Staff Project Manager Advanced Technology

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We are seeking top talent for the Staff Project Manager Advanced Technology role on our DePuy Synthes Orthopaedics team. This position may be based in Boston MA.

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 Orthopedics Ready to join a team thats reimagining how we heal Our Orthopedics 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 & 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.

Should you accept this position it is anticipated that following conclusion of the transaction you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes programs policies and benefit that case details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Summary: The Staff Project Manager Advanced Technology is responsible for managing the advanced technology pre-charter funnel and for planning and executing assigned projects within the Advanced Technology group in Digital R&D ensuring delivery against scope schedule cost and quality in a regulated medical device environment. A primary focus of this role is to run the pre-charter intake process prioritize and govern the funnel of advanced technology opportunities track their progress and maturity and ensure that projects are correctly managed and transferred into New Product Development (NPD) when they reach charter readiness. Reporting to the Platform Program Manager 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 external partners clinical and regulatory and drives disciplined controls to enable predictable delivery outcomes.

You will:

• Lead mentor and develop a team of design engineers CAD designers/technicians and documentation specialists (PLM)
• Design for Reliability (DfR) practices including durability analysis fatigue assessment wear modeling and lifetime testing strategies.
• Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DfM/DfA) efforts to ensure scalable repeatable and costeffective production.
• Own and drive mechanical system requirements ensuring alignment with systemlevel requirements user needs performance targets and regulatory constraints
• Identify critical paths during product development address bottlenecks and risks and facilitate problem solving across R&D teams.
• Partner with manufacturing engineering to optimize component sourcing assembly processes tolerances and inspection methods.
• Oversee and guide tolerance stackup analysis ensuring precision requirements are met for functional performance.
• Ensure appropriate use of analytical and simulation tools (FEA thermal kinematic modeling) to support design decisions and risk mitigation.
• Maintain mechanical design documentation calculations and analysis outputs suitable for design reviews audits and regulatory submissions.
• Collaborate closely with electrical system and software teams to ensure seamless mechanicalelectricalfirmware integration.
• Define and review mechanical design concepts trade studies and architecture decisions to balance performance reliability manufacturability cost and serviceability.
• Participate in and contribute to risk management activities including DFMEA and systemlevel hazard analysis.
• Ensure mechanical risk controls are correctly implemented verified and validated.
• Review test results investigate failures and drive corrective actions for mechanical issues identified during development validation or field use.
• Ensure mechanical designs comply with applicable regulatory and quality standards (e.g. FDA ISO 13485 IEC 60601 standards material compliance).
• Partner with quality and regulatory teams to support design controls audits and regulatory submissions.
• Ensure documentation design outputs and change management comply with quality system requirements.
• Lead mentor and develop a team of design engineers CAD designers and documentation specialists (PLM) fostering technical excellence accountability and collaboration.
• Assign work set technical direction conduct design reviews and provide coaching to support professional growth.
• Plan and execute engineering deliverables in alignment with program schedules and business objectives.
• Prepare annual and multi-year budget and resource plans aligned with business strategy
• Drive continuous improvement of engineering processes CAD tools and best practices.
• Stay current with advancements in mechanisms/mechatronics precision gearing materials and manufacturing methods.
• Encourage innovation while maintaining disciplined engineering rigor reliability and compliance.
• Responsible for ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition if applicable
• Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal State local and Company regulations policies and procedures
• Support project resource and schedule planning.
• Performs other duties assigned as needed

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Life Sciences or related field
• 5 years of project management experience within regulated class II or class III and product development environments (medical device robotics advanced technology 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.
• Experience running an intake/pipeline or pre-charter funnel process including opportunity triage prioritization and structured transition of projects into New Product Development (NPD).
• Strong in project controls including budget baselining forecasting and earned value management (EVM) concepts.

LOCATION & TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

• Primary locations: Boston MA USA.
• Hybrid work model with minimum 3 days per week onsite.
• Estimated travel up to 30% domestic and international.

EXTERNAL INTERACTION

• Work closely with Health Care Professionals (Surgeons) to conduct preclinical f and validation studies throughout the inn ovation process
• Interactions with Health Care Professionals (Surgeons Clinical Staff) Field Sales Commercial Education and Professional Education.
• Collaborate with third-party development artners to transform proofs of concept into fully functional high-level prototypes by providing clear specifications design inputs and feedback throughout the design process to ensure alignment on technical requirements.

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