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A Day in the Life
This Program Manger role will be responsible for leading strategic programs and projects that support market released products in Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM). The role is focused on three general areas of released product support: Design Change Projects, Product Quality and Compliance Activities, and Process Improvement Activities.
-Design Change Projects will re-engineer an aspect of a market released product in accordance with the CRM product development and formal design change process.
-Product Quality and Compliance Activities will address strategic concerns and drive compliance implementation via the CRM Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) process or other project execution processes.
-Process Improvement Activities will organize and execute projects to drive continuous improvement in cross-functional product support processes using a structured approach.
The role will support products and processes across the entire CRM released product portfolio and may lead projects to address any aspect of a product design (e.g. mechanical, electrical, programming, firmware, labeling and IFUS, etc.). The role will interface with employees at all levels of the CRM business and works across functions and CRM facilities to drive change and continuous improvement.
This position will be based at either our Mounds View, MN or Tempe, AZ facility which requires a minimum of 4 days per week on-site for in-person collaboration. This role may require up to 10% travel to support business objectives, in-person meetings and project activities.
Primary Responsibilites:
Plan, direct and implement all aspects of the company's design and development of new medical device products or software systems
May develop, evaluate, implement and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems or reliability systems and standards pertaining to materials, techniques, or company products
Oversee the investigation and evaluation of existing technologies
Guide the conceptualization of new methodologies, materials, machines, processes or products
Direct the development of new concepts from initial design to market release
Manage feasibility studies of the design to determine if capable of functioning as intended
Monitor documentation maintenance throughout all phases of research and development
Organize the coordination of activities with outside suppliers and consultants to ensure timely delivery
Select, develop and evaluate personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function
Requirements:
Requires a Baccalaureate degree AND 5+ years of relevant experience, OR advanced degree with 3+ years of relevant experience
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.
The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The…