Life Cycle Senior Product Manager

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Job Function:

Project/Program Management Group

Job Sub Function:

Project/Program Management

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Life Cycle Senior Product Manager to be in Cincinnati Ohio or Juarez, Mexico

The Sr. Manager, Product Management will be responsible for overseeing both strategic and tactical activities across a variety of product platforms. This includes:

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Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United States of America - Requisition Number: R-038423

Mexico - Requisition Number: R-039293

Remember, whether you apply to one or all of these requisition numbers, your applications will be considered as a single submission.

Key Responsibilities:

• Orchestrating the implementation of significant change projects qualifying new formulations of raw materials impacted by market disruptions and a changing regulatory landscape. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Partnering with regulatory to develop minimized registration pathways for new materials
• Phase in/phase out across resin processing, injection molding, assembly BOMs
• Multi-project portfolio management across product platforms and standard operating structures
• Financial assessments of last time buys based on lean qualification strategies
• Escalation management
• Supply chain interruption management
• Drive continuous improvement in lifecycle management systems. This includes but is not limited to the following:
• Analyze current processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and opportunities for improvement in our governance behaviors, digital systems, processes and procedures
• Identifying, tracking, and reacting to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Cross functional influence management to simplify the way we work across entire lifecycle landscape
• Change management of behavior, systems, and procedure updates to ensure smooth adoption and accelerated application
• Translate business needs to user stories & requirements for software solution development, including PowerBI dashboards, AI agents, Smartsheet portfolios, Product Lifecycle Management [PLM] systems etc
• Differentiate between regulatory and business requirements; challenge the business to risk based approaches
• Differentiate between regulatory and business requirements; challenge the business to risk based approaches

Qualifications

Education:

• A minimum of a B.S. engineering or technical degree required.
• Advanced Engineering degree or MBA preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• A minimum of 7 or more years in a medical device or regulated industry
• Manufacturing development experience required;
• Experience in life cycle engineering (maintained design intent), required
• 5 years of significant Project Management experience required.
• Ability to balance triple constraint (time, cost and scope) required
• Strong business acumen required
• Leadership skills: Challenging of status quo; Judgment & decision-making skills; Organizing & planning; Interpersonal relationship & influence; Conflict management; Management & development of others; Negotiation skills
• Able to work in a changing environment (flexible)
• Problem analysis & resolution
• Cross functional experience

Preferred:

• 7 or more years in development & introduction of new products preferred. etc.), where applicable.
• 7 or more years direct technical service & / or engineering support to manufacturing preferred.
• Experience in the new product development, preferred.
• Strategic planning/portfolio management preferred
• PMP, FPx, and/or Agile certification preferred.
• Certification in Black Belt DMAIIC preferred; GB DMADVV preferred, GB in Lean preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge in end to end supply chain management (Plan, Source, Make, Deliver), preferred
• CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional - APICS) preferred
• Agile/scrum software development process experience preferred

Other:

• Fluent Bilingual English/Spanish language skills preferred.
• up to 25% travel
• CPIM or FPX is preferred

Computer Skills:

• Personal computer skills, Windows: word processing, project planning, presentation, e-mail & spreadsheet software. Understanding of information technology in order to allow utilization of new technologies to meet business objectives. Understanding of database management techniques & portfolio systems

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