Project Specialist

Project SpecialistRequired Skills & Experience: Bachelor's Degree is required; 3 years of demonstrated experience in project management; if MS, 2 years of experience. Strong written and verbal communication, judgment, decision-making, collaboration, and critical thinking skills. Personal drive, individual accountability & a strong bias for action. Microsoft Project experience.Nice to Have Skills & Experience: Experience in mentoring junior engineers; familiarity with IEC 14708 and 45502 Active Implantable standards; experience with statistical techniques (Gauge R&R, Process Capabilities Studies) and Minitab; experience in test method development and test method validation, particularly with active implantable devices; ability to build strong relationships across the organization and with external stakeholders; experience in the medical device field.Job Description: This role is hybrid onsite 3 days a week in Arden Hills, MN.We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Project Specialist to join our medical device client's acquisition and integration team for a duration of 7 months, with the option to extend. In this role, you will track progress towards important Verification and Validation (V&V) milestones as well as highlighting risks and their impact to the project timeline. You will work with individual team members to identify resource needs and work with V&V coordinator to provide updates and understand each team member's deliverables.Your responsibilities include: meeting with the V&V coordinator to understand each team member's deliverables; updating schedules in Microsoft Project and in some instances creating new schedules; identifying risks to meeting the project deadlines and/or objectives; meeting with each team member to track their progress; providing progress updates to the V&V coordinator; build quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements.