Senior Project Manager

Primo Medical Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager who will be directly responsible for the design, development, and manufacturing of leading-edge medical devices and instrumentation throughout a broad-spectrum of technologies. The Senior PM will serve as the primary liaison between the customer and Primo Medical Group during the development and early production phases of a project. As such, the Senior PM will be responsible for ensuring all customer objectives are achieved within schedule and budgetary constraints, issues are communicated properly and addressed promptly, and customer satisfaction is maintained.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of design and development projects
• Assess and control all resource requirements
• Develop and manage the relationship of customers, vendors, and internal resources to drive project deliverables
• Develop solutions to technical problems of varying scope and impact; apply basic engineering principles
• Generate product development schedules, design inputs, design outputs, and other design history file elements
• Oversee, execute and deliver new projects on established project timelines and budgets
• Prepare detailed quotations and written proposals for work of varied scope, drawing upon individual and Primo Medical Group experience to ensure the validity and integrity of estimates
• Manage direct customer interactions to resolve issues including but not limited to: cost overruns, scope changes, delivery delays or other project performance concerns
• Execute project scope within the guidelines of the Primo Medical Group Quality Management System (QMS)
• Interact with the Sales and Marketing departments to support these efforts
• Ability to engage in challenging and potentially emotionally charged interactions with internal and external interactions with diplomacy and tact
• Assist in the training and development of new and junior Engineering Department members
• Project a positive and professional image of the company and of management to employees at all levels
• Contribute to establishing the Company as a leader in new product innovation and design
• Establish and maintain a culture of safety, creativity and continuous improvement

Experience, Education and Qualifications

• A highly motivated, aggressive, and energetic individual with solid mechanical skills and the desire and ability to lead people and manage project tasks in a competitive environment
• Goal-oriented, service-driven leader who can assume responsibility for multiple business functions
• 7 years of product development experience in the medical device field is preferred, or transferrable skills from a similar industry (i.e. defense)
• 3 years of project management experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills to allow effective participation in project teams is required
• Excellent oral and written communication skills is required
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or equivalent technical experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge and Understanding of:

• The medical industry
• Best practices in product development per FDA and ISO requirements
• Financial results and their impact on the business
• Financial reports
• Industry and best practice quality standards
• Lean manufacturing theories and practice
• Six Sigma and related process improvement practices
• Relationships between sales, marketing and development efforts

Skills In:

• Organization
• Leadership
• Verbal and written communication and listening
• Technical problem solving and evaluation
• Process improvement
• Project management
• Supplier management
• Negotiations

Ability to:

• Supervise and manage multiple projects at various stages of progress
• Create, manage and motivate high performing work teams
• Identify and adapt to a changing marketplace
• Lead by example and be willing to assist other departments where needed to accomplish project and business objectives
• Travel as needed
• Evaluate facts and information and arrive at well-supported conclusions
• Problem solve
• Identify and make process improvements
• Interface professionally and comfortably with internal and external customers in a variety of settings