Senior NPD Program Manager – Medical Devices

Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom; Maryland Heights (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement savings plan

Service bonus

Holiday pay

Transit spending account

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Kelly Engineering, partnered with a rapidly growing medical device company, is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead NPD initiatives in the St. Louis area from concept to commercialization.

You will guide cross-functional teams, manage stage-gate development, and drive projects to launch with a strong engineering foundation. You will align Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and Finance, track progress, mitigate risks, and ensure design transfer and manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 7+ years of engineering project or program management experience in medical devices or healthcare products.
• Led NPD projects through a formal stage-gate process to commercialization.
• Strong skills in project planning, risk management, prioritization, and stakeholder communication.
• Engineering knowledge of product design, CAD, manufacturing processes, prototyping, materials, and tolerancing.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple NPD projects from concept through design, validation, transfer, and launch.
• Own project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, resources, risks, and deliverables.
• Coordinate stage-gate reviews, project meetings, and go/no-go recommendations.
• Align Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, Finance, and external partners.
• Track progress, resolve roadblocks, and communicate status and risks to leadership.
• Support design transfer and manufacturing readiness, ensuring products meet customer, quality, cost, and timeline requirements.
• Provide technical guidance on product design, manufacturability, materials, tolerances, and DFM/DFA.
• Help improve NPD processes, project predictability, and speed to market.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

NPD process

Scheduling and planning

Manufacturing knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD

Product design

Materials & tolerancing

Job description

Kelly Engineering, partnered with a rapidly growing medical device company, is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead NPD initiatives in the St. Louis area from concept to commercialization.

You will guide cross-functional teams, manage stage-gate development, and drive projects to launch with a strong engineering foundation. You will align Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and Finance, track progress, mitigate risks, and ensure design transfer and manufacturing