Associate Project Manager

What You Will Do:

• Partner with the team in the development of the project charter and management plan.  Direct, manage, monitor, and control project.   Develop strong business case and evaluate tradeoffs within project.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to develop, manage and own project scope.  Create detailed Work Breakdown Structure.
• Develop and manage the detailed project Gantt chart.  Analyze critical path, major workstreams, and intersecting milestones. Own the project schedule
• Collaborate with cross-functional managers to define project budget. Monitor and maintain costs within budget.
• Partner with project team to create project Quality Plans using 2-3 quality planning tools and techniques. Monitor and maintain plans.
• Develop a risk management plan for the project. Identify, analyze, and understand project risks; develop and monitor a risk response plan.
• Estimate, acquire and assign cross functional project resources. Define the role, responsibility, and deliverables for each team member.  Provide direct feedback to the functional manager on performance reviews.
• Develop a Stakeholder management plan for the project, based on the identification, analysis and understanding of Stakeholder expectations.

What You Will Need:

Basic Qualification

• Minimum Bachelor’s of Technology Degree in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering) or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of work experience with the medical devices industry
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills including risk management experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to express ideas and collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills including risk management experience.

Preferred Qualification:

• PMP or equivalent preferred
• Has applied knowledge of FDA & International medical device regulations