Technical Project Manager

Smith+Nephew; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare technology company located in Kingston upon Hull is seeking a New Product Development Project Manager to lead digital solutions in wound care. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Agile methodologies, at least 6 years of experience delivering Software as a Medical Device, and a relevant degree. This role offers generous benefits including a bonus and flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Generous annual bonus

Pension schemes

Flexible vacation and time off

Private health and dental plans

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of experience in product development.
• Proven track record of delivering SaMD solutions into production.
• Familiarity with ISO 13485 and IEC 62304.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal and external teams to deliver results.
• Develop and own the technical project risk register.
• Report progress regularly to management.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Master’s or PhD

Tools

SAFe

SCRUM

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living.

Smith + Nephew’s Advanced Wound Management (AWM) division is on a journey to design and develop new innovative digital products that shape and redefine what is possible in wound care.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced New Product Development Project Manager to join our Digital team and help us expand our Agile Product Development capabilities

The Technical Project Manager will manage scope, planning and execution for all technical elements of complex new digital product development for AWM’s R&D Digital Development team. The successful candidate will bring a demonstrated track record and experience delivering digital solutions to the market, and will work with a globally distributed, product development teams to deliver new product solutions, leveraging wearable sensor technology and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) cloud applications, to prevent Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries (HAPI).

The Project Manager Leader facilitates teamwork and mobilises people to deliver on agreed-upon targets. This leader is further expected to play an active role in Agile Transformation efforts and help build a high-performance product development team.

The role will report to the AWM R&D Director of Software Development and Digitally Enabled Products.

What will you be doing?

• Lead internal and external teams to deliver results per customer requirements
• Guide teams in decomposing complex work and organise around cadence-based delivery
• Help build and maintain Agile Product Backlogs
• Prioritise backlogs in collaboration with R&D and Product Management
• Deploy metric based progress tracking, on an iteration- and quarterly basis
• Establish solid communication to global stakeholders with a maximum of transparency and clarity
• Ensure identification and delivery of all activities necessary, via implementation and management of the technical project plan and inputs, to drive design and development through to production
• Define and manage the overall technical plan, schedule and budget for: designing and developing products while ensuring the plan and strategy are reviewed and agreed within the NPD team
• Develop and own the technical project risk register, identifying opportunities to accelerate the project while highlighting potential risks and their control mitigations. Where needed, working with PMO to escalate and remove impediments.
• Responsible for forecasting and control of project spend
• Provide co-ordination between the project and design control activities, ensuring that technical work streams maintain compliance and that the design history file contains the relevant information
• Supports the relevant SME in coordinating technical design reviews, ensuring the correct attendees attend and documenting key decisions
• Work effectively cross-functionally with Clinical, Design & Usability, Marketing, R&D, Quality, and Regulatory and others to ensure technical inputs and outputs are considered and accounted for in project plans
• Report progress regularly to management and project core team

What will you need to be successful?

To thrive in this role, you'll ideally have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Science. If you’ve gone further with a Master’s or PhD in one of those fields, or even an MBA, that’s a big plus.

We’re looking for someone with at least 6 years of experience in product development and you should also have a solid track record of delivering Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) solutions into production.

A strong grasp of Agile methodologies like SAFe or SCRUM is essential. If you’re confident facilitating, coaching, and communicating across teams, you’ll fit right in.

You’ll also need to be familiar with regulatory standards like ISO 13485, IEC 62304, and FDA’s 21 CFR Part 820. Experience working on products that combine hardware and software is important, especially if you’ve delivered medical device software that complies with IEC 62304.

And finally, if you’ve had experience developing compliant processes and presenting project updates to executive leadership, that will help you stand out.

You. Unlimited

We believe in creating the greatest good for society. Our strongest investments are in our people and the patients we serve.

• Inclusion, Diversity and Equity: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity, Learn more about Employee Inclusion Groups on our website (
• Your Future: Generous annual bonus and pension Schemes, Save As You Earn share options and a car allowance.
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Vacation and Time Off, Paid Holidays and Paid Volunteering Hours, so we can give back to our communities!
• Your Wellbeing: Private Health and Dental plans, Healthcare Cash Plans, Income Protection, Life Assurance and much more.
• Extra Perks: Discounts on Gyms and fitness clubs, Salary Sacrifice Bicycle and Car Schemes and many other Employee discounts.