About this role
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.
Duties
• 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 Degree
• 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.