Sr Program Manager (Corporate)

Viant; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with company match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Gym membership discount

Employee discounts

Pet insurance

Job summary

Viant is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead New Product Introduction, Transfer, Cost Reduction, Integrations, Insourcing, and Strategic Corporate Programs across Viant Medical. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage scope, schedule, budget, and ensure regulatory compliance.

This remote role requires up to 50% travel, strong PMI-based project management experience in medical devices, and excellent communication with customers and leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline or business management with at least 7 years of related work experience.
• PMP Certification preferred.
• Minimum 7 years work experience (post-college).
• 5+ years project management experience.
• Experience in medical device, contract manufacturing or related regulated industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional teams on strategic projects including New Product Introduction, Transfer, Cost Reduction, Integrations, Insourcing, and Strategic Corporate Programs.
• Primary point of contact and communication between Viant and the Customer.
• Define the scope, budget, requirements, and deliverables of all assigned projects.
• Develop and maintain an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) with key milestones.
• Manage risks, budgets, and schedules; drive status reporting and reviews.
• Ensure activities meet Viant SOPs, FDA and ISO regulations.
• Provide weekly status and monthly project reviews.
• Develop recovery plans and corrective actions with the team.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

PMI methodologies

Communication

Analytical skills

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business

Tools

MS Project

MS Teams

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Looking for work that matters? Join Viant and contribute to the design and manufacturing of medical technologies that improve patient outcomes. Guided by our promise—We're In It For Life—you’ll build your career with a trusted industry innovator that invests in your growth, well-being, and ability to make a meaningful impact every day.

About the company:

Viant is a global medical device partner providing design, development, manufacturing, and assembly services through capabilities in materials, plastics, metals, extrusion, and automation. With nearly 6,000 employees across 24 locations worldwide, it delivers high-quality, life-enhancing products with the scale and expertise to bring devices to market efficiently. Learn more at Viant Medical's website or in LinkedIn.

About the role:

The Senior Program Manager (SPM) is responsible for the management, implementation and strategy for a New Product Introduction, Transfer, Cost Reduction, Integrations, Insourcing, and Strategic Corporate Programs across all Viant Medical functional groups. The SPM will support, coach and mentor core sub-team members and functional leaders through issues associated with implementing new projects, customers and products. The SPM will follow and create processes for communicating and tracking all activities, commitments and metrics associated with a given project or program and will provide critical influence in ensuring that projects and products are implemented that meet Viant Medical’s cost, yield, quality supply chain and product release/support goals. The SPM will ensure the project review process has been implemented per Viant policy, and programs transition through the process as required. The SPM will be responsible for organizing weekly project review meetings, schedule and financial reviews for any programs under their leadership. The Senior Program Manager is responsible for communicating the deliverables, requirements, and overall Customer needs to the cross-functional team. This requires an accurate assessment of the Project. These activities could include - understanding the requirements and deliverables of the customers, working with the plant leadership and Director of Operations to identify the required resources, and establishing ownership throughout the organization for the deliverables.

Work Model: Remote with 50% travel requirement as needed.

Job Responsibilities:

Lead cross-functional teams on key Strategic projects including but not limited to New Product Introduction, Transfer, Cost Reduction, Integrations, Insourcing, and Strategic Corporate Programs.

Primary point of contact and communication between Viant and the Customer.

Define the scope, budget, requirements, and deliverables of all assigned projects. Document and communicate internally and externally as needed.

Ensuring the planning, coordination, execution, tracking, reporting and closure.

Using Microsoft Project software tool, development of a fully Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) including all required tasks with key milestones identified and tracked.

Obtain functional department commitment / buy-in to the schedule and budget

Issue/Risk management to include development and tracking/reporting of mitigation plans.

Program budget setting, financial analysis and reporting

Assure activities will meet Viant requirements (SOP’s), FDA and ISO regulations.

Goal setting and on-time delivery of Viant and customer milestone deliverables

• Provide Weekly Status Reporting for assigned Projects
• Provide Monthly Project Review status for assigned Projects as scheduled.

Initiate corrective action review meetings when the project schedule is not being met.

Working with the Project Team and Plant Management develop and document recovery plans and corrective actions into the IMS.

Communicate the revised plans and schedule to the Customer.

Utilize and steward Viant’s ViaLaunch program management process

Other projects and tasks as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Education/ Certifications:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline or business management with at least 7 years of related work experience

PMP Certification preferred

Job Experience:

Minimum 7 years work experience (post-college)

5+ years project management experience

Experience in medical device, contract manufacturing or related regulated industry preferred

Project management skills; demonstrated use of PMI methodology.

Strong analytical, planning, organization and time management skills

Demonstrated track record of leading within complex organizations requiring strong influential management skills.

Ability to work collaboratively within a matrix organization, build teams and relationships.

Experience leading projects with multiple cross-functional team members and functional management.

Ability to communicate complex information to various levels of management and employees.

Capability to understand customer requirements and incorporate into business decisions

Solid problem solving, mentoring, training and coaching experience.

Strong experience working with Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project and MS TEAMS) is required.

Benefits effective day one of hire! Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401k Plan with Company Match

Generous Paid time off and paid Holidays Low-cost nutrition & mental health visits

Tuition Reimbursement and career development programs

Company-paid life insurance

Access to individualized financial planning

Voluntary Universal Life and Long-Term Care

Voluntary Legal Plan

Up to $150-off your gym membership annually

Employee discount programs

Pet Insurance

Home Ownership Program

Viant is a global medical device design and manufacturing services provider that partners and innovates with customers to provide the highest quality, life enhancing medical devices. We do this through our depth and breadth of capabilities, end-to-end integration, technical expertise, and relentless focus on our customers and on operational excellence. With nearly 6,000 associates across 24 locations worldwide, we offer a unique combination of small-company service and attention with big-company resources. For more information, visit viantmedical.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

Viant provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Viant complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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Viant

Viant is a global medical device partner specializing in design, development, manufacturing, and assembly services for the healthcare industry. The company leverages capabilities across materials, plastics, metals, extrusion, and automation to deliver high-quality, life-enhancing medical products. With nearly 6,000 employees across 24 locations worldwide, Viant combines scale and expertise to efficiently bring medical devices to market while meeting stringent cost, quality, and supply chain requirements. The company is guided by its promise 'We're In It For Life,' reflecting its commitment to improving patient outcomes through trusted innovation and investment in employee growth.