Develop and implement a comprehensive standards management strategy aligned with business objectives, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices.
Establish governance frameworks, decision models, and operating mechanisms that ensure consistent execution, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Create and maintain integrated program plans, identifying key milestones, dependencies, risks, and critical paths to support timely and predictable delivery.
Collaborate with cross-functional partners to align priorities, capacity, and sequencing with broader organizational objectives.
Lead multi-year forecasting and planning for program resources, including staffing, tools, and operational capabilities.
Develop and manage program budgets, ensuring alignment with program goals, financial constraints, and enterprise planning cycles.
Monitor spend, identify variances, mitigate risks, and drive cost-effective execution.
Oversee end-to-end execution of standards management activities, ensuring alignment with business needs and regulatory commitments.
Proactively identify risks, issues, and constraints, driving resolution and maintaining program momentum.
Provide clear recommendations on tradeoffs, prioritization, and revised plans as business or regulatory conditions evolve.
Engage stakeholders across functions and leadership levels to ensure alignment, transparency, and sustained commitment to program objectives.
Deliver regular updates, dashboards, and leadership communications highlighting progress, risks, decisions required, and recommended actions.
Define, implement, and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure program effectiveness, resource utilization, and financial performance.
Translate data into clear, actionable insights that support operational and leadership decision-making.
Continuously evaluate program processes to identify opportunities for simplification, scalability, and efficiency.
Stay current on evolving standards, regulatory trends, and best practices in standards administration and program management.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree and minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
3+ years of experience working with or managing cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment (eg: R&D, Operations, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing).
3+ years leading multiple projects at once of increasing complexity.
3+ years of experience with budget management or financial tracking within projects and programs.
3+ years leading stakeholder communications across various peer and leadership levels of an organization.
Experience with product development in the medical device or related industry.
Strong working knowledge of Standards and regulatory frameworks.
PMP or PgMP certification.
Experience directly managing or mentoring project managers and/or project coordinators.
Experience with advanced scheduling and resource management tools like Microsoft Project and/or Resource First/PDWare.
Power BI experience and creating data visualizations from large data sets.
Experience partnering with technical teams to define requirements for AI-enabled tools, automation, and work simplification solutions.

Benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

standards managementprogram managementbudget managementfinancial trackingrisk managementperformance indicatorsdata visualizationproject schedulingresource managementstakeholder communication

Soft Skills

collaborationleadershipdecision-makingproblem-solvingcommunicationaccountabilitycontinuous improvementtransparencyadaptabilitystrategic thinking

Certifications

PMPPgMP