Senior Program Manager – Healthcare Manufacturing

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Ensures that all program requirements and objectives are accurately gathered, comprehended, and effectively translated for execution.

• Assembles teams to meet the project goals and objectives for various and/or enterprise-level initiatives.

• Works in partnership with customers (both internal and external) from the requirements gathering phase through to product acceptance.

• Aligns the program team with customer needs by establishing milestones, goals, and objectives based on feedback from all functional areas and stakeholders involved in the enterprise project.

• Reviews project timelines with functional project managers and project coordinators assigned to the projects.

• Offers guidance and motivation to project teams to successfully meet project goals and corporate initiatives.

• Communicates project objectives in relation to overarching strategic business goals.

• Acts as the liaison with customers, vendors, stakeholders, and project sponsors.

• Develops innovative solutions to address critical customer and user requirements.

• Oversees the creation of project plans with an emphasis on achieving project goals and corporate initiatives, including project-specific Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) or metrics.

• Monitors the projects' Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and manages the work within the constraints of scope, quality, time, and budget.

• Gathers and summarizes current project information and milestone status compared to the project performance baseline.

• Drives project/program tasks to completion in line with the project schedule.

• Coordinates team efforts to create an integrated project plan and risk analysis with action plans to mitigate identified risks.

• Oversees resource capacity and time tracking allocated to enterprise-level projects.

• Conducts financial management and analysis of costs for enterprise-level projects and programs, including Capital Expenditures Requests (CERs), travel, training, resource allocation, and other project-related costs.

• Predicts project budget and labor needs for current and future site requirements.

• Remains accountable for the overall success of the program, including cost, schedule, quality, and scope management.

• Holds the team accountable for both individual and collective results.

• Balances cost, schedule, and timeframes against the requirements of the enterprise-level project.

• Reports on project status, issues, and implemented solutions, alongside evaluations and assessments of the results.

• Provides leaders with updates, including key opportunities for improvement.

• Identifies potential problem areas relative to the plan and develops and implements alternative solutions.

• Recognizes best cost solutions to minimize expenses by streamlining processes and systems (e.g., modifying responsibilities, consolidating tasks, eliminating non-value-added processes, or completely re-engineering processes and systems).

⛳️ Requirements

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent is required.

• A Bachelor’s degree is required; a Master’s degree is preferred.

• A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in project management or a related field is required.

• At least 8 years of work-related experience in regulated industries is required.

• Must be skilled at navigating the diverse landscape concerning country cultures, company divisions, and internal hierarchies.

• Proficiency in using personal computers, Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), and email skills is necessary.

• Proficiency in project management software (such as Microsoft Project, Celoxis, Smartsheets, etc.) is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.

• Paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment.

• 4 weeks of paid parental leave.

• 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays).

• 401(k) retirement plan.

• Employee stock purchase plan.