Senior Product Development Program Manager; NPI

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 22 Sep 2026 At Mini Med, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.

The Senior Product Development Program Manager (NPI) will lead cross-functional efforts supporting the deployment, validation, manufacturing readiness, and commercialization of next-generation product platforms. This individual will serve as the primary program leader coordinating Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Sourcing, and Contract Manufacturing partners to achieve successful operational readiness and product launch objectives. The role requires strong program management skills, manufacturing transfer experience, and the ability to drive alignment across internal and external stakeholders to deliver program milestones, validation activities, manufacturing readiness, and launch execution.

• Lead planning and execution of manufacturing deployment activities for new product production lines.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical path activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on scope, timeline, budget, and deliverables.
• Drive program reviews and communicate status, risks, mitigation plans, and key decisions to leadership.
• Drive alignment on program priorities, readiness criteria, resource requirements, and launch strategies.

• Coordinate equipment requirements, design, procurement, build, testing, FAT, SAT, installation, commissioning, and qualification activities.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, R&D, Quality, and Operations teams to ensure equipment and process readiness.
• Support manufacturing line capacity planning, staffing strategies, operator training, and production ramp plans.
• Coordinate development of manufacturing documentation, work instructions, training plans, procedures, and readiness deliverables.
• Facilitate timely resolution of equipment, tooling, fixture, automation, and process issues across suppliers, contract manufacturers, and internal teams.

• Coordinate execution of validation plans including IQ, OQ, PQ, and associated readiness activities.
• Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure compliance with applicable standards and procedures.
• Support development and closure of risk assessments, validation deliverables, and readiness documentation.
• Ensure program deliverables meet quality, compliance, and commercialization requirements.
• Drive alignment between equipment readiness, process validation, product testing, and manufacturing release activities.

• Partner with contract manufacturers to establish integrated deployment plans, governance, execution priorities, and performance expectations.
• Coordinate sourcing, supplier readiness, material availability, component qualification, logistics, and capacity planning activities.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Sourcing teams to identify and mitigate launch, capacity, and continuity-of-supply risks.
• Support resolution of supplier, material, and manufacturing constraints that could affect validation, ramp, or commercialization.
• Maintain alignment between internal teams, equipment suppliers, and contract manufacturing partners.

• Establish and maintain program risk registers, mitigation…