We are delighted to be working on an exciting Opportunity for a Technical Project Manager with our leading medical device client in Clonmel.
Join a dynamic team as a Technical Project Manager, where you'll lead multiple projects, both sustaining and new product initiatives. Utilize cutting-edge project management tools and best practices to drive success through effective indirect management of cross-functional teams and stakeholders. You'll proactively collaborate with R&D, quality, regulatory, marketing, manufacturing, and PMO team members to ensure seamless project planning and execution.
Key Responsibilities
* Project/Program Management: Manages key initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing processes; develops and implements project plan; builds team ownership and commitment to project plan. Estimates project levels of effort and resource requirements by using standard estimating techniques and tools, and by working with appropriate staff to understand scope of effort.
* Prepares project plans, schedules and budgets by using project management tools such as Microsoft Project and by working with appropriate staff to understand tasks necessary to complete project. Directs project execution by assigning tasks, tracking project schedules, identifying risks, and developing and executing contingency plans. Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path items while ensuring project quality and utilizing and following appropriate methodologies (e.g. PLCP). Assures project quality by using standard development methodologies.
* Communicates project status by preparing standard status reports, and by participating in project status update meetings. Resolves project issues by working with team members, project customers, and others as appropriate. Consults with internal project groups by sharing project management knowledge.
* Conducts project post mortems and communicates lessons learned in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
* Participates in external project management organizations, conferences and seminars to keep current with industry best practices in project management by joining professional associations and implementing a professional development plan with focus on project management.
* Led cross-functional, multi-dimensional product development teams from concept through Launch; through proper execution of design controls that include an efficient transfer of newly developed products from Global R&D to manufacturing and global marketing through the PDLC processes to achieve project closure.
* Acts as liaison with other functions/sties for projects site is a contributor or stakeholder in.
What we are looking for
* Bachelor's Hons Degree in Quality, Engineering, Science or related field required.
* 5+ years' experience in Project Management essential.
* 5+ years technical professional experience in medical device or a regulated industry required.