Werfen North America · 17 hours ago
Project Manager III (Staff Level)
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $160K/yr
5+ years expWerfen North America is a growing, family-owned company and a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics. The Project Manager III will direct the project team to achieve business results, manage product development projects, and lead technical engineers and scientists in a medical instrument development environment.
Health CareManufacturing
Responsibilities
Provide technical and team leadership to one or more small project team(s), including planning, scheduling, and technical leadership within the project area. Drive the integration of activities between functions
Responsible for project planning and scheduling utilizing deliverable milestone methods and critical path scheduling, and developing task and project estimates. Coordinate roles and responsibilities within the project team. At the Program Manager's or Director’s request provide a schedule and budget forecast for the project
Responsible for conducting regular project team status meetings and reviews. Plan and schedule technical reviews at appropriate project milestones. Ensures deliverables are completed and documented
Coordinate with Scrum Masters on Sprint forecasts. Track deliverables status from Sprint Demos
Responsible for coordination of project resources to identify the root cause(s) of project issues, and develop and manage a plan to fix, test, and implement an appropriate solution through completion
Responsible for ensuring project risks, both technical risks and management risks, are identified and appropriate risk mitigation plans are developed and executed. Track and respond to risk triggers. Regularly assess and report the status of overall project risk
Creates and maintains file to current phase ensuring accuracy
Responsible for communication within the project team and to program management and upper management. Develop and implement a project communication plan
Coordinates with vendors and outside service suppliers to ensure project deliverables are completed correctly and on time or that services are provided in accordance with the project plan
Participates in discussions with commercial functions (operations, regulatory, distribution, customer support, marketing, sales, service, affiliates, etc.) through established communication channels to support on market changes and/or new product introduction
Able to identify and obtain support to resolve project team conflict. Able to remove oneself from the problem. Fosters a creative, professional climate that will maximize the contributions of the technical staff
Participates in activities focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the product development processes and procedures
Qualification
Required
BS in STEM is required
Minimum of 5 years of experience in product development or project management
Experience in design and development of medical instrumentation is desirable
Certification in project management is desired
Problem-solving, conflict management, listening, managing and measuring work
Strong project management skill set and familiarity with project management tools and techniques
Team player, self-motivated, and perseverant
Strong oral and written skills
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Design Control
Preferred
Masters/PhD preferred
Company
Werfen North America
Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain.
Founded in 1959Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Giovanni Russi
Chief Operating Officer
Dominique J.
Human Resources Business Partner
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