Technical Program Manager

Sterling Industries; Vaughan; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sterling Industries, a Woodbridge, Ontario-based contract manufacturer, seeks a Program Manager to oversee medical device projects from planning to delivery. You will translate customer requirements into clear priorities for the team and drive successful execution across engineering, quality and operations.

The role requires strong project management skills, regulatory knowledge (FDA/ICH/IEC), and proven ability to lead virtual cross-functional teams while maintaining timelines and budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in a technical field such as Industrial, Mechanical, or Biomedical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant project management experience in product development.
• Medical device development (Class 2 or 3) with regulatory familiarity (FDA/ICH/IEC).
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and managing scope, cost and schedule.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams to deliver new product development on time and on budget.
• Create strategic solutions meeting customer and business needs with predictability.
• Ensure alignment of scope, cost, resources and schedule across functions.
• Manage multiple simultaneous projects and communicate status to stakeholders.
• Interface between customers and internal teams to resolve conflicts.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in a technical field

Job description

Sterling Industries is a fast-growing North American contract manufacturer and assembler of medical devices and sub-components based in Woodbridge, Ontario. We help our clients bring successful products to market by providing scaled production, design-for-manufacturing expertise, suppliers consolidation, and other critical value chain services.

About the Position

In this role, you will oversee projects from planning through delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, performance targets, and customer expectations are met. You will work closely with customers to understand high-level technical and business requirements, translate them into clear priorities for the project team, and drive successful execution from start to finish.

MAJOR DUTIES:

Program Management and Technical Responsibilities

• Lead project teams to ensure on-time and on-budget performance through the new product development cycle
• Create strategic solutions to meet anticipated customer and business needs with predictability and certainty
• Ensure scope, cost, resource and schedule alignment between operations and core project team functions
• Follow compliance processes for Design and Development and New Project Implementation
• Ensure structured problem methods and predictive engineering principles are consistently and rigorously applied, such as Design for Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, or similar concepts.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills (able to review results / situations, and determine follow-up action plans)
• Manage deadlines and execution of multiple concurrent projects
• Adaptable and flexible - able to take on additional work requirements, in addition to core responsibilities, as required

Communications & Influence Responsibilities

• Create reports for both internal use and client presentations
• Act as primary point of contact between customers and internal teams
• Liaise and resolve conflicts between Engineering, Quality, and Operations related to project execution
• Provide regular updates to project stakeholders, manage expectations and communicate requirements to the project team

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in a technical field such as Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience with full product lifecycle with understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle
• Medical device product development (Class 2 or 3) experience and a strong understanding of FDA, ICH, and IEC standards
• Proven technical experience with depth of knowledge in Engineering and/or Quality in addition to Project Management experience
• Experience with problem solving methodologies
• Experience working in virtual teams
• Experience in new product development and product lifecycle
• Skilled negotiator with demonstrated ability to create mutually beneficial results and negotiate trade-offs