Responsibilities:

1. Build and Nurture Excellent project management practices:

• Hire, coach, and train the project managers reporting to this role.

• Stay up to date with industry changes and updates and continuously implement new practices and tools to improve project management within the product development organization.

• Develop tools and practices to achieve standardization and clarity in project management.

• Collect and manage data to objectively report on status, risks, and issues, using data to support effective critical decision-making.

2. Manage programs and projects related to product development:

• Effective project management is measured by accuracy and predictability of delivery.

• Lead a team of project and program managers in successfully executing initiatives such as new releases, cybersecurity enhancements, special development partnerships, quality improvements, and tool upgrades.

• Oversee planning, execution, and retrospective reviews of projects.

• Coordinate efforts across all functions, including those outside the product development organization, to accomplish project objectives.

• Provide clear and timely status reports on projects and escalate issues when senior management involvement is required.

• Track project milestones and maintain long-term progress against established goals.

• Drive ongoing improvements, resulting in greater predictability and more efficient use of resources.

3. Manage and coordinate the multi-year plan of product development:

• Ensure the strategic intent of the roadmap is understood and confirm that all product releases and projects align with the overall strategy.

• Maintain a three-year product development roadmap, detailing the releases within the portfolio.

• Identify deviations from the long-term plan, such as timeline or expectation variances, as early as possible, alert senior management, and facilitate timely decisions to address gaps.

• Develop effective tools and channels to communicate the status of the multi-year plan and any changes to stakeholders both inside and outside the organization.

• Manage long-term strategic initiatives to enhance the efficiency of the product development organization, including efforts in quality improvement, cybersecurity, and changes to tools and systems.

4. Stakeholder Engagement:

• The Director of Product Development PMO is expected to communicate with executives and external stakeholders.

• Build communication tools and channels that are suited for the specific audience

Core Competencies:

• Demonstrated track record of delivering enterprise-scale product development projects.

• Proven experience in leading organizational change within large enterprises.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration across teams and stakeholders.

• Strong bias for action.

• A natural tendency to organize and bring order to complex situations.

• Clear, strategic thinking with an ability to grasp the bigger picture while maintaining attention to detail.

• Passion for intelligent project management and waste reduction.

• Ability to lead through influence.

• Executive presence.

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in project management tools.

• Strong understanding of software development practices.

• Skilled in data analysis.

• Experienced with enterprise system design, particularly cloud-based solutions.

Supervisory Skills:

• Excellent leadership and people management skills, with a proven ability to mentor, motivate, and guide high-performing teams.

• Experience working with globally distributed teams in fast-paced, matrixed environments.

• Strong ability to define and execute business strategy, manage financials, and drive operational excellence.

Qualifications Required:

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Advanced business degree or equivalent experience is highly desirable.

Experience:

• +15 years of experience in large-scale product development, project, and program management.

• Demonstrated success in leading substantial organizational change within major companies.

• Extensive background in regulated industries, particularly healthcare IT and medical device development.

• An advantage includes a foundation in software engineering.

Travel:

Up to 15%