Senior Program Manager

INTEGRA LIFESCIENCES CORP; Kingston (NJ); On-site; USD 125,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Integra LifeSciences is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead a portfolio of Global Operations initiatives in the United States. The role translates strategic objectives into an integrated program roadmap, aligning scope, milestones, resources, risks, governance, and benefits realization across multiple projects and streams.

The successful candidate will drive cross-functional execution, partner with executive sponsors, and deliver decision-ready recommendations in governance forums, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Life Sciences, Business, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in project management, program management, operations consulting, transformation or related leadership roles.
• Experience within medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other highly regulated industries.
• Proven track record managing complex, cross-functional programs consisting of multiple related projects and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success leading executive stakeholders through governance, organizational change, dependency management, and business-critical decisions.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent advanced project management credential required.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategic objectives into an integrated program roadmap, governance model, operating cadence, success measures, and desired outcomes.
• Lead multiple related projects, workstreams, and enabling activities as a coordinated program through implementation and benefits realization.
• Align scope, plans, milestones, resources, assumptions, dependencies, and deliverables across program components.
• Resolve cross-project conflicts and competing priorities while recommending sequencing, resourcing, and delivery trade-offs.
• Maintain visibility into program health, critical paths, dependencies, readiness activities, key decisions, and outcomes.
• Own a portfolio of Global Operations initiatives, including: Manufacturing Network Footprint Optimization, Product and Process Transfers, Mergers & Acquisitions Integration, Sustaining Engineering Programs, Supply Chain Continuity & Resiliency, Cost Improvement Initiatives.
• Present decision-ready recommendations, risks, trade-offs, and enterprise impacts in executive governance forums.
• Establish escalation pathways and drive timely resolution of strategic issues and organizational barriers.
• Maintain stakeholder alignment throughout complex, multi-phase programs.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the assigned Global Operations portfolio and provide updates to the Operations Leadership Team (OLT) and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) as needed.

Skills

Program management

Leadership

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Operations/Life Sciences/Business

Job description

Changing lives. Building Careers. Joining us is a chance to do important work that creates change and shapes the future of healthcare. Thinking differently is what we do best. To us, change equals opportunity. Every day, our colleagues are challenging what’s possible and making headway to innovate new treatment pathways to advance patient outcomes and set new standards of care.

Position Summary

The Senior Program Manager is a designated Program Management role responsible for integrating and leading related Global Operations projects, workstreams, and enabling activities to achieve strategic outcomes and benefits that cannot be realized through independent project management. This role translates strategic objectives into an integrated program roadmap and aligns scope, milestones, resources, risks, governance, change management activities, and benefits realization across the program portfolio. The Senior Program Manager operates as a senior individual contributor and program delivery leader, partnering with executive sponsors, business leaders, functional stakeholders, project teams, and, where applicable, Project Managers. The role is responsible for resolving cross-project dependencies, managing competing priorities, enabling program-level decision making, and maintaining visibility throughout the program lifecycle. Success in this role requires strong program leadership, strategic thinking, executive communication, financial and business acumen, organizational change management, benefits governance, and the ability to influence across organizational boundaries without direct authority.

Key Responsibilities

Program Strategy, Integration & Delivery Translate strategic objectives into an integrated program roadmap, governance model, operating cadence, success measures, and desired outcomes.

Lead multiple related projects, workstreams, and enabling activities as a coordinated program through implementation and benefits realization.

Align scope, plans, milestones, resources, assumptions, dependencies, and deliverables across program components.

Resolve cross-project conflicts and competing priorities while recommending sequencing, resourcing, and delivery trade-offs.

Maintain visibility into program health, critical paths, dependencies, readiness activities, key decisions, and outcomes.

Own a portfolio of Global Operations initiatives, including: Manufacturing Network Footprint Optimization Product and Process Transfers Mergers & Acquisitions Integration Sustaining Engineering Programs Supply Chain Continuity & Resiliency Cost Improvement Initiatives Executive Stakeholder & Governance Leadership Align executive sponsors, business leaders, program stakeholders, and component leads around shared objectives and governance expectations.

Present decision-ready recommendations, risks, trade-offs, and enterprise impacts in executive governance forums.

Establish escalation pathways and drive timely resolution of strategic issues and organizational barriers.

Maintain stakeholder alignment throughout complex, multi-phase programs.

Serve as the primary point of contact for the assigned Global Operations portfolio and provide updates to the Operations Leadership Team (OLT) and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) as needed.

Benefits, Financial & Resource Integration

Consolidate project budgets, forecasts, resource requirements, and investment impacts into a program-level view.

Evaluate funding, capacity, resource allocation, risk, and value trade-offs.

Partner with Operations Finance to develop business cases and financial analyses, including NPV, IRR, and payback calculations.

Coordinate with functional leaders to obtain CapEx and OpEx estimates required for investment decisions.

Partner with business owners to define, track, govern, and transition benefit realisation metrics.

Ensure program performance supports enterprise priorities and strategic objectives.

Program Risk, Dependency & Compliance Management

Identify and manage cross-functional risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints.

Manage program critical paths and implement effective mitigation strategies.

Lead contingency planning, scenario analysis, and recovery planning efforts.

Ensure compliance with PMO standards, quality requirements, regulatory expectations, and functional controls.

Escalate program risks with recommended actions and clearly defined business impacts.

Methodology, Organizational Change & Adoption

Align predictive, Agile, hybrid, and functional delivery methodologies under a common governance framework.

Integrate communication, training, readiness, adoption, stabilization and sustainment plans.

Coordinate organizational impacts across functions, business units, geographies, and stakeholder groups.

Adapt program direction as business priorities, environmental factors or organizational constraints evolve.

Program Leadership & Capability Development

Provide matrix leadership to project teams, component leads, and Project Managers while maintaining functional accountability.

Coach and mentor Project Managers and delivery leaders.

Promote best practices, lessons learned, and continuous improvement across the project and program management community.

Model Integra values through collaboration, accountability, strategic thinking, integrity and operational excellence.

Required Qualifications

Education Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Life Sciences, Business, or a related technical field required.

Experience 10+ years of progressive experience in project management, program management, operations consulting, transformation or related leadership roles.

Experience within medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other highly regulated industries.

Proven track record managing complex, cross-functional programs consisting of multiple related projects and stakeholders.

Demonstrated success leading executive stakeholders through governance, organizational change, dependency management, and business-critical decisions.

Experience providing matrix leadership to project teams and cross-functional organizations.

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent advanced project management credential required.

Core Competencies

Program integration and roadmap development

Program governance and portfolio management

Dependency management and scenario planning

Executive communication and stakeholder influence

Strategic planning and decision facilitation

Financial analysis and business case development

Benefits realization management

Risk management and mitigation planning

Organizational change leadership

Cross-functional collaboration and matrix leadership

PM/PPM tools, reporting systems, analytics and collaboration platforms

Salary Pay Range

$125,350.00 - $172,500.00 USD

Salary Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location. Individual pay is determined by several factors including job related skills, experience and relevant education or training. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for bonus, commission, equity or other variable compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance and group legal insurance and savings plan (401(k)).

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