Technical Project Manager

ConvaTec; Shotton, Queensferry, Connah's Quay; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global medical solutions company as a Technical Project Manager, where you'll oversee product development projects that aim to improve patient outcomes and reduce care costs. You will lead cross-functional teams, manage compliance, and drive innovation in healthcare technologies.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience managing New Product Development or Lifecycle management.
• Prior experience developing medical devices preferred.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office and project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Oversee project management from planning to execution for product development.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure project alignment.
• Identify project risks and ensure compliance with business processes.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Leadership

Collaboration

Education

BS in Engineering or Science discipline

Project management certification (CAPM, APM or equivalent)

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Project

MS PowerPoint

MS Teams

Job description

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Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Group revenues in 2023 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more about Convatec, please visit.

Change is everywhere at Convatec. It’s transforming our business, and helping us improve millions of lives. And we’re nowhere near finished. Across every part of our business, we’re pushing for better. Join us on our journey to #ForeverCaring as a Technical Project Manager, and you’ll do the same.

About the role:

The Technical Project Manager oversees the project management, planning, execution, tracking, and reporting of new product development and lifecycle management projects in accordance with agreed upon scope, timing, and budget. The role requires driving cross functional project execution through collaboration with various functional groups, including R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Operations and Commercial teams.

Your key duties and responsibilities:

1. Consistently project manage and deliver projects to ensure completion on time within the agreed scope and budget.
2. Work with cross functional project teams to provide a coordinated and collaborative approach to New Product Development and Lifecycle Management projects.
3. Create detailed work plans for assigned projects which identify and sequence the activities needed to successfully complete each project and establish the resources (time, money, capital equipment, etc.) required to complete the project activities.
4. Work within a cross functional team to ensure workstreams are appropriately planned and integrated into master schedules.
5. Develop communication plan and provide updates on assigned projects to stakeholders.
6. Review project schedules with senior management and project team members; revise schedules/plan as required to ensure successful completion.
7. Proactively identify and mitigate project risks. Escalate as appropriate to ensure timely resolution of identified issues.
8. Manage compliance to both Design Control and Business processes, such as preparation for Gate reviews with core team and ensuring rigorous adherence to IDEAL, the Convatec new product development process.
9. Set up files to ensure all project information is appropriately documented and secured.
10. Support the PMO to develop and enhance project management tools, processes, and systems to ensure consistent and efficient ways of working.
11. Make decisions in consultation with the New Product Delivery Lead on timeline opportunities to accelerate. It is expected to challenge assumptions provided by all project stakeholders with the aim of ensuring accuracy and quality in aggressive yet realistic timelines.

Skills & Experience:

• 2+ years of experience successfully managing and delivering New Product Development or Lifecycle management projects
• Prior experience developing medical devices strongly preferred
• Strong proficiency in the use of MS Word, MS Project, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Teams, database software, MS Outlook, Project Management Cloud Software
• Strong communicator; speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques
• Leader and team-worker who actively looks to develop themselves and others; proactively networks across a complex organizational hierarchy and works cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals and resolve problems

Education/Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering or Science discipline; MS preferred
• Project management certification is preferred (CAPM, APM or equivalent)

Travel Requirements:

• Position may involve travel up to 10% of the time, within the United States and Europe. Most trips will include overnight travel

Our transformation will change your career. For good. You’ll be pushed to think bigger and aim for excellence. Your ideas will be heard, and you’ll be supported to bring them to life. There’ll be challenges. But, stretch yourself and embrace the opportunities, and you could make your biggest impact yet. This is stepping outside of your comfort zone. This is work that’ll move you.

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Convatec provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.