About the Role
Confluent Medical Technologies is seeking a Sr. Staff Project Manager to join their team in Austin, Texas. This role is crucial in managing life-saving medical device projects within a collaborative and innovative environment.
Responsibilities
- Scope, plan, execute, and close medical device projects.
- Manage project schedules, track progress, and communicate updates.
- Oversee budget management and risk management.
- Define and manage scope throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Organize, facilitate, and follow up on cross-functional team meetings.
- Lead Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) through influence and credibility.
- Guide teams through a systematic Stage Gate product development process.
- Organize and present key project metrics, progress, and risks during Project Reviews.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously under the direction of Program Manager and VP.
- Handle pressure from competing deadlines while maintaining cooperative relationships.
- Engage with external customers, build strong relationships, and protect company interests.
- Negotiate with customers to ensure common understanding of requirements and expectations.
- Develop and deliver formal communications.
- Respond quickly and constructively to unexpected situations, balancing tact, negotiation, and directness.
- Develop insight into internal and external business models, performance metrics, and financial drivers.
- Manage project budgets effectively.
Requirements
- Prior experience scoping, planning, executing, and closing medical device projects.
- Knowledge of project management basics including scheduling, tracking, management, and communication.
- Experience in budget management and risk management.
- Ability to define and manage scope across the product development life cycle.
- Experience establishing, organizing, facilitating, and following up on cross-functional team meetings.
- Strengths in relationship building through technical know-how.
- Ability to lead SMEs through influence and credibility.
- Ability to lead teams through a systematic Stage Gate product development process.
- Experience organizing and presenting key project metrics, progress, and risks during Project Reviews.
- Ability to multi-task between projects as directed by Program Manager and VP.
- Capability to perform under pressure of multiple competing deadlines while maintaining a cooperative and constructive working relationship with colleagues.
- Experience and savvy in dealing with external customers.
- Ability to forge strong, transparent customer relationships while also protecting Confluent’s interest.
- Skilled at customer negotiation and ensuring common understanding of requirements & expectations.
- Ability to quickly & constructively respond to the unexpected, balance tact, negotiation, and directness.
- Ability to develop insight into internal & external business models, performance metrics, & financial drivers.
- Ability to travel up to 20%.
Skills
- Project management
- Scheduling
- Budget management
- Risk management
- Scope definition and management
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Influencing and credibility
- Stage Gate product development process
- Project metrics presentation
- Multi-tasking
- Communication (verbal & written)
- Customer relations
- Negotiation
- Presentation development and delivery
- Problem-solving
- Business acumen
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 8+ years of project management experience in a regulated environment.
Education Level
- BS Degree in Engineering
- MS Degree in Engineering preferred
- PMP Certification and/or Professional Project Management Certificate preferred
About the Company
- Confluent Medical Technologies is a financially healthy and rapidly growing medical device company.
- Employees are passionate about providing life-saving solutions.
- The company fosters a collaborative and high-impact work environment with a culture of growth, leadership, and innovation.
- Confluent Medical Technologies works collaboratively with customers, taking projects from rapid prototype into high volume production.
- The company possesses unparalleled technical expertise, proven experience, and partnerships with clients.
- Confluent Medical Technologies has perfected the process necessary to deliver world-class medical devices through innovative material science, engineering, and manufacturing.
- Primary capabilities include: Nitinol components and tubing, balloon expandable stents and catheters, complex catheters, biomedical textiles, and high precision polymer tubing.
- The company is a leader in the medical technology space, driven by a passion to create products that clients have envisioned.
Equal Opportunity
- Confluent Medical Technologies is an equal opportunity employer.
- We regret that we are unable to sponsor employment visas or consider individuals on time-limited visa status for this position.
