Senior Program Manager

## Senior Program Manager Apply:
Hybrid:
PAO H 3100:
Full time:
Posted Today:
R-30180

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The
** Senior Program Manager
** will lead technical program execution with a primary focus on ensuring flawless alignment between Varian and external suppliers. This role is responsible for orchestrating day-to-day technical activities across supplier interfaces and internal engineering teams, ensuring that system-level integration, technical requirements, and deliverables are consistently aligned, executed, and validated.

Working closely with Engineering, this role acts as the single point of coordination across supplier technical interfaces, proactively identifying risks, resolving misalignment early, and maintaining program momentum across complex, multi-disciplinary work streams.
** Responsibilities
* * Supplier & Technical Alignment
* Accountable for end-to-end technical alignment across Varian and supplier interfaces; owns resolution of any integration misalignment impacting program delivery.
* Own technical alignment between Varian and external suppliers, ensuring requirements clarity, traceability, and execution consistency
* Drive interface management across hardware, software, and system integration boundaries
* Establish and enforce technical governance with suppliers (reviews, design checkpoints, issue tracking)
* Identify and resolve technical gaps, inconsistencies, and integration risks early

Program Execution & Coordination
* Lead and coordinate day-to-day technical program execution across internal engineering teams and external suppliers, ensuring alignment to schedule and deliverables.
* Translate program objectives into clear technical deliverables and milestones across suppliers
* Maintain integrated program plans that reflect both Varian and supplier dependencies
* Own the technical decision tracker and ensure all decisions are documented, communicated, and implemented across organizations.

Risk & Issue Management
* Proactively identify and escalate technical and integration risks
* Drive cross-company issue resolution, ensuring rapid decision-making and no loss of momentum

Implement risk mitigation strategies to avoid downstream delays in system integration

Communication & Leadership
* Serve as the primary interface between Varian and supplier technical leadership
* Provide clear, structured updates to internal stakeholders and leadership
* Facilitate technical decision-making across organizations, ensuring alignment and accountability
* Strategic Governance and Leadership of technical program milestones to accelerate schedules and proactively mitigate technical risks for the ARPA project.
** Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience
*** Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Physics, or related technical field
* 8–12+ years of experience in technical program/project management, preferably in medical devices or complex systems
* Proven experience working with external suppliers or partners in a technical environment
* Strong understanding of system integration, hardware/software interfaces, and engineering development cycles
* Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional and multi-company technical programs
* Strong technical acumen with ability to engage deeply with engineering teams
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across organizational boundaries
* Structured problem-solving and risk…