Senior Program Manager

ASP is looking for a Senior Program Manager who thrives on complexity and this role reporting to the PMO Director you will be accountable for leading multiple crossfunctional teams and driving execution across highvisibility complex programs with minimal oversight. You will lead critical medical device development programs across sterilization washing and disinfection and consumables translating innovative ideas into compliant marketready solutions that protect patients and advance healthcare.

Location:Hybrid working in the ASP Irvine office to collaborate with on-site team for moments that matter (est. 60%).

What Success Looks Like:

• Complex programs delivered predictably through major development and commercialization milestones
• Crossfunctional teams aligned risks surfaced early and decisions made with clarity and speed
• Strong trust and credibility with functional and senior leaders

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead Complex Medical Device Programs: Lead highimpact medical device development programs across hardware systems and consumables from concept through commercialization ensuring delivery against business customer and regulatory expectations.
• Drive CrossFunctional Execution: Align and lead crossfunctional teams across Engineering Quality Regulatory Operations Marketing and external partners to deliver integrated program outcomes on time and to standard.
• Strengthen Planning & Execution Rigor: Develop and continuously refine integrated program plans proactively managing scope schedule resources dependencies and critical path to improve predictability and accelerate key milestones.
• Own Program Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify assess and mitigate program risks prioritizing actions based on business impact and ensuring timely escalation and resolution to protect delivery quality and compliance.
• Enable Effective DecisionMaking: Facilitate structured datadriven problem solving for complex technical and organizational challenges enabling timely decisions and rapid course correction while preventing recurrence.
• Ensure Strategic & Regulatory Alignment: Own alignment of programs with evolving business priorities customer needs and applicable medical device regulatory and quality system requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Drive Stakeholder Alignment & Executive Communication:Own executivelevel communication influence crossfunctional alignment resolve tradeoffs and maintain momentum across complex multiteam programs.
• Foster Collaboration & Continuous Improvement: Promote a collaborative highperformance environment that encourages innovation continuous improvement and shared accountability across program teams.
• Mentor & Model Senior Program Leadership: Serve as a role model for program management excellence by sharing best practices mentoring peers and raising execution standards across the organization.

Qualifications

• High School or Equivalent
• Associates Degree
• Bachelors Degree
• Masters Degree
• PhD Degree
• Bachelors degree in Engineering Life Sciences or a related technical discipline required.
• Preferred Advanced degree (Masters Degree)

Years of Related Experience:

• 6 years of program management experienceleading end-to-end product development and commercialization of regulated products.

• 4 years in the Medical Device industryincluding hands-on experience leading programs that resulted in FDA 510(k) clearance with working knowledge of 21 CFR 820 and ISO 13485.

• Demonstrated ability to lead large global and interdependent programs in technical domains managing scope risk and stakeholder alignment.

• Hands-on experience with process improvement and metrics including use of tools like Jira Confluence and Fortive Business Systems (FBS).

• Track record of mentoring and developing high-performing project teams fostering innovation accountability and breakthrough thinking.

Knowledge Skills Abilities Certifications/Licenses and Affiliations:

• Exceptional program and project management skills with a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams through complex high-impact initiatives.
• Agile leadershipwithfamiliarity with SAFe and Lean practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement with the ability to influence and present effectively to senior executives and global teams.
• Strategic thinking and business acumen aligning program goals with broader organizational objectives and market opportunities.
• Results-driven mindset focused on delivering high-quality with measurable impact.
• Advanced problem-solving and decision-making skills navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in fast-paced environments.
• High accountability and performance orientation setting and raising standards and holding teams to commitments.
• Inclusive leadership fostering psychological safety encouraging diverse perspectives and promoting innovation.
• Metric-driven approach leveraging KPIs and dashboards to track progress and drive continuous improvement.
• Experience using structured program management planning risk management and continuous improvement tools; specific systems experience may include Microsoft Project Jira or equivalent platforms.
• Certification preferred: PMP PgMP or equivalent.

Responsibility for Others and Internal Interactions

• This role will report to the Director of PMO
• Potential internal interface activities that the position may encounter include:
  • R&D Directors Quality Operations Marketing Regulatory Affairs Service and Support on project planning/execution
  • R&D managers and individual contributors
• Managers and individual contributors from cross-functional groups planning and executing projects

External Interactions

• Regular communication with development partners (e.g. product design companies)
• Visit external partners customer sites or market research facilities occasionally

Travel on the Job

• Travel as needed estimated at 15%