Senior Program Manager

Role Description

ASP is looking for a Senior Program Manager who thrives on complexity and impact. In this role, reporting to the PMO Director, you will be accountable for leading multiple cross‑functional teams and driving execution across high‑visibility, complex programs with minimal oversight. You will lead critical medical device development programs across sterilization, washing and disinfection, and consumables translating innovative ideas into compliant, market‑ready solutions that protect patients and advance healthcare.

Location: US Remote position (preferred in PST or MST) to support development team in CA time zone.

What Success Looks Like:

• Complex programs delivered predictably through major development and commercialization milestones.
• Cross‑functional teams aligned, risks surfaced early, and decisions made with clarity and speed.
• Strong trust and credibility with functional and senior leaders.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead Complex Medical Device Programs: Lead high‑impact medical device development programs across hardware, systems, and consumables from concept through commercialization, ensuring delivery against business, customer, and regulatory expectations.
• Drive Cross‑Functional Execution: Align and lead cross‑functional teams across Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Marketing, and external partners to deliver integrated program outcomes on time and to standard.
• Strengthen Planning & Execution Rigor: Develop and continuously refine integrated program plans, proactively managing scope, schedule, resources, dependencies, and critical path to improve predictability and accelerate key milestones.
• Own Program Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate program risks, prioritizing actions based on business impact and ensuring timely escalation and resolution to protect delivery, quality, and compliance.
• Enable Effective Decision‑Making: Facilitate structured, data‑driven problem solving for complex technical and organizational challenges, enabling timely decisions and rapid course correction while preventing recurrence.
• Ensure Strategic & Regulatory Alignment: Own alignment of programs with evolving business priorities, customer needs, and applicable medical device regulatory and quality system requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Drive Stakeholder Alignment & Executive Communication: Own executive‑level communication, influence cross‑functional alignment, resolve trade‑offs, and maintain momentum across complex, multi‑team programs.
• Foster Collaboration & Continuous Improvement: Promote a collaborative, high‑performance environment that encourages innovation, continuous improvement, and shared accountability across program teams.
• Mentor & Model Senior Program Leadership: Serve as a role model for program management excellence by sharing best practices, mentoring peers, and raising execution standards across the organization.
• Performs other duties assigned as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related technical discipline required.
• Preferred Advanced degree (Master’s Degree).
• 6+ years of program management experience leading end-to-end product development and commercialization of regulated products.
• 4+ years in the Medical Device industry, including hands-on experience leading programs that resulted in FDA 510(k) clearance, with working knowledge of 21 CFR 820 and ISO 13485.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, global, and interdependent programs in technical domains, managing scope, risk, and stakeholder alignment.
• Hands-on experience with process improvement and metrics, including use of tools like Jira, Confluence, and Fortive Business Systems (FBS).
• Track record of mentoring and developing high-performing project teams, fostering innovation, accountability, and breakthrough thinking.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing program or project managers, directly or through influence.
• Proven ability to coach, mentor, and elevate team performance in a PMO or cross-functional environment.
• Aspiration and readiness to take on formal people leadership within a PMO.

Requirements

• Exceptional program and project management skills, with a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams through complex, high-impact initiatives.
• Agile leadership with familiarity with SAFe and Lean practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement, with the ability to influence and present effectively to senior executives and global teams.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen, aligning program goals with broader organizational objectives and market opportunities.
• Results-driven mindset, focused on delivering high-quality with measurable impact.
• Advanced problem-solving and decision-making skills, navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in fast-paced environments.
• High accountability and performance orientation, setting and raising standards, and holding teams to commitments.
• Inclusive leadership, fostering psychological safety, encouraging diverse perspectives, and promoting innovation.
• Metric-driven approach, leveraging KPIs and dashboards to track progress and drive continuous improvement.
• Experience using structured program management, planning, risk management, and continuous improvement tools; specific systems experience may include Microsoft Project, Jira, or equivalent platforms.
• Certification preferred: PMP, PgMP, or equivalent.

Physical & Work Environment Requirements

• Travel on the Job: Domestic and International (Travel as needed, estimated at 15%).
• Scheduled Work Hours: Remote position (PST or MST).
• Standing: 0%
• Kneeling: 0%
• Sitting: Up to 90%
• Walking: 0-10%

Environmental, Health and Safety

• Ensure implementation of safety and environmental procedures, guidelines, and standards.
• Evaluate employee compliance and enforce established safety and environmental procedures and rules.
• Create a safe work area environment, recognize safe activities, and reward good safety performance.
• Provide training to employees when hired, transferred, or when new hazards are introduced.
• Measure safety performance and hold persons accountable for activities and results.
• Ensure that incidents are investigated to determine root cause, and that corrective actions are taken.
• Ensure employees wear required protective equipment.
• Ensure EHS inspections are conducted monthly and corrective actions are implemented.