Engineering Program Manager

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This role leads product development and commercialization programs that advance strategic growth objectives, guiding cross-functional teams through the New Product Commercialization Framework (NPCF) to deliver innovative, compliant, and manufacturable medical device solutions from opportunity assessment through commercial launch.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

1. Lead programs through all phases of the New Product Commercialization Framework (NPCF-Global and NPCF-Lite projects), from opportunity assessment through commercial launch, ensuring achievement of program objectives, timelines, and business outcomes.
2. Serve as the primary program leader and cross-functional coordinator, aligning engineering, operations, quality, regulatory, supply chain, commercial, and customer stakeholders to execute strategic program objectives.
3. Develop and maintain integrated program plans, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and critical deliverables, ensuring proactive management of program performance.
4. Build and maintain trusted customer relationships, positioning the organization as a strategic development and manufacturing partner for medical device OEMs.
5. Lead program governance activities, including Stage Gate Reviews, executive updates, and steering committee presentations, ensuring informed decision making and adherence to Stage Gate requirements.
6. Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue resolution through active management of program risk registers, escalations, and contingency plans.
7. Ensure compliance with applicable quality, regulatory, and design control requirements, including design inputs, design outputs, verification, validation, and production transfer activities.
8. Manage program financial performance, including development revenue, non-recurring engineering (NRE), budget accountability, scope management, purchase order coverage, and forecasting.
9. Lead commercialization and technology transfer activities to support sustainable, efficient, repeatable, and scalable manufacturing operations across global sites.
10. Support business growth through participation in customer strategy discussions, opportunity assessments, establishing business cases, and development of program execution strategies.
11. Communicate program status, risks, financial performance, and key decisions clearly and effectively to customers, leadership teams, and internal stakeholders.
12. Champion continuous improvement initiatives that enhance commercialization effectiveness, project execution, customer experience, and organizational capability.
13. Upholds core values designed to support our commitment to driving growth and continuous improvement:
14. • We put safety and respect first
    • We act with integrity and accountability
    • We grow and improve every day
    • We solve problems for customers.
15. Follows all safety guidelines and adheres to safety absolutes.