Senior Manager, Program Management, PASCAL

Edwards Lifesciences; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 139,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Edwards Lifesciences is seeking a Senior Manager, PASCAL Program Management to lead a portfolio of high-impact, cross-functional programs across the Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies portfolio in California.

You will define execution plans, align resources, manage budgets, and report milestones to senior leadership, while guiding diverse teams through complex development initiatives that advance patient care and business results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of progressive experience leading projects and programs.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• PMP or equivalent project management certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of high-impact, cross-functional programs and strategic initiatives.
• Define project scope, align resources, establish execution plans, and drive delivery.
• Lead planning, execution, and delivery from concept through implementation.
• Partner with leaders to define objectives, scope, metrics, and governance.
• Provide leadership to cross-functional teams and ensure execution excellence.
• Identify risks, dependencies, opportunities, and drive timely decisions.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Communicate status, milestones, benefits, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Patients with mitral and tricuspid heart valve disease often have complex conditions with limited treatment options. Our Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies (TMTT) business unit is boldly pursuing an innovative portfolio of technologies to address a patient’s unmet clinical needs. It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey.

Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world. As the Senior Manager Program Management, you’ll be a trusted thought leader as you ensure our projects are completed efficiently and effectively. Your strategic mindset and fresh perspectives will be an essential part of how we bring innovative solutions for patients.

How you will make an impact:

• Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world by helping bring new innovations and clinical evidence to our world-class TEER Therapy. As the Senior Manager, PASCAL Program Management, you will lead a portfolio of high-impact, cross-functional programs and strategic initiatives that advance patient care, drive business results, and support long-term organizational objectives.
• Leveraging strong program management expertise, business acumen, and stakeholder leadership, you will define and shape project scope, align resources, establish execution plans, secure leadership support, and drive successful delivery across functions, platforms, and geographies. This role requires a strategic mindset, the ability to influence without authority, and a passion for transforming complex challenges into actionable results.
• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex cross-functional programs and strategic initiatives from concept through implementation, ensuring alignment with business priorities and maximizing patient and organizational impact.
• Partner with functional leaders and stakeholders to define project objectives, scope, success metrics, resource requirements, and governance structures.
• Provide leadership, direction, and oversight to cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and execution excellence.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, opportunities, and alternative scenarios, driving timely decisions and issue resolution.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, budgets, and performance metrics to ensure successful program execution.
• Communicate program status, milestones, business benefits, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership through clear and effective executive-level reporting.

What you will need (required):

• Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of progressive experience leading projects and programs of increasing complexity or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria Preferred
• Master’s Degree or equivalent or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria Preferred

What else we look for (preferred):

• Demonstrated expertise in project and program management methodologies, tools, and best practices
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.

• Strong communication, facilitation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading projects within new product development, clinical research, or medical device environments.
• MBA or demonstrated record of strong business and strategic acumen.
• PMP or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience leading global, matrixed teams across multiple functions and regions.
• Knowledge of structural heart therapies or cardiovascular medical devices.
• Excellent problem-solving, agility, leadership through change, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills including high discretion/judgment in decision making
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives

• Ability to develop and integrate metrics into the projects and operations that clearly demonstrate the value to the business
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively elevate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
• Ability to work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment
• Share information and provides basic problem solving solutions; gains cooperation of others, conducts presentations of technical information concerning specific projects or schedules
• Develop peer, cross functional and cross business relationships to maximize best practice sharing and team effectiveness.
• Adhere to all EHS rules and requirements and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $139,000 to $196,000 (highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).