Program Director - Technical Program Management
Research DevelopmentBachelor RequiredExecutive Director
About the role
The Company
Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health. We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.Meet the team :
A successful Program Director ofTechnical Program Managementwill need to be regarded by their peers and management as a motivating and engaging leader for team members fromengineering and non-engineeringfunctional backgrounds regardless of the reporting relationships, be averystrong communicator, and have a track record of makingstrategicdecisions andpushing their teams to answertough questionswith and without consensus. The Program Directorwill need to have proven experience driving programmatic and technicaldata-drivendecisions on complex programs with hardware, firmware, andsystems integrationelements,and solid domainexpertisethat can be applied directly to or be transferrable to the ContinuousBiosensingMonitoring space. Additionally, an effective Program Directorwillpossessthe acumen needed to exercise good judgement in the best interest of the business and resolve disconnects between competing priorities by balancing multiple stakeholderneeds and desires.Where you come in :
- You will leadaCore Team in developing and design transferring amajornewhardwareplatformitsinitialdevelopmentprogramand itsfuture development projectsafter 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 delivernext generation biosensing platformsthrough feasibility, development, integration, verification, validation, commercial readiness, andwork with Product Core Teamson ensuringsuccessfulproduct launches.
- You will define theprogramscope, 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 willestablishtheprogramvision, 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.
- Youare responsible forcreating andmaintaininga culture of accountability and collaboration within your Core Teamsby ensuring mutual accountability, removing organizational barriersto success,ensuringandfacilitatingexcellent communication, and resolving conflict promptly.
- You will develop and mentor core team members and serve as an advisorregardingplanning, 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 fortheir mid-year and annual performance reviews.
- You may manage one or more technical program managersensuring functional excellencewithin our team.
What makes you successful:
- Demonstrated successful leadership of complex multi-yearflagshipprograms thatdelivernew technologiesfrom feasibility, through development, V&V, design transfer, regulatoryfilingsand product launches, with strong technical leadership, cross-functional leadership, and financial accountability.
- Technicalexpertiseacross at least one of the following engineering disciplines: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electrochemistry, bio-sensing, firmware engineering, algorithm engineering, and/orreliability inmedical 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’llget:
- A front row seat tolife changingCGMand Biosensingtechnology._Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community_.
- Afull andcomprehensive benefitsprogram.
- Growth opportunities on a global scale.
- Access tocareer development through in-house learning programs and/orqualifiedtuition reimbursement.
- Anexcitingandinnovative,industry-leading organizationcommitted 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.