Technical Project Manager, Lifecycle Engineering

Career-defining. Life-changing.

At iRhythm youll have the opportunity to grow your skills and your career while impacting the lives of people around the world. iRhythm is shaping a future where everyone everywhere can access the best possible cardiac health solutions. Every day we collaborate create and constantly reimagine whats possible. We think big and move fast driven by our commitment to put patients first and improve lives. We need builders like you. Curious and innovative problem solvers looking for the chance to meaningfully shape the future of cardiac health our company and your career

About This Role:

Technical Project Manager Lifecycle Engineering

Hybrid role (2-3 days per week in office). Office location is either San Francisco CA or Cypress CA

About iRhythm:

iRhythm is a leading digital healthcare company focused on the way cardiac arrhythmias are clinically diagnosed by combining our wearable bio sensing technology with powerful cloud-based data analytics and Artificial Intelligence capabilities. Our goal is to be the leading provider of ambulatory ECG monitoring for patients at risk for arrhythmias. iRhythms continuous ambulatory monitoring has already put over 4 million patients and their doctors on a shorter path to what they both need answers.

About this role:

iRhythm is currently seeking an experienced Senior Technical Project Manager within the Research & Development this role you will lead lifecycle/sustaining projects consisting of commercialized medical device systems working with highly skilled engineers ensuring quality compliance design process improvement and manufacturability while maintaining business continuity. You will have the opportunity to drive the delivery of medical device projects to domestic and international markets. You will be exposed to a diverse set of projects involving design and process changes of varying operational addition you will build a deep understanding of our end-to-end systems helping to drive successful delivery of projects throughout the product life cycle.

Our work environment is fast paced with a collaborative atmosphere. Most of all we are passionate about maintaining and continuously improving our products which improve the quality of health care and the patient experience. We are looking for like-minded individuals to join our team today!

Specific job responsibilities include:

Project Planning

• Collaborates closely with product management operations engineering quality assurance and regulatory affairs to understand prioritize and scope changes (driven by field compliance cost business continuity) to commercialized products.
• Author design change project documentation (i.e. change request design change plans closure forms) for commercial product lines.
• Drives project planning WBS estimation resources scheduling timelines status risks and re-planning as required
• Creates and maintains the technical project schedule & release plan adhering to the design control process

Project Execution

• Primary owner of project plan initiation through implementation
• Successful project execution from initiation through implementation utilizing capabilities in project management technical expertise and cross functional collaboration with Operations Product Management IT and QA/RA.
• Ensures all technical project documentation supporting change requests design change plans closure forms is executed timely and in compliance with company SOPs/Regulatory standards.
• Lead and coordinate hardware software and cloud platform changes to ensure sustained product performance.
• Act as a scrum master for sprint planning backlog refinement stand-ups and retrospectives
• Lead project stand-ups status meetings design reviews and cross-functional technical discussions
• Facilitate and participate in technical discussions with engineers and cross-functional teams
• Own project risk register and hold regular discussions on key risks and mitigations.

Operational

• Partner with product management and functional leadership to facilitate project backlog refinement routine status readout (governance) project retrospectives
• In conjunction with technical project management team own health of projects undertaken and identifies and drives continuous improvement of processes
• Drives best practices establishing mechanisms for navigating ambiguity and competing priorities

Required Qualifications:

• BS degree in Engineering or related technical field required
• Masters degree M.B.A. or P.M.P. certification a strong plus
• 4 years experience leading development projects ideally with a demonstrated record of qualifying and transferring design changes to manufacturing.
• 8 years of engineering experience in a professional environment requiring extensive cross-functional collaboration.
• Proven ability to influence without authority enabling coordination and alignment of matrixed resources.
• Strong project management skills including budgeting planning tracking organization attention to detail managing competing priorities analytical and critical thinking and sound engineering fundamentals
• Strong technical abilities grounded in ethics and sound decision-making processes.
• Deep familiarity with highly technical product development teams and design transfer processes with embedded systems - medical device experience is strongly preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills enabling strong alignment with internal / external partners and can navigate conflict constructively.
• Effective communication and presentation abilities with demonstrated ability to synthesize information clearly and convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Software/tools: Proficient using Smartsheet Microsoft Office Suite including Project and Visio. Working knowledge of Atlassian tools (JIRA confluence) a plus.
• Travel up to 10% (team meetings/offsites)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Science or technical field is a plus

• Experience in the medical device industry is a plus
• Experience with IEC/ISO standards ( 62366).
• Experience with Tools desired Jira Product roadmap (Aha!) Project portfolio Management Requirements management (JAMA)
• Proficiency in AWS/Linux/Unix/Windows environment.

Location: Hybrid (Cypress CA Orange County and/or San Francisco CA)

Location:

Actual compensation may vary depending on job-related factors including knowledge skills experience and work location.

Estimated Pay Range

As a part of our core values we ensure an inclusive workforce. We welcome and celebrate people of all backgrounds experiences skills and perspectives. iRhythm Technologies Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with all applicable laws.

iRhythm provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures including those who may have any difficulty using our online system. If you need such an accommodation you may contact us at

About iRhythm Technologies
iRhythm is a leading digital healthcare company that creates trusted solutions that detect predict and prevent disease. Combining wearable biosensors and cloud-based data analytics with powerful proprietary algorithms iRhythm distills data from millions of heartbeats into clinically actionable information. Through a relentless focus on patient care iRhythms vision is to deliver better data better insights and better health for all.

Make iRhythm your path forward. Zio the heart monitor that changed the game.

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