Program Manager, Device Technical Operations (18-month fixed term contract)

at  Viatris

McDermott Laboratories Limited
At VIATRIS, we see healthcare not as it is but as it should be. We act courageously and are uniquely positioned to be a source of stability in a world of evolving healthcare needs.
Viatris empowers people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life.
We do so via:
Access – Providing high quality trusted medicines regardless of geography or circumstance;
Leadership – Advancing sustainable operations and innovative solutions to improve patient health; and
Partnership – Leveraging our collective expertise to connect people to products and services.
Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach and better access to treatment.
For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.
The Role & What You Will Be Doing
As the Program Manager for our Device Technical Operations, you will oversee the remediation of a suite of products through our design control process and into lifecycle management. The Program Manager is responsible to the project stakeholders for delivering a project’s objectives within scope, schedule, cost and quality.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Program Manager, Device Technical Operations role will make an impact:

• Assume overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
• Lead remediation projects into post-market transfer across our affiliate and CMO sites while tightly managing the objectives set by the project stakeholders.
• Define and clarify project scope while developing and maintaining the project schedule.
• Responsible for identifying, communicating, monitoring and appropriately managing project risk and liaise with broader team on addressing issues and resolutions.
• Establish priorities, imparting a sense of urgency and importance to the team while using project management tools and techniques to support the delivery of new products.
• Support and deliver improvements, typically through leadership, teamwork and project management.
• Ownership for managing and reporting project progress.

About Your Skills & Experience

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering/Science discipline.
• 2 or more years of experience in a project management role.
• Proficiency in working with project management information systems, including Microsoft Project.
• Experience of working with external partners (CMOs).
• Proven experience in project management, specifically in regulatory compliance or in the medical device industry.
• Experience in budget management, project coordination, risk management and cross-functional project responsibility.
• Ability to define and effectively manage project risks.
• Excellent analytical skills, ability to plan, organise and implement concurrent tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Awareness of the principles of Design Control that will apply to your work within the context of ISO 13485 & FDA 21 CFR Part 820.

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
Benefits at Viatris

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Some of our benefits include the following on top of a competitive salary:

• Excellent career progression opportunities
• Work-life balance initiatives
• Bonus scheme
• Health insurance
• Pension

Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris
At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity and inclusion means to us, please visit
https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion
Sustainability at Viatris
Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit
https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility
At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others.
Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Every day, we rise to the challenge to make a difference and here’s how the Program Manager, Device Technical Operations role will make an impact:

• Assume overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
• Lead remediation projects into post-market transfer across our affiliate and CMO sites while tightly managing the objectives set by the project stakeholders.
• Define and clarify project scope while developing and maintaining the project schedule.
• Responsible for identifying, communicating, monitoring and appropriately managing project risk and liaise with broader team on addressing issues and resolutions.
• Establish priorities, imparting a sense of urgency and importance to the team while using project management tools and techniques to support the delivery of new products.
• Support and deliver improvements, typically through leadership, teamwork and project management.
• Ownership for managing and reporting project progress

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering/Science discipline.
• 2 or more years of experience in a project management role.
• Proficiency in working with project management information systems, including Microsoft Project.
• Experience of working with external partners (CMOs).
• Proven experience in project management, specifically in regulatory compliance or in the medical device industry.
• Experience in budget management, project coordination, risk management and cross-functional project responsibility.
• Ability to define and effectively manage project risks.
• Excellent analytical skills, ability to plan, organise and implement concurrent tasks.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Awareness of the principles of Design Control that will apply to your work within the context of ISO 13485 & FDA 21 CFR Part 820