Senior Manager, R&D Integration Program

Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies.

Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.

We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

The Senior R&D Integration Program Manager is a part of the R&D organization that supports Vantive's kidney care business. Within the team, we provide R&D focused project management support for all product phases, innovation initiatives, new product development and improvement programs for existing therapy systems. This collaborative role gives you the direct opportunity to define solutions to new products challenges and services to patients and continue Vantive’s mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.

Vantive is a global company with R&D sites at multiple locations in the world; competences and capabilities are spread over the different R&D sites, and you will commonly collaborate with colleagues across several of these R&D sites and with other functional representatives. Work assignments within the team are highly variable and we can promise you a work environment with exciting project management challenges and variability in your day-to-day activities.

The Drug Products and Sciences (DPS) organization is responsible for Kidney Care drug products and related sciences. As a member of the Drug Products and Sciences organization, the Senior R&D Integration Program Manager role leads DPS R&D project activities with their Project Management and Technical Leadership skills. The project manager will be responsible for forming project teams and developing effective operating mechanisms.

This role may be responsible for multiple simultaneous projects of greater complexity and/or visibility.

• Lead research and development (R&D) project management work for large, multi-site cross‑functional programs and facilitate technical decision making for drug products, medical devices, and other regulated healthcare products
• Contribute to the creation and implementation of the Drug Product and Sciences Integration Office by assessing current status and recommending new and best practices for the organization.
• Develop complex program plans and own the R&D program schedule creation, tracking, and execution. Integrate inputs from all DPS competencies/subject‑matter experts into a harmonized project proposal, project schedule, technical risk assessment, and other project plans.
• Drive interactions and resolution of technical issues with other R&D functions and cross‑functional interfaces for complex projects
• Participate as a member of cross‑functional teams and/or integrate cross‑functional inputs into project deliverables
• Be accountable for project execution and proactive risk management. Effectively track project status, risks, budget, and external spend.
• Be capable of complex scenario planning to arrive at the optimal solution for the program with regards to schedule, budget, scope and risk management.
• Demonstrate understanding of and adherence to FDA, ISO and IEC design control procedures, regulations, and standards
• Prepare project reports, analyses and deliver presentations to R&D leadership on a regular basis
• Lead scheduled meetings in R&D, develop and manage agenda, create minutes, and follow up action items throughout the project
• Establish project communication channels and archives, e.g., Teams group, status…