Senior Engineer, MedTEST PMO

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Senior Engineer, Med Test PMO – DePuy Synthes (Johnson & Johnson)

Raynham, MA or Warsaw, IN

We are searching for a Senior Engineer, Med Test PMO to join our DePuy Synthes team located in Raynham, MA or Warsaw, IN. The role is part of the research and testing department responsible for coordinating laboratory calibration and maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with EHS policies, evaluating laboratory instruments and software, and managing testing schedules and budgets.

The Senior Project Manager coordinates laboratory testing and ensures project execution to established milestones.

• Develop strategic Project Management processes to enable efficient laboratory test execution
• Conduct Sprint planning and scrum meeting preparation and lead meetings in accordance with established sprint timing
• Identify appropriate project management strategies that match product and market goals
• Lead project teams through comprehensive risk mitigation assessment and planning techniques with oversight
• Organize and lead laboratory-based projects, programs, or initiatives with limited oversight
• Intake test requests and assign to appropriate testing personnel based on criteria including criticality, local laboratory core capabilities, testing technical requirements
• Schedule testing to be performed in laboratories either Internally or Externally
• Clearly communicate assignments and expectations to laboratory team members on a regular basis and team-wide accountability
• Assists in maintaining project budgets with components that include human resources, prototypes, suppliers, and general expenses to meet established project guidelines
• Ensures cross‑functional resources are assigned and aligned to accomplish tasks and deliverables that are part of the project plan
• Establishes and manages timelines, milestones, tasks and deliverables as part of project planning
• Responsible for working with project team to identify critical path and evaluate triple constraint
• Identifies risk and contingency plans as part of the project management role and works with stakeholders to develop project plans with incorporated risk analysis
• Build effective interdependent partnering relationships which result in appropriate NPD, NPI, regulatory, marketing, clinical, testing, manufacturing and prototyping resources and support
• Responsible for communicating business‑related issues or opportunities to next management level
• Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and Company regulations, policies, and procedures
• Performs other duties assigned as needed

Required:

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Required experience by degree level:
  Bachelor’s: 6–8 years;
  Master’s: 4–6 years;
  Ph.D: 2–4 years
• Experience in compliance to FDA, MDR, etc. to design control regulations
• Ability to recognize and lead the resolution of project issues and roadblocks
• Experience working in a testing lab environment with working knowledge of standard test equipment (ie. Instron, MTS, Simsol) and industry standard test methods
• Proficiency utilizing the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Project, Teams, etc.) is required.
• Proficiency utilizing Project Management tools (ex. Microsoft Project, Jira, Kanban etc.) and Smartsheet and Power BI, etc.
• Ability to develop and manage project plans and budgets within guidelines
• Additional training in either Agile, PMI, Six Sigma, or Product Development processes
• A successful track record of leading and working within a cross‑functional teams
• Demonstrated exceptional problem‑solving ability
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and complete multiple projects with varying degrees of complexity and apply project management skills which result in meeting project/program goals and objectives
• Prioritize tasks and manage a dynamic workload
• Effectively utilize verbal, written and presentation skills
• Build effective interdependent partnering relationships
• Effectively use negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Recognize and lead the resolution of project issues and roadblocks

Preferred:

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