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Engineering Program Manager - Exempt

Medical Engineering Consultants (MEC)
Danvers, MA Contractor
POSTED ON 6/17/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/16/2026
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Medical Engineering Consultants (MEC) support medical device and pharmaceutical companies to be more efficient and productive by providing resources, knowledge, and expertise to augment and supplement to their work. Our vision is to closely align our clients’ needs with the best resources available in the marketplace. We take proactive, preventative, and corrective action and create a roadmap for ongoing future improvement by identifying, integrating, and executing sustainable solutions that validate processes, ensure fully compliant quality systems, and close gaps between current and FDA expected stages.

MEC offers companies short or long-term support — from high-end leaders, managers and consultants to skill-set Engineering staff and SME’s (Subject Matter Experts).

MEC's mission is to inspire positive cultural change from within, and always exceed our clients’ expectations.

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About The Role

The Program Manager for the Manufacturing Execution System MES at our Client's manufacturing site provides end-to-end leadership for the planning governance and execution of MES initiatives supporting manufacturing operations.

This role leads cross-functional teams in deploying and sustaining the standardized global MES template Critical Manufacturing, including required client-specific localizations while ensuring alignment to business priorities operational readiness and enterprise standards.

The PM is accountable for integrated delivery across scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, quality and compliance, site readiness, training, change management, go-live and hypercare.

The role ensures minimal disruption to production and a controlled transition from implementation to steady-state operations.

Program scope includes enabling real-time production visibility, replacing paper-based records with electronic DHR, eDHR and coordinating integration between MES and site. Also included are enterprise systems such as BPCS, ERP, Cornerstone/CSOD equipment connectivity and other applications defined in project charters and SOWs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide overall program leadership and governance for MES initiatives defining objectives success metrics operating cadence and escalation paths.
  • Plan, execute and monitor MES projects from initiation through delivery owning integrated schedules dependencies risks and outcomes across cross-functional and departmental teams.
  • Serve as the primary liaison between project teams site leadership functional partners and vendors to ensure alignment transparency and timely decision-making.
  • Manage financial and resource aspects of the program including budgets forecasts SOW execution vendor performance and efficient allocation of internal resources.
  • Assess complex ambiguous project issues and develop effective resolutions to meet productivity quality compliance and customer satisfaction objectives.
  • Lead risk issue and change management activities ensuring adoption readiness and adherence to PMO quality and enterprise standards.
  • Provide clear concise project status reporting and executive-level insights on progress risks and financials.
  • Drive continuous improvement by strengthening delivery processes tools and consistency of execution capturing lessons learned to improve future initiatives.

Required Knowledge And Experience

  • Practical experience leading and managing the execution of projects and operational initiatives within a technical or professional discipline.
  • Advanced knowledge and skills in project or program management with an understanding of downstream impacts across the organization.
  • Bachelor’s degree required with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.

MEC does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Medical Engineering Consultants (MEC) and will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

  • Sponsorship is not available for this position

Check us out at www.medicalengineeringconsultants.com

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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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