Program Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION About Nissha Medical Technologies

Nissha Medical Technologies (NMT) is a global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) where people, purpose, and technology come together to advance healthcare. Headquartered in the United States, NMT is the medical devices business unit and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nissha Co., Ltd., a publicly traded Japanese company based in Kyoto, Japan (TSE: 7915).

Across our global organization, our teams collaborate to design and manufacture innovative medical devices and solutions that make a real difference in patients' lives. We partner closely with our customers to solve complex challenges, move ideas forward, and support products from concept through commercialization. Our work spans patient monitoring, surgical and interventional solutions, precision components, and emerging technologies, all grounded in a strong culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

At Nissha Medical Technologies, we believe our success is driven by our people. We foster an environment where curiosity is encouraged, teamwork is valued, and individuals are empowered to grow their skills and careers. If you're motivated by meaningful work, collaboration, and the opportunity to help shape the future of healthcare, you'll find a place to belong at NMT.

The Program Manager position is responsible for planning, directing and coordinating activities of designated programs and programs/projects. Focus is on managing budget, schedule, actions, and risks associated with the program. This position is the primary contact of the customer once the program is in the committed pipeline. Working very closely with the engineering team in coordinating all design and development as well working with the NPI Director to manage the intake process into manufacturing operations.

• Follows all employee guidelines and Quality Systems Regulations (QSR's) as defined by Nissha Medical Technologies practices, policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) to ensure that customer requirements and FDA (or equivalent) regulations are met.
• Directs and manages programs/projects from intake of proposal development to transfer into manufacturing operations.
• Facilitates and aligns internal and external programs/project teams through regular joint update meetings and correspondence.
• Manages cross-functional program/project teams during all phases of product design, development and oversite of builds.
• Reviews program/project proposals and collaborates with engineering to determine schedule, alignment with budget, procedures for accomplishing program/project staffing requirements for planning purposes.
• Initiates and supports quoting and proposal development for all out of scope efforts.
• Works cross divisionally supporting Nissha Medical Technologies other business units as a PM resource as necessary.
• Manages scope of contracted work through the use of project management tools such as PPM and/or Harvest to manage contract and budget.
• Works closely with the accounting team to ensure proper invoicing throughout the programs/projects life cycle.
• Maintains dashboards on all programs/projects to assure visibility to others within the organization.
• Directs and coordinates activities of program personnel to ensure that each program/project progresses on schedule, within prescribed budget and that risks are managed and issues escalated when required.
• Provides status reports through the use of meeting minutes, RAIL, and other tools to the customer on consistent basis.
• Confers with the Program Management Team to continue enhancement of the PMO process on consistent basis.
• Manages risk actions through proven risk management methodology and escalates as required.
• Develops,…