Global Project Manager, Project Quantum

Date: May 24, 2023

Location: Morrisville, NC, US

Company: Teleflex

Expected Travel: Up to 10%

Requisition ID: 8341

 

About Teleflex Incorporated

Teleflex is a global provider of clinically effective medical technologies designed to improve the health and quality of people’s lives. We apply purpose driven innovation – a relentless pursuit of identifying unmet clinical needs – to benefit patients and healthcare providers. Our portfolio is diverse, with solutions in the fields of vascular and interventional access, interventional cardiology, surgical, anesthesia, cardiac care, interventional urology, urology, emergency medicine and respiratory care. Teleflex employees worldwide are united in the understanding that what we do every day makes a difference. For more information, please visit teleflex.com.

 

Global Operations - Global Operations is a complex and diverse organization within the company which is responsible for product fulfilment to all our customers from end to end. We pride ourselves on being totally Customer Centric in our unrelenting focus on Improving Quality, Service and Value as perceived by our customers. Our employees are dedicated to the Global Operations Enterprise Excellence journey. Join a dynamic, growing team that offers healthcare providers an array of medical technology solutions that make a difference in patients’ lives.

Position Summary

Project Quantum is a global strategic initiative within Teleflex. The key objectives of this project include designing and deploying global product lifecycle management processes and introducing a master data management system for managing product-related data for consistency and accuracy. 

The role will support the Global Quantum Project Team towards successfully delivering Project Quantum goals and objectives.
 

Principal Responsibilities

•    Ability to act as a champion for change through collaboration within the TFX organization.
•    Coordination of project activities to ensure business and compliance needs are satisfied. 
•    In collaboration with the Quantum team, lead cross-functional teams in preparing project objectives that support the corporate objectives and organize cross-functional activities to ensure completion of the project within scope, on schedule, and within budget constraints
•    Partner with team leadership to guide and motivate project team members and highlight conflicting functional needs
•    Lead and facilitate cross-functional teams and maintain key meeting output documents and updates
•    Ensure all work is carried out in line with the correct procedures and techniques used for project delivery
•    Lead and partner with teams and leads in preparing material and presentations for Governance teams
•    Establish and maintain comprehensive project plans
•    Identify and communicate resource constraint
•    Collaborate with the team to identify project risks, employ risk management best practices, and prepare mitigations and contingency plans
•    Support global rollout planning and defining strategy for deployment
 

Education / Experience Requirements

•    Project Management (PMP) and Six Sigma qualification required
•    Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Biomedical or Polymer or a related Engineering discipline
•    10+ years experience in the Medical device industry,
•    Knowledge of Design Control, Change Control, Product Life Cycle Management, Sustaining Changes, and manufacturing transfers, including experience of cost savings and product/process improvement and advantage.
•    Excellent MS Office skills,
•    Effective collaboration with cross-functional Business Units,
•    Experience managing cross-functional teams,
•    Experience with Organizational Change Management (OCM) would be advantageous,
•    Ability to Perform and manage critical analysis of data.
 

Specialized Skills / Other Requirements

•    Strong people management skills
•    Expert judgment and problem-solving ability & can understand the impact of decision-making on Teleflex and its customers
•    Excellent facilitation and communication skills
•    Ability to solve complex problems and be innovative
•    Comfortable working with all levels of the organization, including presentations to executive management
•    Strong business acumen
•    Approachable and enthusiastic
•    Flexible and adaptable.
•    Innovative 
•    Self-starter, good initiative
•    Good attention to detail,
•    Strong organizational skills with cultural awareness and sensitivity

Key Relationships / Interfaces

•    Corp VP QARA
•    Corp VP, Global Supply Chain 
•    Corp VP Strategic Projects
•    Business Unit Presidents
•    VP QA
•    VP RA
•    VP IT
•    VP Demand Fulfillment
•    Project Quantum core & extended team, including Project Managers
 

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Teleflex, Inc. is an affirmative action & equal opportunity employer. D/V/M/F. Applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status. If you require accommodation to apply for a position, please contact us at: 262-439-1894.

Teleflex is the home of Arrow®, Deknatel®, Hudson RCI®, LMA®, Pilling®, Rüsch®, UroLift® and Weck® – trusted brands united by a common sense of purpose. Teleflex, the Teleflex logo, Arrow, Deknatel, Hudson RCI, LMA, Pilling, Rüsch, UroLift and Weck are trademarks or registered trademarks of Teleflex Incorporated or its affiliates, in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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