Principal Project Management Specialist – (Medical Device System)

Medtronic; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical technology company in the UK seeks a Principal Project Manager to lead the development of cutting-edge surgical technology. The ideal candidate will have strong project management experience in hardware and embedded software, with a background in regulated systems. This role offers opportunities for innovation and collaboration in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits package

Qualifications

• Strong end-to-end project management experience within hardware and embedded software development.
• Experience leading diverse and complex projects and programs.
• Experience with highly regulated and/or safety-critical systems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Leading cross-functional development teams.
• Planning and monitoring to achieve business objectives.
• Managing the development and delivery of products.

Skills

Project management experience

Strong communication skills

Comfortable with project management methodologies

Experience in regulated systems

Education

Degree in engineering or related field

Project Management qualification/certification

Job description

Overview

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Medtronic - Digital Technologies is creating ambitious new products that bring connectivity, real-time guidance, and decision support to the operating room. We are developing compact, high-performance, embedded systems that enable edge computing and connectivity, and collaborating with teams across Medtronic to create a connected ecosystem and a comprehensive view of surgery using state-of-the-art computer vision. If you’re interested in using cutting-edge technology to improve the standard of care in surgery on a global scale, this could be the place for you.

As a Principal Project Manager within the Digital Technologies R&D team, you will work alongside developers, designers, and product owners to drive the development and delivery of the next generation surgical technology. We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with a delivery-focused mindset who can manage multiple complex projects concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Leading cross-functional development teams to design, implement and commercialize digital and electro-mechanical medical devices
• Planning, coordinating, monitoring and managing risks within a development team to achieve business objectives
• Leading cross-functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes, and therapies
• Overseeing the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serving as liaison between functional and business management
• Managing the development and implementation process of a company’s products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products
• Monitoring the project from initiation through delivery
• Identifying and assessing project risks and issues and developing resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives
• Developing mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with functional managers and business partners
• Supporting requirements planning, elicitation and management to meet demands of project stakeholders

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Strong end-to-end project management experience within hardware and embedded software development
• Comfortable with a range of project management methodologies (sequential/waterfall, Scrum, Agile, etc.)
• Experience leading diverse and complex projects and programs
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Experience with highly regulated and/or safety-critical systems is essential (medical device experience strongly preferred)
• Degree in any engineering or related technical field
• Recognized Project Management qualification/certification (PMP, Prince2, SAFe)

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and skills required.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package. We recognize contributions and provide a wide range of benefits, resources, and compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by finding solutions. Our mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart, turning ambitious ideas into real solutions across the R&D lab, factory floor, and conference room. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and determination to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com).

We change lives. Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes, by building extraordinary technologies that transform lives.

We build extraordinary solutions as one team with a Medtronic Mindset: speed, decisiveness, diverse perspectives, and delivering results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough.

This life-changing career is yours to engineer. By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will…

• Build a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world
• Grow a career reflective of your passion and abilities
• Connect to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes life-long learning

EEO statement: It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Medtronic also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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