PD Program Manager

PRI-MiniMed Puerto Rico Operations Company; Juncos (PR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MiniMed is seeking a dynamic program manager to lead and coordinate the successful launches of insulin delivery products across global markets, navigating regulatory, technical, and operational complexities.

In this matrixed role, you will drive end-of-life transitions, manage cross-functional teams, monitor budgets and schedules, and ensure high-quality outcomes for patients worldwide. A PMP or equivalent and a bachelor's degree are preferred; experience in drug delivery devices is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree required with 5+ years of relevant experience, or 3+ years with an advanced degree.
• Experience leading product launches in regulated healthcare environments.
• Regulatory compliance knowledge ISO Regulation and Medical Devices Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead geographical expansion programs in collaboration with Marketing, Regulatory, Technical Communications and Operations to launch products globally.
• Drive end-of-life program management, overseeing strategic transitions with strict deadlines to ensure business continuity.
• Lead cross-functional teams for new product development and lifecycle management of products, processes, and therapies.
• Oversee operational aspects of ongoing projects and liaise between project management, planning, and line management.
• Develop and implement processes for delivering new or existing products and services across departments.
• Review project status and budgets; manage schedules and prepare status reports.
• Monitor projects from initiation through delivery and track milestones.
• Assess issues and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals.
• Gathers requirements, plans, elicits, and manages requirements to meet stakeholder demands.
• Communicate with stakeholders and secure engagement to ensure solutions meet business needs.

Skills

Project management

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

At MiniMed, you can begin a lifelong career of exploration and innovation, while helping make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes around the globe. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation for a more connected, compassionate world.

About the Role

We are looking for a dynamic professional that leads and manages successful launch of products across global markets by navigating regulatory, technical, and operational complexities, ensuring business continuity by managing strategic end-of-life product transitions with precision and urgency with seamless collaboration between project management, planning, and line management while maintaining full compliance with Quality Regulation Standards. This is a highly collaborative, matrixed role requiring the ability to lead without direct authority. You will serve as the primary liaison between project teams, line management, and planning functions, orchestrating complex programs while keeping all parties informed, engaged, and accountable. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker and natural collaborator who thrives in fast-paced, globally distributed environments and is passionate about bringing innovative healthcare solutions to patients worldwide.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• On Site Role Lead and manage geographical expansion programs in close collaboration with Marketing, Regulatory, Technical Communications, and Operations teams to successfully launch products across global markets.
• Drive end-of-life program management, overseeing the strategic transition and replacement of legacy products within strict deadlines to ensure business continuity with minimal disruption to operations and customers.
• Leads or leverages cross functional teams to evaluate, develop and manage projects for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management of products, processes and therapies.
• Oversees and manages the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serves as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and line management.
• Manages 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 and processes.
• Reviews status of projects and budgets; manages schedules and prepares status reports.
• Monitors the project from initiation through delivery.
• Assesses project issues and develops resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives.
• Develops mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
• Gathers requirements, works on requirements planning, requirements elicitation and requirements management to ensure they meet demands of project’s key stakeholders.
• Communicates with stakeholders, obtains stakeholder engagement to ensure the end products or processes will solve the business problems.

Must Have

Minimum Requirements To be considered for this role, please ensure the minimum requirements are evident on your resume.

• Requires Bachelor Degree.
• Requires minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

Nice to Have

• Project Management Certification (PMP) preferred.
• Risk management and data-driven Quality management systems knowledge.
• Experience in product development of drug delivery devices, preferably insulin delivery devices.
• Regulatory compliance knowledge ISO Regulation and Medical Devices Regulations.
• Strong project management skills with experience effectively and efficiently executing against project contracts; knowledge of process and project planning best practices.
• Experience in leading within matrix organizations requiring strong influenced management skills Influence management skills; experience working collaboratively at all levels in matrix environment to build and maintain the positive relationships required to accomplish organizational goals.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

Benefits & Compensation

MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package. At MiniMed, we put people first. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values: We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life. This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Short Term Incentive (STI).

MiniMed Benefits Overview

About MiniMed MiniMed is a full-stack insulin delivery company dedicated to supporting people living with diabetes through every step of their journey — when and how they need it. For more than 40 years, we’ve been committed to redefining what’s possible: intelligent dosing systems designed for real life, predictive insights that stay a step ahead, and always on support when it’s needed most. At the heart of everything we do is a simple Mission: to make every day a better day for people with diabetes. Learn more about our business, and our mission here. It is the policy of MiniMed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) 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, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, MiniMed will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are applying to perform work for MiniMed in any position which will involve performing at least two (2) hours of work on average each week within the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, you can find here a list of all material job duties of the specific job position which MiniMed reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. MiniMed will consider for employment qualified job applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

MiniMed is a full-stack insulin delivery company dedicated to supporting people living with diabetes through every step of their journey — when and how they need it. With a heritage rooted in technology, empathy, and a relentless pursuit of innovation, we’re focused on one thing: making every day a better day for people with diabetes. From our intelligent dosing systems that stay one step ahead to our always-on support when it’s needed most, we’re committed to building a connected system of care that works together and fits into everyday life, so people with diabetes can move through the day with fewer interruptions. Fewer second guesses. And more freedom to live in the moment. We’re here to make better days possible for people with diabetes. Joyful, messy, fully lived days. Days where things feel lighter, easier.

For more than four decades, we’ve been driven by this mission, delivering groundbreaking advancements in technology to help people live more fully, freely, and with greater confidence. At MiniMed, diabetes care is personal for us. Many of our employees have a connection to diabetes, whether they’re living with it themselves or through family members and friends, and we all show up each day to help make the lives of our coworkers and loved ones easier. Our people-first priority. At MiniMed, we put our customers at the forefront of all we do, and that focus extends to our team as well. We’re dedicated to creating a culture of belonging and providing our people with all the career-building resources you might need. Our life-transforming technologies. No matter what your role at our company, you're making a difference in the lives of people with diabetes. Our innovative inventions improve their day-to-day by helping lift the mental load and allowing diabetes to fade into the background, empowering them to live life on their own terms. Our focus on the future. We're chasing the dream of a world where people with diabetes can be free of that never-ending battle of balancing blood sugar. A world where better days are the norm, not the exception. Fresh faces and new viewpoints will help create our cutting-edge solutions and define the next generation of breakthroughs in care, so that a better day can start today.

It is the policy of MiniMed to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) 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. In addition, MiniMed will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare settingis considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support.

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