Alcon · 3 days ago

Program Manager

Fort Worth, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Support product portfolio/project/program management and governance, ensuring resource planning, on-time and on-budget delivery aligned with organizational initiatives.

Develop, maintain, and align resource and program plans across teams, coordinating sub-projects/tasks among internal and vendor resources.

Collaborate with other program managers to identify and address risks and opportunities across multiple projects. Create and ensure on-time execution of integrated program plans in collaboration with other program managers.

Proactively manage cross-functional dependencies, escalating and resolving issues to ensure seamless execution of in-flight releases.

Resolve conflicts and issues that may arise during release and program lifecycle. Evaluate and document changes to project/program scope.

Collaborate with product, engineering, and architecture to identify risks to upcoming releases. Create and drive execution of risk mitigation plans.

Lead and manage multiple Agile software development projects simultaneously, from initiation to delivery.

Work closely with product owners, scrum masters, engineering teams, and cross-functional teams to develop the program plans, milestones, goals, required resources, budget, and timing for target initiatives.

Create project/program reporting (e.g., status updates, reviews) to enable data-driven executive decision-making through metrics definition and collection in collaboration with Value Assurance.

Track project/program spending and provide forecasts in collaboration with finance partner.

Manage projects/program in compliance with end-to-end product lifecycle.

Foster a culture of continuous improvement by implementing Agile best practices and methodologies. Optimize processes and procedures.

Qualification

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Program ManagementRegulatory ComplianceDesign ControlQMSCommunication

Required

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school+15 yrs; Assoc.+11 yrs; M.S.+4 yrs; PhD+3 yrs)

The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English

7 Years of Relevant Experience, (with 5+ years in program management for Software as Medical Device (SaMD) product development, and managing regulatory compliance deliverables for design control and QMS.)