Senior Product Development Program Manager (NPI)

MiniMed; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 181,000 - 309,000; Full time

Job summary

MiniMed is seeking a Senior Product Development Program Manager (NPI) to lead cross-functional efforts across deployment, validation, manufacturing readiness, and commercialization of next-generation product platforms. You will coordinate Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Sourcing, and Contract Manufacturing partners to achieve readiness and launch objectives.

The role requires strong program management, manufacturing transfer experience, and the ability

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
• Preferred PMP certification or equivalent program management experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional development or manufacturing transfer programs.
• Experience coordinating equipment development, manufacturing readiness, process validation, and production launch activities.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive execution without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution of manufacturing deployment activities for new product production lines.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical path activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on scope, timeline, budget, and deliverables.
• Drive program reviews and communicate status, risks, mitigation plans, and key decisions to leadership.
• Drive alignment on program priorities, readiness criteria, resource requirements, and launch strategies.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder alignment

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Operations/Life Sciences or related field

Tools

PMP certification

Job description

Flexible

USA-CA San Diego World Trade Drive

Northridge, California, United States of America

Full time

R-801819

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 14 Sep 2026

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

The Senior Product Development Program Manager (NPI) will lead cross-functional efforts supporting the deployment, validation, manufacturing readiness, and commercialization of next-generation product platforms. This individual will serve as the primary program leader coordinating Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Sourcing, and Contract Manufacturing partners to achieve successful operational readiness and product launch objectives.

The role requires strong program management skills, manufacturing transfer experience, and the ability to drive alignment across internal and external stakeholders to deliver program milestones, validation activities, manufacturing readiness, and launch execution.

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

Program Leadership & Execution

• Lead planning and execution of manufacturing deployment activities for new product production lines.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical path activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on scope, timeline, budget, and deliverables.
• Drive program reviews and communicate status, risks, mitigation plans, and key decisions to leadership.
• Drive alignment on program priorities, readiness criteria, resource requirements, and launch strategies.

Equipment Development & Manufacturing Readiness

• Coordinate equipment requirements, design, procurement, build, testing, FAT, SAT, installation, commissioning, and qualification activities.
• Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, R&D, Quality, and Operations teams to ensure equipment and process readiness.
• Support manufacturing line capacity planning, staffing strategies, operator training, and production ramp plans.
• Coordinate development of manufacturing documentation, work instructions, training plans, procedures, and readiness deliverables.
• Facilitate timely resolution of equipment, tooling, fixture, automation, and process issues across suppliers, contract manufacturers, and internal teams.

Validation & Compliance

• Coordinate execution of validation plans including IQ, OQ, PQ, and associated readiness activities.
• Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure compliance with applicable standards and procedures.
• Support development and closure of risk assessments, validation deliverables, and readiness documentation.
• Ensure program deliverables meet quality, compliance, and commercialization requirements.
• Drive alignment between equipment readiness, process validation, product testing, and manufacturing release activities.

Supply Chain & Contract Manufacturing Readiness

• Partner with contract manufacturers to establish integrated deployment plans, governance, execution priorities, and performance expectations.
• Coordinate sourcing, supplier readiness, material availability, component qualification, logistics, and capacity planning activities.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Sourcing teams to identify and mitigate launch, capacity, and continuity-of-supply risks.
• Support resolution of supplier, material, and manufacturing constraints that could affect validation, ramp, or commercialization.
• Maintain alignment between internal teams, equipment suppliers, and contract manufacturing partners.

Risk Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Establish and maintain program risk registers, mitigation plans, decision logs, and escalation processes.
• Build strong partnerships across R&D, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Finance, and Commercial organizations.
• Lead resolution of technical, operational, quality, supply chain, and schedule risks impacting program execution.
• Facilitate cross-functional decision-making and drive closure of critical issues and readiness gaps.
• Align stakeholders around program objectives, timelines, dependencies, and expected business outcomes.

Commercialization & Launch Support

• Drive cross-functional launch readiness activities across Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, and Commercial teams.
• Support production ramp activities and post-launch stabilization.
• Monitor launch metrics and facilitate timely resolution of manufacturing and supply chain issues.
• Ensure successful transition from project execution to sustained operations.

Key Accountabilities

• Deliver program milestones on schedule and within approved budget targets.
• Ensure successful completion of validation and regulatory deliverables.
• Identify and proactively manage program risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Achieve equipment, process, manufacturing, and operational readiness for commercial production.
• Drive launch readiness, production ramp, capacity attainment, and post-launch stabilization.
• Maintain alignment between internal stakeholders, suppliers, and contract manufacturing partners.
• Balance schedule, cost, quality, capacity, and compliance requirements throughout program execution.

Required Knowledge and Experience:

Requires a Bachelor's degree and minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Life Sciences, or related field.
• Minimum7+ years of experience in product development, operations, manufacturing engineering, or program management.
• Experience leading cross-functional development or manufacturing transfer programs.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers and equipment suppliers.
• Experience coordinating equipment development, manufacturing readiness, process validation, and production launch activities.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive execution without direct authority.
• Proven ability to manage complex schedules, risks, budgets, and stakeholder communications.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and influence skills.
• Medical device or regulated industry experience.
• Knowledge of IQ/OQ/PQ, FAT/SAT, and manufacturing readiness processes.
• Manufacturing transfer, process validation, and commercialization experience.
• Experience supporting automated manufacturing equipment deployment.
• PMP certification or equivalent program management experience.

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.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$164,000.00 - $278,000.00

For roles located in California, Seattle WA, Washington DC, Boston MA, and New York City, the salary range is $181,000.00 - $309,000.00 USD.

Actual compensation may vary based on factors including experience, education, certifications, skills, market conditions, internal equity, and geographic location. Compensation and benefits information pertains solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Short Term Incentive (STI).

At MiniMed, we are committed to supporting the well-being and financial security of our employees. Regular employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for a robust benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as access to a Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, life insurance, long-term disability leave, and a dependent daycare spending account. In addition, all regular employees enjoy incentive plans, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term disability coverage, paid time off and holidays, participation in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and access to our Employee Assistance Program. Eligible employees may also benefit from our Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan, subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements. Please note that “regular employees” refers to those who are not temporary staff, such as interns, and some benefits may not apply to employees in Puerto Rico.

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 (https://www.minimed.com/en-us/about-us/).

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 (http://www.minimed.com/en-us/la-county-legal-notice) 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.

This employer participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here (https://www.e-verify.gov/employees).