Program Director - Technical Program Management

Meet the team: 

A successful Program Director of Technical Program Management will need to be regarded by their peers and management as a motivating and engaging leader for team members from engineering and non-engineering functional backgrounds regardless of the reporting relationships, be a very strong communicator, and have a track record of making strategic decisions and pushing their teams to answer tough questions with and without consensus. 

The Program Director will need to have proven experience driving programmatic and technical data-driven decisions on complex programs with hardware, firmware, and systems integration elements, and solid domain expertise that can be applied directly to or be transferrable to the Continuous Biosensing Monitoring space. 

Additionally, an effective Program Director will possess the acumen needed to exercise good judgement in the best interest of the business and resolve disconnects between competing priorities by balancing multiple stakeholder needs and desires. 

Where you come in: 

• You will lead a Core Team in developing and design transferring a major new hardware platform its initial development program and its future development projects after launch. 

• You will lead product development activities that are complex and multi-disciplinary activities involving mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electrochemistry, sensor development, firmware engineering, algorithm development, and their integration together and with software (mobile application, web-based applications, cloud data). You and your product development team will deliver next generation biosensing platforms through feasibility, development, integration, verification, validation, commercial readiness, and work with Product Core Teams on ensuring successful product launches. 

• You will define the program scope, gain cross-functional alignment, and lead activities across Commercial, Operations, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, Clinical, Regulatory, Finance, Legal, and R&D teams delivering business-critical programs. 

• You will establish the program vision, direction, and structure to the cross-functional and cross-disciplinary core teams. This includes controlling scope, aligning product roadmaps, and driving their cross functional delivery.  

• You will regularly communicate strategy, recommendations, external platform impacts, and program updates to functional and executive leadership, driving management decisions when needed. 

• You are responsible for creating and maintaining a culture of accountability and collaboration within your Core Teams by ensuring mutual accountability, removing organizational barriers to success, ensuring and facilitating excellent communication, and resolving conflict promptly. 

• You will develop and mentor core team members and serve as an advisor regarding planning, milestones, tasking, risk burn-down, and conflict resolution. You will aid in evaluating and providing candid feedback directly to these core team members and their managers, including for their mid-year and annual performance reviews. 

• You may manage one or more technical program managers ensuring functional excellence within our team. 

 What makes you successful: 

• Demonstrated successful leadership of complex multi-year flagship programs that deliver new technologies from feasibility, through development, V&V, design transfer, regulatory filings and product launches, with strong technical leadership, cross-functional leadership, and financial accountability.  ​

• Technical expertise across at least one of the following engineering disciplines: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electrochemistry, bio-sensing, firmware engineering, algorithm engineering, and/or reliability  in medical device product development or adjacent disciplines. Particularly helpful is experience developing and filing medical devices through MDR and 510(K) regulatory submissions. 

• Experience managing stakeholders inclusive of all technical and leadership levels: working effectively to drive critical program decisions and resolve competing stakeholder interests. 

• Experience working in the Medical Device industry as well as knowledge of the industry practices, techniques, and standards including a proven ability to both understand and work effectively within a Quality System that is compliant with FDA regulations related to Design Control. 

• Experience managing both direct and indirect reports including hiring, performance management, developing talent, and driving cultural change. 

What you’ll get: 

• A front row seat to life changing CGM and Biosensing technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community. 

• A full and comprehensive benefits program. 

• Growth opportunities on a global scale. 

• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement. 

• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.  

Travel Required: 

• 0-5% 

Education and Experience:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 15+ years related experience or a Master’s degree and 10+ years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 7+ years of experience.