Senior Program Manager

JOB TYPE: Full Time, Employee JOB CATEGORY: Engineering CITY: Santa Rosa STATE: CAAbout Medtronic Benefits and Total Rewards It's challenging. It's energizing. It's rewarding. That's why our nearly 38,000 employees have chosen to spend their careers at Medtronic, a global leader in medical technology, providing lifelong solutions for people with chronic disease. Today, every 5 seconds the life of someone somewhere in the world is improved by a Medtronic product or therapy. Join us in our mission to alleviate pain, restore health and extend life, and discover why FORTUNE magazine named us one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" eight of the last 10 years. Senior Program Manager Req. # 62690Position Description The main responsibility of the Senior Program Manager is to achieve successful implementation of projects utilizing the Product Development Process (PDP) to ensure best-in-class product development as a competitive advantage for the business. The Senior Program Manager will lead at least one major and one minor product commercialization program as Core Team Leader. In this capacity, the individual will help define the product scope and gain cross-functional alignment to make sure that these business-critical programs reach the market efficiently. The Senior Program Manager is also expected to take an active role in shaping the product pipeline strategy for the Endovascular business based on understanding market needs and strategies for commercialization of possible products. The Senior Program Manager will communicate these recommendations by presenting to the Product Strategy Board (PSB) and Program Review Committee (PRC). This individual will also have overall responsibility for gaining agreement on the product pipeline for one of Endovascular’s three main geographies. The Senior Program Manager will also work on the annual Endovascular Strategic Plan and the annual budgeting process for the overall R&D department.The Senior Program Manager will be responsible for: leading cross functional teams in the successful development of significant products that are required to support the strategic plan; creating and implementing “process/procedure/team� training/tools, metrics and communication. The Senior Program Manager will be responsible for ensuring team commitments (scope, project contract, & budget) are met and communicated in a timely manner. The Senior Program Manager will also manage the overall product pipeline for one of Endovascular’s three major geographic areas—leading the discussion and gaining agreement around which products will be introduced to this geography and how the clinical / regulatory process will be tailored to this geography. Position Responsibilities • Works to establish a competitive advantage for all new product introduction programs and projects that are part of an overall product portfolio. • Balances cross-functional considerations to recommend overall product pipeline strategy for one major geography • Participates actively in product pipeline strategy discussions and leads some of these discussions with PSB • Leads PDP cross functional teams that will have a significant impact on the long-term success of the Endovascular business • Uses leadership skills to ensure that cross functional resources are assigned and held accountable for task and outcome completion. • Ensures that products are launched on time and meet established goals and objectives (per project contract) that support the financial and competitive goals of the organization. • Manages projects within portfolio and makes commitments to meet specific business goals and objectives. • Responsibility for managing and tracking project budget with components that include human resources, prototypes, suppliers, and general expenses to meet established return on investments per project. • Provides the communication link between the project team and the Endo PRC. • Ensure team deliverables are in compliance with the PDP process and standard product development process, and meet the PRC’s expectations. • Coach team members to ensure process adherence and effective project management, utilizing best practice project management skills, as well as framing and resolving issues through the PDP process and other best practices. • Coach team members to ensure effective team dynamics and mutual accountability are paramount. • Guide and assist the program management group in PDP continuous improvement initiatives. • Direct initiatives to identify, prioritize, define, and implement improvements to the process and standard product development processes to achieve best-in-class status. • Provide partnership and feedback to the design control facilitators. • Collaborate with Vascular Training and Development to provide project and team training to core teams. • Provide feedback to functional department heads during AOP/strategic planning process. Basic Qualifications • Experience: Minimum 7 years related experience, including broad multi-functional business experience along with at least 2+ years project and people management experience. • Demonstrated track record of leading within complex organizations requiring strong influence management skills. • Willingness and ability to institute change • Experience working in product development / commercialization, including clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of cross- functional project teams and functional management • Project management skills; knowledge of process and project planning best practices • Ability to manage project budgets within guidelines • Influence management skills; ability to work cooperatively at all levels in matrix environment to build and maintain the positive relationships required to accomplish organizational goals. • Excellent communication skills and interpersonal/team effectiveness -- ability to succinctly and accurately communicate to various levels of management and employees. • Business acumen; ability to think from an overall “best for the business� perspective • Demonstrates initiative; results oriented. • Strong analytical, planning, organization and time management skills to effectively execute project plans and budgets. • Effective decision making skills -- ability to negotiate and balance decisions and priorities across needs of several functional departments. Makes timely decisions in the face of risk and uncertainty. • Customer focused in all interactions. Demonstrated ability to understand customer requirements and incorporate into business decisions.   To Apply: Click Apply Now to route your resume directly to the hiring department. No agencies or phone calls, Please Medtronic is an equal opportunity employer committed to cultural diversity in the workforce. www.medtronic.com/careers   Click here to see other Medtronic opportunities  Email this Job to a Friend