Technical Program Manager

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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

R&D Project Management

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Robotics & Digital Solutions, part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for a Technical Program Manager, Instruments & Accessories located in Santa Clara, CA.

About MedTech

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

The Flexible Robotics Team (MONARCH®) is seeking a highly skilled and innovative engineering program management leader for the Instruments & Accessories Development Team. This role is responsible for organizing and driving the design and development efforts, timelines, and strategies required to meet Endoscopic Instruments & Accessories project and program goals.

The ideal candidate will ensure that design objectives are met by working closely with technical team members and technical managers within the Monarch Hardware R&D Department to drive product development. Daily responsibilities involve integrating individual device development timelines, delivery schedules of outsourced components and sub-assemblies, and working to synchronize development efforts within and across multiple instrument platforms. This individual will also be responsible for weekly reporting out on development progress and communicating risks, issues, decisions, and actions to cross functional members of the development team and to program and executive leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee execution of various endoscopic instrument development programs across various clinical applications.

• Define and scope projects in coordination with functional and program management and establish key engineering project objectives aligning with business needs.

• Prepare, plan, and coordinate engineering project timelines and deliverables. Ensure project work meets the established project objectives. Anticipate, identify, and mitigate areas of timeline risk.

• Lead Agile project planning and execution. Align teams around sprint goals, track progress, and identify and resolve timeline risks.

• Support team in identifying and resolving areas of technical risk. Provide technical feedback on design solutions and effectively communicate trade-offs within team and cross-functionally to facilitate decision-making.

• Work closely with Manufacturing to schedule development builds, ensure materials and components are ordered and arrive as expected and on-time, and ensure delivery milestones are met for verification and validation efforts.

• Work closely with device leads, technical managers, and lead architects to develop verification strategies and plans.

• Ensure that program activities comply with the company quality systems.

• Coordinate with management to appropriately resource projects and provide recommendations to roles and responsibilities within the team structure.

• Assist in setting team priorities, and work with cross-functional teams to align toward common project goals and objectives.

• Drive accurate Bill of Material consolidation, device configuration tracking and material costing exercises to support design decisions and program planning.

• Manage program financials. Track planned vs. actual spend, forecast future costs, and address variances to stay within budget targets.

• Participate actively in product roadmap definition.

• Drive retrospectives/lessons learned to foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation among engineering and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience:

• BS/MS in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical, or other related Engineering field.

• 8+ years of related experience in product development of complex systems

• 5+ years of program management or project leadership experience

• Excellent communication, reporting/presentation, and documentation skills

• Proven experience in medical devices or other regulated environment leading development of complex products from requirements through commercialization.

• Experience leading external vendors and contract manufacturers in the development of custom solutions.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and experience leading multifunctional technical project teams through all development lifecycle phases.

• Experience in requirements definition, design reviews, change management, and risk control.

• Proven ability to effectively prioritize and run simultaneous tasks in a fast-paced, high-growth, collaborative environment.

• Self-motivated, adaptive, high energy, strong work ethic, and a can-do demeanor.

• Proficiency with Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Jira, or similar project management tools.

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience:

• Experience with risk management (ISO 14971), quality systems (ISO 13485), medical device design control, and manufacturing scale-up processes.

• Familiarity with ISO 10993 standards and test methods, sterilization methodologies, and environmental conditioning of test samples.

• Experience and involvement with MDRs, IDEs, or 510(k) filings.

• Experience with robotically controlled medical devices and/or surgical robotic platforms.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

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Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agility Jumps, Business Alignment, Business Savvy, Developing Others, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Performance Measurement, Process Control, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Management Office (PMO), Project Reporting, Project Schedule, Quality Control (QC), Research and Development, Team Management, Training Needs Analysis (TNA)

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

Salary Range $134,000 - $231,150 Bay Area Only

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)). Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation –120 hours per calendar year Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours Additional information can be found through the link below. https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits