Sr Program Manager (Corporate)

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About the company:

Viant is a global medical device partner providing design, development, manufacturing, and assembly services through capabilities in materials, plastics, metals, extrusion, and automation. With nearly 6,000 employees across 24 locations worldwide, it delivers high-quality, life-enhancing products with the scale and expertise to bring devices to market efficiently. Learn more at Viant Medical’s website or in LinkedIn.

About the role:

The Senior Program Manager (SPM) is responsible for the management, implementation and strategy for a New Product Introduction, Transfer, Cost Reduction, Integrations, Insourcing, and Strategic Corporate Programs across all Viant Medical functional groups. The SPM will support, coach and mentor core sub-team members and functional leaders through issues associated with implementing new projects, customers and products. The SPM will follow and create processes for communicating and tracking all activities, commitments and metrics associated with a given project or program and will provide critical influence in ensuring that projects and products are implemented that meet Viant Medical’s cost, yield, quality supply chain and product release/support goals. The SPM will ensure the project review process has been implemented per Viant policy, and programs transition through the process as required. The SPM will be responsible for organizing weekly project review meetings, schedule and financial reviews for any programs under their leadership.

The Senior Program Manager is responsible for communicating the deliverables, requirements, and overall Customer needs to the cross-functional team. This requires an accurate assessment of the Project. These activities could include - understanding the requirements and deliverables of the customers, working with the plant leadership and Director of Operations to identify the required resources, and establishing ownership throughout the organization for the deliverables.

Work Model: Remote with 50% travel requirement as needed.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional teams on key Strategic projects including but not limited to New Product Introduction, Transfer, Cost Reduction, Integrations, Insourcing, and Strategic Corporate Programs.
• Primary point of contact and communication between Viant and the Customer.
• Define the scope, budget, requirements, and deliverables of all assigned projects. Document and communicate internally and externally as needed.
• Ensuring the planning, coordination, execution, tracking, reporting and closure.
• Using Microsoft Project software tool, development of a fully Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) including all required tasks with key milestones identified and tracked.
• Obtain functional department commitment / buy-in to the schedule and budget
• Issue/Risk management to include development and tracking/reporting of mitigation plans.
• Program budget setting, financial analysis and reporting
• Assure activities will meet Viant requirements (SOP’s), FDA and ISO regulations.
• Goal setting and on-time delivery of Viant and customer milestone deliverables
• Project reporting requirements include but are not limited to:
  • Provide Weekly Status Reporting for assigned Projects
  • Provide Monthly Project Review status for assigned Projects as scheduled.
• Initiate corrective action review meetings when the project schedule is not being met.
• Working with the Project Team and Plant Management develop and document recovery plans and corrective actions into the IMS.
• Communicate the revised plans and schedule to the Customer.
• Utilize and steward Viant’s ViaLaunch program management process
  Other projects and tasks as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Education/ Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline or business management with at least 7 years of related work experience
• PMP Certification preferred

Job Experience:

• Minimum 7 years work experience (post-college)
• 5+ years project management experience
• Experience in medical device, contract manufacturing or related regulated industry preferred

Skills/ Competencies:

• Project management skills; demonstrated use of PMI methodology.
• Strong analytical, planning, organization and time management skills
• Demonstrated track record of leading within complex organizations requiring strong influential management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a matrix organization, build teams and relationships.
• Experience leading projects with multiple cross-functional team members and functional management.
• Ability to communicate complex information to various levels of management and employees.
• Capability to understand customer requirements and incorporate into business decisions
• Solid problem solving, mentoring, training and coaching experience.
• Strong experience working with Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project and MS TEAMS) is required.

Benefits:

• Benefits effective day one of hire! Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k Plan with Company Match
• Generous Paid time off and paid Holidays Low-cost nutrition & mental health visits
• Tuition Reimbursement and career development programs
• Company-paid life insurance
• Access to individualized financial planning
• Voluntary Universal Life and Long-Term Care
• Voluntary Legal Plan
• Up to $150-off your gym membership annually
• Employee discount programs
• Pet Insurance
• Home Ownership Program

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