Senior Equipment Project Manager

at  Medtronic

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.
A Day in the Life
Medtronic is hiring a Senior Project Manager responsible for leading and leveraging cross functional teams to manage projects, perform equipment acquisition and process validation to maintain manufacturing lines for market released products.

In the role, you will manage the operational aspects of projects within the organization Project Management Office as well as performing acquisition, implementation, and validation activities when necessary.

• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes through the design and implementation of new equipment or modifications to existing equipment.
• Develop a comprehensive project plan that outlines the scope, timeline, budget, and resource requirements for the equipment purchase and implementation.
• Create and manage the project budget, including cost estimation, tracking expenses, and ensuring that the project stays within budgetary constraints.
• Identify potential risks associated with the equipment purchase and implementation, develop risk mitigation strategies, monitor, and address any issues that may arise.
• Collaborate with various departments such as engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory affairs, and reliability to ensure that the equipment purchase, and implementation align with organizational goals and requirements.
• Oversee the execution of the project plan, coordinate and perform, when necessary, activities to ensure the equipment is purchased, installed, and validated according to specifications.
• Ensure that the medical device manufacturing equipment meets regulatory and quality standards and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to obtain necessary approvals.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders, preparing progress reports, and addressing any concerns or issues related to the project.

Must Haves

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in medical devices and pharma.
• Fluency in French and English.
• Experience in equipment acquisition and optimization, as well as Compliance/Quality Systems Regulations (e.g. GMP’s, process/document controls, CAPA, audits).
• Experience in project management fundamentals (project planning, work breakdown structures, scheduling, executing, monitoring and closing) within cost, schedule and scope constraints. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is highly desirable.
• Knowledge and practice of Lean Manufacturing (e.g. continuous improvement mindset, process excellence).
• Excellent organizational, communication and leadership skills.
• Excellent project management skills.

Nice to Haves

• Experience in automation design.
• Excellent Microsoft Office practice and knowledge.
• Strong, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills.

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.
Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).
About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.
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• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes through the design and implementation of new equipment or modifications to existing equipment.
• Develop a comprehensive project plan that outlines the scope, timeline, budget, and resource requirements for the equipment purchase and implementation.
• Create and manage the project budget, including cost estimation, tracking expenses, and ensuring that the project stays within budgetary constraints.
• Identify potential risks associated with the equipment purchase and implementation, develop risk mitigation strategies, monitor, and address any issues that may arise.
• Collaborate with various departments such as engineering, manufacturing, quality, regulatory affairs, and reliability to ensure that the equipment purchase, and implementation align with organizational goals and requirements.
• Oversee the execution of the project plan, coordinate and perform, when necessary, activities to ensure the equipment is purchased, installed, and validated according to specifications.
• Ensure that the medical device manufacturing equipment meets regulatory and quality standards and coordinate with relevant stakeholders to obtain necessary approvals.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders, preparing progress reports, and addressing any concerns or issues related to the project