PD Project Management Specialist - Onsite

Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology dedicated to alleviating pain and restoring health. The PD Project Management Specialist will oversee operations activities and deliverables in product planning and execution, leading cross-functional teams to ensure successful project completion.

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for Operations activities and deliverables in product planning and execution
• Overall value stream development and process responsibility from technology through market release
• Lead the manufacturing and supply chain schedule risk burn-down
• Define and meet operations objectives for NPI program: COGS (Labor, Burden, Material, Scrap), Cycle Time, Capacity, First Run Yield, Cum Yield, Process Ppk, etc…
• Manages one or more developed or mature programs with well-defined program plans and delivery methodologies
• Lead cross-functional teams, including Design, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Planning, Category Management, Sourcing, Contract Manufacturers / OEM, Supplier Quality, through the product development process to ensure successful completion of development projects and business goals
• Provides tactical and / or operational leadership and coaching. Receives assignments in task and objective-oriented terms
• Establishes operational plans and implements policies and strategies. Decisions impact program schedules, customer satisfaction levels, and allocation of time, material resources, expenditures, and funds
• Responsible for developing, communicating, and documenting project strategies and plans, including operations budget and detailed schedule creation and maintenance
• Champion and document the Voice of Operations
• Ensure the quality policy/system is planned, understood, implemented, and maintained
• Ensure the Operations aspects of Quality System Compliance, Design History File, and Regulatory Submissions documentation
• Coordinate Development builds
• Ensure alignment between operations and the core team
• Champion manufacturing strategy and sourcing strategy for the program
• Lead decision-making for facility locations, make-buy decisions, and business continuity
• Ensure Design for Reliability and Manufacturing (DRM) is consistently and rigorously applied
• Facilitate launch build planning, capacity planning, execution, and Commercialization Readiness activities

Requirements:

• Baccalaureate degree
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
• For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required