GPDP Project Manager

KARL STORZ North America; Stafford (TX); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

KARL STORZ North America is seeking a GPDP Project Manager to own complex product development programs from concept through transition to manufacturing. You will coordinate cross‑functional teams across software, hardware, systems engineering, and manufacturing to ensure on‑time delivery within budget in a regulated medical technology space.

You will operate in a hybrid Agile/GPDP environment, actively managing work packages, critical paths, dependencies, and risk mitigation from initialization

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years managing hardware and software development projects.
• Experience with GPDP, stage‑gate, Agile, or hybrid development.
• Proven ability to manage software lifecycles and hardware deliverables.
• Strong planning, communication, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex OR Integration programs from concept through pilot and production ramp.
• Create and maintain project plans, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
• Drive cross‑functional execution across software, hardware, systems, QA, and manufacturing.
• Manage dependencies, critical paths, risks, and forecasted delivery dates.
• Ensure BOMs, drawings, and part numbering are reflected in plans.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering during ramp and post‑release improvements.
• Clearly communicate status, risks, decisions, and expectations to leadership.

Skills

GPDP

Stage-gate

Agile

Project planning

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

About KARL STORZ

From the operating room to surgery centers—and everywhere in between—KARL STORZ North America is a global leader in medical technology and advanced visualization solutions. We design specialty innovations, smart instruments and devices, integrated ecosystems, and intelligent imaging—to build a more connected, software-enabled operating room.

About KARL STORZ

From the operating room to surgery centers—and everywhere in between—KARL STORZ North America is a global leader in medical technology and advanced visualization solutions. We design specialty innovations, smart instruments and devices, integrated ecosystems, and intelligent imaging—to build a more connected, software-enabled operating room.
As an independent, family-owned MedTech company, we ambitiously think in generations instead of quarters to improve patients’ lives around the world.

About The Role

As the GPDP Project Manager, you will own complex product development programs from concept through transition and release to manufacturing. Serving as the single delivery owner, you will connect cross‑functional teams across software, hardware, systems engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and service to ensure integrated OR Integration products are delivered on schedule, within cost targets, and with the quality required in a regulated medical technology environment.

This role operates in a hybrid Agile / GPDP stage-gate environment and requires a project leader who can actively manage work packages, critical paths, cross‑functional dependencies, technical deliverables, and risk mitigation from initialization through pilot phase and production ramp. The compensation range for this role $92,300 - $120,000.

What You’ll Do

• Lead complex OR Integration product development programs from concept through pilot phase, transition to manufacturing, and release.
• Create and maintain project execution plans, delivery timelines, cost goals, schedules, budgets, and deliverables aligned with GPDP and Agile practices.
• Drive cross‑functional execution across software, hardware, systems, audio/video engineering, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, service, and product teams.
• Own schedule visibility by managing dependencies, critical paths, risks, mitigation plans, and forecasted delivery dates.
• Ensure engineering deliverables such as BOMs, part numbering, drawings, subsystem plans, and long‑lead items are reflected in project plans.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering during production ramp and support feedback-driven improvements after release.
• Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and delivery expectations clearly to stakeholders and leadership.

What You Bring

• 5–7+ years of experience managing complex hardware and software development projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent technical project management experience.
• Experience with GPDP, stage‑gate, Agile, or hybrid Agile product development environments.
• Proven ability to manage software development lifecycles and hardware engineering deliverables, including drawings, BOMs, part numbering, and systems integration.
• Strong project planning skills with experience using tools such as Microsoft Project and Agile planning tools.
• Excellent communication, leadership, stakeholder management, mentoring, and influencing skills.
• Ability to travel up to 10% annually, including travel to beta sites and operating room environments as needed.

What Will Make You Successful

• You thrive in complex technical environments and can keep priorities, timelines, dependencies, and decisions moving forward.
• You bring a strong execution mindset and take ownership for driving work to completion, not simply coordinating activity.
• You communicate clearly and proactively, reducing ambiguity across global, cross‑functional teams.
• You understand integrated systems and can connect software, hardware, systems engineering, manufacturing, and quality requirements.
• You are comfortable influencing without authority and holding teams accountable to commitments.
• Preferred experience includes medical devices or regulated systems, globally distributed development teams, and PMP, IPMA, or Agile certification.

Why KARL STORZ?

Join KARL STORZ and be part of a team creating medical innovations that truly make a difference. Beyond technology, you’ll be part of a culture that values talent as its greatest asset, empowering you to contribute to a mission that improves patient care worldwide.