Engineering Project Manager

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Overview

Position Summary

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our PM team in Pomezia (Rome). The role will report to the Reprocessing PMO team and is responsible for leading the design and development of Capital / Consumable products to meet customers’ and business needs. The incumbent will direct all phases of product development lifecycle from inception through commercialization / product launch. This individual will also organize and lead a cross-functional core team on product development programs through stage gates.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the Product Management team on business case justification.
• Develops the cross-functional plan/execution strategy and drives implementation of identified products.
• Ensures compliance with the NPD / Design Control / lifecycle management processes across all functions. Owns the overall project management of the product development to ensure outcomes that meet quality, costs, reliability and manufacturability requirements.
• Responsible for leading a minimum of 1 large complex project or medium projects.
• Develops project schedule, financial budget and leads delivery / presentation of NPD Project Deliverables Plan at stage gates and at VP-level sponsor reviews.
• Monitors project team adherence to master plans / schedules / operating budgets, identifies program risks / mitigation solutions and promotes continuous improvement.
• Acts as the primary leader for project activities, leading decision-making / change management and technical performance requirements.
• Drives project teams to make decisions, complete tasks, and execute the plan based on defined deliverables and timelines. Facilitates communication and interaction across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Marketing, and Operation functional leadership to ensure transparency of critical deliverables, risks and milestones in the NPD process.
• Conducts regular status meetings, technical discussions and reviews to expedite solutions and implementation. Coordinates and allocates resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials.
• Ensures smooth transition across the organization for initial concept through product development, manufacturing and product launch.
• Identifies critical dependences, risks and contingency plans. Proactively monitors progress, anticipating the effect of dependencies on schedule, cost, etc.
• Fosters a culture of continuous improvement by evaluating project outcomes, tracking key performance indicators identifying areas for optimization and implementing lessons learned.
• Travels up to 10%.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Skills & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in project management associated with product development in a medical device or a regulated industry.
• Prior Experience in New Product Development or Manufacturing.
• Experience leading projects from initial concept, through development and verification/validation testing, and into Manufacturing. Ability to balance customer, manufacturing, business and regulatory requirements to expedite launch of the right product to market.
• Strong planning, attention to detail, organization skills, follow-through skills and proactive risk management experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills including timely communication, conflict resolution, assertiveness, negotiation and driving results.
• Ability to lead and collaborate within a team-based matrixed organization across all business functions, levels and cultures. Experience in successfully coordinating with functional departments (e.g. Legal, Regulatory, Operations, Procurement, Clinical Affairs, Operations, Marketing, Quality, etc.)
• Excellent interpersonal and influence management skills including evidence of managing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills
• Excellent english knowledge

Preferred Experience

• PMP certification a plus
• Experience successfully managing program through medical device PDP process. Track record of managing projects to schedule and budget.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound data driven business decisions; understand, track, drill down and question activities and issues in all functional areas
• Passion to explore / deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches to automate PM tasks.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.