Senior Manager, Program Management

Imagine how your ideas andexpertisecan change a patients life. Our GlobalOperations &Qualityteam plays a central part in ensuring our products are delivered to patients with cardiovascular cross-functionally with manufacturing operations and sales teams delivering thoughtful solutions to complex challenges all while developing your knowledge of the medical device industry. Whether your work includes strategic inventory planning labeling warehouse management material handling or any of our other supply chain opportunities you will be making a meaningful contribution to our team and to patients all over the world.

The Senior Manager Project Management (Subject Matter Expert - Individual Contributor) will initiate plan execute control and manage all aspects of project(s) to ensure ultimate project success for our Worldwide Engineering business unit.

Youll make an impact by:

• Define and drive the overall program strategy and roadmap ensuring alignment to business objectives while governing scope schedule cost quality and contractual commitments through disciplined change management.

• Lead complex cross-functional program execution across multiple workstreams ensuring milestone delivery and proactively mitigating enterprise-level risks and dependencies.

• Translate ambiguous large-scale business needs into clear program deliverables ensuring alignment across stakeholders while managing scope budget and timeline trade-offs.

• Partner with senior leadership to develop and secure approval for business cases leveraging data financial modeling and industry insights to guide investment decisions.

• Champion and lead PMO continuous improvement initiatives driving standardization scalability and adoption of best practices across the organization.

• Oversee program performance through data-driven insights identifying trends risks and variances and implementing corrective actions to ensure successful outcomes.

• Influence and align executive and cross-functional stakeholders establishing clear expectations governance and communication strategies across global teams.

• Drive program closure and sustainability planning including institutionalizing lessons learned and embedding improvements into future program delivery models.

• Serve as a senior project management SME mentoring and developing project managers while shaping organizational capabilities frameworks and talent strategies.

What youll need:

• Bachelors Degree and 10 years of experience managing complex projects in a highly regulated environment.

• Onsite presence required to effectively lead teams collaborate crossfunctionally and support operations.

• Domestic and international travel from 10% to 25%.

What else we look for:

• Background in Engineering Supply Chain New Product Introduction (NPI) or Systems Integration within a complex regulated environment.

• PMP certification and/or advanced degree (e.g. MBA MS) preferred.

• Deep expertise in project and program management methodologies tools and best practices with experience leading large-scale complex initiatives.

• Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite and enterprise project management tools (e.g. MS Project Smartsheet Clarizen or similar).

• Strong executive communication documentation and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to influence negotiate and build trusted relationships across all organizational levels.

• Extensive knowledge of program management principles including planning risk management governance and performance tracking for large cross-functional programs.

• Exceptional problem-solving organizational analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive data-informed decisions.

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance we offer competitive salaries performance-based incentives and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA) the base pay range for this position is $139000 to $196000(highly experienced).

The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g. qualifications education prior experience). Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website.

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role as a condition of employment you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19 unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement. This vaccination requirement does not apply in locations where it is prohibited by law to impose vaccination.