Work Location & Schedule

• Is the role onsite, hybrid, or remote? Onsite.  Baseline expectation is 5 days a week in office, but open to occasional remote work.
• Where is the assignment located? Plymouth, MN

Description

• The R&D Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and closing catheter or implantable device projects on time, within budget, and within scope.
• This role involves coordinating cross-functional teams, managing resources, mitigating risks, and ensuring stakeholders are informed and aligned throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive product development execution with a cross-functional team to achieve project contract deliverables (product, features, COGS, timeline, capacity, etc.)
• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables from concept through commercialization in collaboration with stakeholders
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets with input from the cross-functional team
• Monitor progress, track milestones, and adjust plans as needed
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks, issues, and dependencies while ensuring timely escalation and resolution.
• Manage project resources effectively, including personnel and budget
• Balance development speed with feature scope while meeting Cliewnt’s high quality expectations
• Communicate project status, updates, and risks to stakeholders and leadership
• Ensure alignment with organizational goals, quality standards, and best practices
• Facilitate meetings, maintain documentation, and ensure project governance
• Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and process optimization

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering or a related field
• 7+ years of leadership experience in a medical device, biomedical or high technology industry 
• Minimum 4+ years of project management experience
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong organizational, leadership, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with budgeting and financial tracking
• Experience with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint)
• Familiarity with project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid)

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP), and/or advanced degree(s) in Engineering, Sciences, Business Administration or related discipline
• Experience in Medical Device industry, with project management experience
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills

Key Competencies

• Leadership and team collaboration
• Strategic thinking and decision-making
• Time management and prioritization
• Risk management
• Communication
• Attention to detail
• Adaptability and resilience
• Self-Starter

Work Environment

• Typically operates in an office setting
• May require occasional travel depending on project needs
• Fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Success Metrics

• On-time and on-budget project delivery
• Stakeholder satisfaction
• Quality of deliverables
• Effective risk mitigation
• Team performance and engagement

What are the working hours (e.g., 8/40)?  Generally 8 – 5, 40 hours a week.  Can tweak for achieving 40 hours, but should be working during typical business hours.

Candidate Profile – Skills & Experience

• Required Skill
• Leadership and team collaboration
• Risk management
• Time management and prioritization

Tool / Technology / System

• Deliverable / Action trackers.
• MS Project

Depth of Experience (Basic / Intermediate / Advanced)

• Advanced
• Intermediate
• Intermediate

What the candidate must be able to do

• Drive product development execution with a cross-functional team to achieve contract deliverables
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks, issues, and dependencies
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables and priorities to team to ensure clarity on tasks and workstreams.

Top 3 PREFERRED Skills:

Preferred Skill

• Project Monitoring
• Project Planning

Communication

• Value to the Role (Nice-to-have vs Strong Advantage)
• Strong Advantage
• Strong Advantage
• Strong Advantage

Willing to Flex? (Yes / No)

• Monitor progress, track milestones, and adjust plans as needed
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets with input from the cross-functional team
• Communicate project status, updates, and risks to stakeholders and leadership

Are there any certification or education requirements?

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Technical / engineering background preferred.

Does the candidate need experience in the medical or pharmaceutical industry?

• Medical Device experience required

What systems will this person be working with daily?

• MS Office products, MS project, several internal web based apps (e.g. dashboards), Sharepoint, MS Teams.

What personality traits work best with your team?

• Need someone that can act as a servant leader to the team and really help enable them.  They have been stretched thin and really could use someone that removes friction from getting things done.