Project Manager, Medical Devices

Skyelia; Paramus (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Skyelia seeks a Project Manager, Medical Devices to lead cross-functional programs from definition to commercialization, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery with strong design control. The role emphasizes collaboration, stakeholder alignment, and rigorous status reporting across the organization.

You will guide the PMO portfolio, manage risk and quality plans, and ensure processes meet ISO and FDA guidelines while maintaining confidentiality and professionalism in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Masters degree or MBA preferred.
• PgMP or PfMP certification preferred.
• M&A integration experience highly desirable.
• 2+ years in the medical device industry.
• 2+ years in a project management role or equivalent.
• Experience with project management tools such as MS Project.
• Excellent interpersonal and executive communication skills.
• Collaborative leader who excels in ambiguity.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive leaders.
• Understanding ISO and FDA guidelines as they apply to Product Development.
• Excellent organization and time management/multi-tasking skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide cross-functional program leadership to drive strategic growth initiatives and programs.
• Establish and influence program stakeholder relationships and communications.
• Present data and recommend program improvements to senior leaders.
• Execute program plans (quality, risk, staffing) and maintain current program data.
• Drive PMO continuous improvement and optimize portfolio resource allocation.
• Track program progress and prepare detailed management status reports.
• Ensure compliance with company, FDA, and ISO procedures during development.
• Oversee lifecycle phases from concept to commercialization.
• Establish best practices for project management across the company.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Time management

Ambiguity leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or MBA

Tools

MS Project

Job description

About the job Project Manager, Medical Devices

The Project Lead is responsible for providing cross-functional program leadership to ensure projects achieve desired outcomes from product definition through product commercialization.

This leader will help teams define and achieve the objectives and goals required to complete projects on time and within budget. Their focus will be on driving high levels of collaboration and execution across teams. They will ensure effective management of portfolios with a focus on effective design control and risk taking. The successful candidate will possess a high degree of professionalism, maturity and confidentiality.

Responsibilities:

• Provide cross-functional program leadership to drive strategic growth initiatives, innovation portfolio and programs.
• Establish, maintain, and influence program stakeholder relationships, expectations, and communications, both internal and external to the organization.
• Present data and recommend program improvements to senior leaders.
• Execute program plans (quality, risk, communication, staffing, etc.) and capture and communicate program status and data in order to maintain accurate and current program information for the use of stakeholders.
• Originate and drive Project Management Office (PMO) continuous improvement activities. Optimize resource allocation of portfolio in partnership with functional leaders across divisions/site.
• Track overall program progress and provide detailed management status reports. Ensure projects are run in compliance with company, FDA, and ISO procedures.
• Oversee and provide guidance across all phases of the product development life-cycle process from concept to commercialization.
• Drive organizational and program learnings/best practices to continually improve organization to best in class PMO.
• Establish best practices across the company for project management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree required. Masters Degree and/or MBA preferred.
• Program Management Professional (PgMP) or Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) certification preferred.
• M&A integration experience highly desired.
• 2+ years of experience in the medical device industry.
• 2+ years of experience in a project management role or equivalent experience.
• Experience with project management tools such as MS Project or other.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in addition to having the ability to effectively communicate within the project teams as well as to top level management
• Collaborative leader who excels in leading through ambiguity
• Ability and experience with communicating effectively with executive leaders.
• MS Project software experience
• Understanding ISO and FDA guidelines as they apply to Product Development
• Excellent organization and time management/multi-tasking skills (comfortable in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment, operating at both strategic and tactical levels)