Sr. Project Manager (Life Science Instrumentation, Product Development)

About the position

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we are currently seeking a Senior Project Manager- Research and Development, who will be responsible for utilizing best-in-class project and cross-functional stakeholder management skills, experience and methodologies to deliver transformational life sciences products to our customers, against aggressive business timelines and metrics. This position is located ONSITE in Loveland, Colorado.

Responsibilities

• Drive project management excellence through best practice methodologies, utilizing the Danaher Business System (DBS). Introduce and sustain tracking and reporting metrics that enable timely communication and meaningful interventions to keep projects teams on track with project deliverables and milestones.
• Translate strategy to action in a global product development environment to achieve on time, on budget project delivery that meets business and customer needs.
• Communicate priorities and balance trade-offs between short-term and long-term objectives.
• Pro-actively identify potential roadblocks and risks to program success, and propose and implement mitigations.
• Develop and cultivate strong relations and communication with internal stakeholders.
• Maintain strong working partnerships with leadership team and resource managers.
• Facilitate capability-building, culture change, and process improvements within the PMO and across the R&D organization.
• Embed new practices into the way we think about product development.
• Support change management.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, chemical or biomedical engineering, or closely related field, with preference for 10+ years of related professional experience life science and/or medical device product development.
• Or master's degree (preference for 8+ years' experience) or Ph.D. degree (preference for 6+ years' experience).
• Track record of can-do attitude, simultaneously managing and delivering multiple life sciences product development projects/programs, comprised of hardware, software and reagents, from ideation to market launch.
• Extensive working knowledge and experience of project management governance, process, and tools.
• Proficiency in JIRA, Smartsheet, Excel and Visual PM software.
• Possess in-depth knowledge and experience in the life science tools and/or molecular diagnostics industries.

Nice-to-haves

• Project Management Certification (e.g., PMP, PgMP, PfMP).
• Change Management Certification (e.g., Prosci/ADKAR or Other).
• Leading product development projects, consisting of hardware, software and reagents, in a regulated environment requiring compliance with ISO13485 and global compliance requirements.

Benefits

• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• Bonus/incentive pay.