Medical Device & New Product Development(NPD) at Cygnus Professionals Inc. Project Manger with Medical Device & New Product Development(NPD) at Cygnus Professionals Inc. in Bellevue, Kentucky Posted in about 2 hours ago.

Type:

full-time

Job Description:

• Develop and maintain an integrated project schedule for a Front End project executed by an external engineering team, coordinating dependencies, milestones, deliverables, assumptions, and change impacts Phases include: Requirements Documentation, Prototyping, Design, Verification, Validation, and Product Quality and Regulatory documentation.
• Provide Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) support for assigned projects, developing schedules and ensuring adherence to design controls and cross-functional readiness activities.
• Work with project teams and management to resolve resource gaps.
• Identify project critical path and roadblocks within the projects and offer solutions to roadblocks.
• Assist in identifying appropriate project strategies to deliver scope or improve delivery as appropriate. Follow the Ethicon EndoMech & Energy product development process with a focus on quality.
• Assist in managing project risk through comprehensive mitigation assessment and planning techniques.
• Communicate project status to all project stakeholders.

Communication includes:

project meeting minutes, dashboards and stakeholder reviews as required.

• Partner with R D Technical lead and Supply Chain lead to manage the package and label development, DHF updates, Design Reviews and Supply Chain readiness efforts.
• Lead bi-weekly LCE Council meetings, including agenda development, collecting input from team leaders and capturing and following-up on action-items, and timely distribution of minutes and decisions.
• Provide Project management technical support to LCE engineers who are leading their own projects.

Be available for questions and assistance.

Qualifications Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related fields

Required:

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in New Product Development
• A minimum of 5 years' experience as a project manager - effectively leading teams to deliver innovative products.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in the Medical Device or Pharmaceutical Development Industry
• Proficiency utilizing the MS Office Suite (Project, Work, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, Point)
• Proficiency using SmartSheet for building project schedules
• Experience leading team meetings and documenting outcomes
• Problem-solving ability and proficiency in verbal, written, and presentation communications
• Ability to work independently, provide multiple solutions to problems and effectively communicate options and trade-offs
• Ability to manage complexity and ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
• Well organized, self-motivated, upbeat, creative, and resourceful
• Demonstrate strong leadership, management, and collaboration qualities Preferred /

NOT Required:

• Demonstrated success in leading a Product Development project from concept through market introduction
• Prior experience working at a company - knowledge of our existing systems and procedures
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum ceremonies
• Experience w/ EndoMech & Energy medical devices
• Experience working with surgical staplers