Location: Gainesville FL
Duration: 6 Months
Assignment Scope
Lead new product development projects in the medical device industry
Hardware development, electrical and mechanical engineering
Supplier interaction
Product Design for Reliability
Responsibilities
Lead the teams to delivery project results per customer requirements
Collaborate with Program Management on project chartering and business case compilation
Mobilize and lead people, manage resources and budget to deliver on business targets
Establish solid communication to global stakeholders for a maximum of transparency
Guide teams in decomposing complex work items to enable Agile project team backlogs
Prioritize team backlog in collaboration with program management
Deploy metric based project tracking
Coach product development teams to high performance
To succeed in this role, the person shall possess the following skills and experience
• Change Agent – Must be the catalyst for the teams and is expected to lead the transformation to a fail-fast-learn-fast culture enabling continual improvement throughout the business unit
• Servant Leader – Must be able to garner respect from his/her team and be willing to get their hands dirty to get the job done
• Enthusiastic – Must be high-energy
• Attitude of empowerment – Must be able to lead a team to self-organization
• Metric Focused - Understand incremental delivery and the value of metrics
• Attitude of transparency – Must desire to bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development and grow business trust
• Communicative and social – Must be able to communicate well with individuals and teams, locally and remotely on a global-scale
• Facilitative – Must be able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team
• Assertive –must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls
• Situationally Aware – Must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them to management
• Continual improvement – Must continually be growing ones craft, learning new tools and techniques to manage oneself and the teams
• Conflict resolution – Must be able to facilitate discussion and facilitate alternatives or different approaches
• Current Project Management Certification - Agile and Waterfall (PMI, SAFe, CSPO, etc)
• Hands-on experience using Agile Lifecycle Management (ALMs) Tools
• Ideally brings a understanding of ISO 13485 and FDA QS Regulation 21 CFR Part 820