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

• 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.
• 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.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, including scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and critical deliverables, ensuring proactive management of program performance.
• Build and maintain trusted customer relationships, positioning the organization as a strategic development and manufacturing partner for medical device OEMs.
• Lead program governance activities, including Stage Gate Reviews, executive updates, and steering committee presentations, ensuring informed decision making and adherence to Stage Gate requirements.
• Drive risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue resolution through active management of program risk registers, escalations, and contingency plans.
• Ensure compliance with applicable quality, regulatory, and design control requirements, including design inputs, design outputs, verification, validation, and production transfer activities.
• Manage program financial performance, including development revenue, non-recurring engineering (NRE), budget accountability, scope management, purchase order coverage, and forecasting.
• Lead commercialization and technology transfer activities to support sustainable, efficient, repeatable, and scalable manufacturing operations across global sites.
• Support business growth through participation in customer strategy discussions, opportunity assessments, establishing business cases, and development of program execution strategies.
• Communicate program status, risks, financial performance, and key decisions clearly and effectively to customers, leadership teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives that enhance commercialization effectiveness, project execution, customer experience, and organizational capability.
• Upholds core values designed to support our commitment to driving growth and continuous improvement:
• We put safety and respect first
• We act with integrity and accountability
• We grow and improve every day
• We solve problems for customers.
• Follows all safety guidelines and adheres to safety absolutes.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Business, or a related technical discipline.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification required.
• 10+ years of experience leading complex product development, commercialization, or manufacturing programs within a regulated industry.
• Demonstrated expertise in new product development, design controls, technology transfer, and commercialization processes.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional…