Sr Staff Program Manager (Onsite)

insulet; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Insulet is seeking a Senior Staff Program Manager to shape Insulet's product portfolio within the Next Generation Platforms group. You will drive complex enterprise-wide programs from feasibility through launch, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver life-changing diabetes solutions with speed, clarity, and alignment.

The role requires deep program management expertise, a strong technical foundation in medical device development, and the ability to influence decisions across senior

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex, enterprise-wide medical device programs from initiation through release.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and influence skills across all levels.
• Ability to build and maintain integrated project plans and roadmaps.
• Familiarity with regulatory standards and quality systems in medical devices.

Responsibilities

• Lead program management of innovative, complex R&D programs from initiation through release.
• Build and execute the integrated project plan and Gantt chart across cross-functional teams.
• Proactively manage risks and issues with mitigations.
• Lead core team and steering committee meetings with clear decisions and next steps.
• Ensure conformance to design control and quality management system requirements.
• Collaborate to navigate change and keep programs on track.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Medical device program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

Excellent communication

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Staff Program Manager plays a critical role in shaping the future of Insulet's product portfolio by helping bring the company's most innovative next-generation technologies from concept to launch. Positioned within the Next Generation Platforms group, this role is central to turning bold ideas into life-changing solutions for people with diabetes, ensuring that complex, enterprise-wide initiatives move forward with clarity, speed, and alignment. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence the direction of future products, drive meaningful business outcomes, and help deliver innovations that improve the lives of users around the world.

Position Overview

The Next Generation Platforms group is where Insulet builds what's next - translating bold ideas into the innovative products that will shape how our users live. The Senior Staff Program Manager is the driving force behind those programs, turning complex, ambitious concepts into delivered products.

This role leads Insulet's most critical and complex enterprise-wide programs from feasibility through launch. The Senior Staff Program Manager brings deep program management expertise and a strong technical foundation in medical device development, guiding cross-functional teams through ambiguity with structure, momentum, and clarity. A T-shaped doer, they move fluidly between the strategic roadmap and the hands‑on details - pairing program management mastery with broad fluency across the disciplines that bring a connected medical device to market.

They anticipate challenges before they surface, organize teams without slowing them down, and execute efficiently while staying flexible as priorities shift. A proactive self-starter, they take ownership and run with it - accountable for outcomes from start to finish. They communicate with range, translating fluidly across technical, program, and executive audiences, and bring the judgment to align stakeholders and the confidence to constructively challenge strong-minded leaders when a program depends on it.

Above all, this is a role for a builder: someone who sharpens the systems and processes around them as they deliver, raising the bar for how great products reach our users.

Responsibilities

• Lead program management of innovative, complex research and development programs from initiation through release.
• Build, maintain , and execute the detailed, integrated project plan and Gantt chart, weaving cross-functional workstreams into a single source of truth.
• Proactively manage program risks and issues - partnering with the team to identify and execute the right mitigations before they impact delivery.
• Lead program core team and steering committee meetings, keeping decisions, owners, and next steps clear.
• Guide project team members on conformance to established design control and quality management system requirements.
• Partner with the team on problem solving and scenario analysis to navigate change and keep programs on track.
• Anticipate and remove blockers, escalating with clear options and recommendations when a decision is needed.
• Adhere to all regulatory agency standards, company quality standards, and corporate policies.
• Travel domestically and internationally as business needs require.
• Perform other duties as required .

Key Decision Rights

• Owns the integrated program plan and rolling roadmap, along with the identification and communication of major risks, issues, and blockers affecting overall delivery.
• Influences program timelines, budget, and priorities, and leads change management for any decision that affects the overall program timeline.
• Serves as the authoritative source for program status, scenario analysis, and roadmap communication - ensuring stakeholders and leadership work from a single, accurate picture.

Required Leadership / Interpersonal Skills & Behaviors

• Demonstrated ability to lead programs with significant risk and complexity, and to set the strategy for executing them.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, problem‑solving, and people skills.
• Strong influence‑management skills, with a track record of shaping decisions and behaviors without relying on direct authority.
• Courage to challenge and advise stakeholders at every level, including executive leaders - assertive and collaborative in equal measure.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas, anticipate objections, and bring others along.
• Ability to solve unique, complex problems with broad business impact through conceptual and innovative thinking.
• Comfort able navigating and executing complex planning scenarios.
• A proactive, ownership mindset - takes the initiative, runs with it, and follows through.
• Highly organized yet flexible; thrives amid shifting priorities in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment.
• Genuine desire to learn and to help teams continuously improve.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Medical device program management experience.
• Expert program management skills, with demonstra