Senior Technical Programme Lead: Medtech & Scale-Up

Sava; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SAVA in London is seeking an experienced Technical Programme Lead to drive cross-functional product development, scale-up, clinical preparation, and regulatory readiness across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and clinical operations.

You will own cross-functional planning, risk assessment, and ensure milestones are met as the company scales from pilot to large-scale manufacturing, aligning with senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years in technical programme management, operations, or cross-functional delivery.
• Experience leading complex hardware/medtech programmes across engineering, manufacturing and quality.
• Strong ability to identify dependencies, risks, gaps, and sequencing.
• Organised and structured, with experience using programme tools like Jira and Notion.

Responsibilities

• Own cross-functional programme plans end-to-end (timelines, dependencies, critical paths, resources).
• Orchestrate company-wide readiness for milestones: design freezes, verification/validation, pilot builds, pivotal-trial readiness, regulatory submissions.
• Identify risks early, drive mitigation plans, and resolve blockers.
• Lead structured programme reviews with senior leadership and technical leads.
• Evaluate, introduce, and scale tools and processes that improve execution and systems.
• Own communication structures and cross-functional workflows across engineering, operations, quality, and clinical teams.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Structured planning

Decision making

Tools

Jira

Notion

Job description

SAVA in London is seeking an experienced Technical Programme Lead to drive cross-functional product development, scale-up, clinical preparation, and regulatory readiness across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and clinical operations.

You will own cross-functional planning, risk assessment, and ensure milestones are met as the company scales from pilot to large-scale manufacturing, aligning with senior leaders.