Do you want to build a next generation system for enhancing human perception? Can you imagine a future where humans and machines work in concert to create a better world? We can. Come build it with us!

Proprio is a growing Seattle company building computer vision systems for 3D surgical navigation. We develop cutting edge algorithms, robotics and sensor systems to enhance the quality of medical care available to all people.

At Proprio, you’ll enjoy the ability to greatly influence our company as we grow, work across multiple domains, and have a voice in developing our culture. We value diversity in all forms and have at our core a strong sense of ethics and what it means to be a company actively pursuing social good. Our team works closely with leading medical and research institutions and has a deep background in neurosurgery, medical devices, entrepreneurship, robotics, and computer vision.

The Role of a Senior Program Manager, Product Development is widely scoped. This person is the single thread leader who will manage the end to end process of delivering the system. This role requires a blend of collaboration, project management, operational execution, technical knowledge, business acumen and an in-depth understanding of all the activities involved in delivering a full solution. This role requires collaboration and partnership with a wide group of stakeholders across the Company. A successful candidate will be able to play an integral role in determining strategy, resources, features, schedules, and process for cross-company projects. This leader must have strong written and verbal communications skills, as well as the ability to collaborate, influence others and dive deep.

Responsibilities

• Lead project planning sessions: successfully plan, manage and execute projects that are cross-functional in nature (Software, Firmware, Mechanical, Electrical) for medical devices
• Coordinate resources per the delivery plan
• Produce high level estimates for decision making and detailed project and program Gant charts to manage projects to completion
• Conduct efficient and yet thorough change management processes to ensure changes to scope and requirements are known, captured and escalated appropriately for impact and decision making related to all changes.
• Monitor project performance to understand impacts to Cost, Schedule, and Performance
• Ensure projects meet deadlines
• Actively prioritize deliverables within a project: ability to determine critical path amongst cross-functional deliverables
• Effectively communicate up and down the organization
• Drive risk mitigation
• Conduct weekly meetings, drive and track action items
• Follow our product development process
• Lead diverse and distributed teams
• Driving standardization of process and the creation of documentation is a major component of the role.
• Utilize judgement and domain knowledge to anticipate issues before they block launch,
• Ability to influence and drive change through a matrixed organization without direct authority, is critical to achieve business objectives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in managing complex projects with diverse teams in a medical device organization
• 8+ years working within a technical discipline-preferably in a medical device organization
• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Ready to tackle any high stress situations
• Ability to multitask and manage various project elements simultaneously
• Ability to be a leader and be follower as situation demands - a good team player
• Big-picture thinking, vision, while constantly keeping an eye on execution of the vision
• Conflict resolution skills
• Driving skills to raise difficult issues/risks and drive decisions/resolutions/action
• Ability to adapt to diverse working styles
• Operates from principle of being ‘Trusted Advisor’
• Adaptable, flexible, and comfortable with change and unknowns
• Strong understanding of FDA regulations, relevant ISO, and IEC standards
• PMP Certification or equivalent nice to have

The job description is representative of typical duties and responsibilities for the position and is not all-inclusive. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned in accordance with business needs. A background check will be conducted after a conditional offer of employment is extended.

Proprio is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, gender, nation of origin, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. We thrive on diversity and encourage people from all walks of life to apply to Proprio’s open positions.