Principal R&D Project Manager

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About Orthopaedics

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology were developing the next generation of smarter less invasive more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics Ready to join a team thats reimagining how we heal Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports extremities and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at are searching for the best talent for Principal R&D Project Manager to be based out of Boston MA and Gieres France.

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The Principal R&D Project Manager Navigation Platform is responsible for planning and executing assigned projects within the Navigation platform in Digital R&D ensuring delivery against scope schedule cost and quality in a regulated medical device environment. Reporting to the Platform Program Manager Navigation this role owns the project-level integrated plan (WBS/IMS) project budget baseline and EVM tracking project RAID management change control and stakeholder communications. The Project Manager coordinates cross-functional execution across software systems V&V clinical quality regulatory and manufacturing partners and drives disciplined design controls and phase-gate readiness to enable predictable delivery outcomes.

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Own project planning and baseline management for assigned Navigation projects including project charter scope baseline WBS and an integrated master schedule aligned to the platform program plan.

Manage project schedule execution critical path tracking milestone readiness and schedule recovery actions; maintain and communicate weekly status to the platform leadership team.

Own the project budget baseline track actuals and forecasts and perform earned value management (EVM) tracking; provide inputs for program-level financial reviews and funding decisions.

Maintain the project RAID log (risks issues assumptions dependencies) with proactive mitigation actions; escalate cross-project or platform-level risks and decisions through the Platform Program Manager.

Lead weekly project core team meetings drive action/decision tracking and ensure timely follow-through across cross-functional contributors.

Drive disciplined design controls and Design & Development Planning (DDP) execution ensuring required evidence packages and reviews support regulatory and quality expectations.

Plan and drives phase-gate readiness activities and toll-gate submissions (schedule documentation V&V readiness risk status and stakeholder alignment).

Manage project change requests (scope/schedule/cost) and ensure changes are reviewed approved and documented per governance and change control expectations.

Drives project resource demand and capacity planning with functional leaders; surface and resolve resource conflicts and negotiate mitigation plans or escalations as needed.

Support hybrid execution cadence (Agile sprints hardware work packages) by coordinating sprint planning inputs backlog readiness and integration dependencies with the Scrum Master Software Lead and technical leads.

Coordinate vendor/contractor deliverables and procurement tracking (SOW/PO/PCARD) in partnership with PM Operations and Finance; ensure supplier work aligns to schedule quality and deliverables.

Executes assigned project(s) and provides data-driven recommendations and inputs.

Leads project closure activities including lessons learned final reporting and transition to sustaining/operations as applicable.

Provide transparent project dashboards and stakeholder communications (status KPIs risks decisions and next milestones) and initiate/manage project escalations through closure when required.

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• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Life Sciences or related field.
• 5 years of project management experience within regulated class II andproduct development environments (medical device robotics navigation or software-enabled products preferred).
• Experience with phase-gate execution and design controls documentation in a QMS environment. Deep understanding of regulated medical device product development and phase-gate execution including FDA 21 CFR 820.30 / ISO 13485 design controls.
• Experience managing complex cross-functional programs across software systems and hardware including integrated planning across requirements architecture V&V clinical quality and regulatory deliverables.
• Demonstrated technical problem-solving leadership
• Excellent knowledge of Agile Lean SAFe or hybrid execution models.
• Strong project controls and financial acumen including budget baselining forecasting earned value management (EVM) concepts and data-driven performance reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage integrated schedules (IMS/WBS) critical path and dependency mapping across cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency with project management tooling (e.g. MS Project Smartsheet Planisware/Cadence PPM Jira/Azure DevOps) and documentation practices.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; ability to produce clear dashboards executive updates and decision briefs.
• Experience operating in Agile/SAFe or hybrid delivery models; ability to drive project resource and schedule planning
• Strong in RAID management and structured escalation; ability to drive mitigation actions and decisions to closure.
• Strong in project controls including budget baselining forecasting and earned value management (EVM) concepts.

Preferred:

• Experience with Class II or Class III medical devices robotics navigation or software-enabled products.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone Orthopaedics company operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months subject to legal requirements including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies as may be required regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

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