Technical Program Manager

Job summary

Oversee the end-to-end project lifecycle for medical device manufacturing, ensuring all timelines, budgets, and performance targets are met. Act as the primary liaison between customers and internal teams to translate technical requirements into actionable project priorities.

Job details

About the Company Sterling Industries is a fast-growing North American contract manufacturer and assembler of medical devices and sub-components based in Woodbridge, Ontario. We help our clients bring successful products to market by providing scaled production, design-for-manufacturing expertise, suppliers consolidation, and other critical value chain services. About the Position In this role, you will oversee projects from planning through delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, performance targets, and customer expectations are met. You will work closely with customers to understand high-level technical and business requirements, translate them into clear priorities for the project team, and drive successful execution from start to finish. MAJOR DUTIES: Program Management and Technical Responsibilities * Lead project teams to ensure on-time and on-budget performance through the new product development cycle * Create strategic solutions to meet anticipated customer and business needs with predictability and certainty * Ensure scope, cost, resource and schedule alignment between operations and core project team functions * Follow compliance processes for Design and Development and New Project Implementation * Ensure structured problem methods and predictive engineering principles are consistently and rigorously applied, such as Design for Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, or similar concepts. * Strong organizational and analytical skills (able to review results / situations, and determine follow-up action plans) * Manage deadlines and execution of multiple concurrent projects * Adaptable and flexible - able to take on additional work requirements, in addition to core responsibilities, as required Communications & Influence Responsibilities * Create reports for both internal use and client presentations * Act as primary point of contact between customers and internal teams * Liaise and resolve conflicts between Engineering, Quality, and Operations related to project execution * Provide regular updates to project stakeholders, manage expectations and communicate requirements to the project team POSITION REQUIREMENTS: * Bachelor's or advanced degree in a technical field such as Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering * Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 3 years relevant experience with full product lifecycle with understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle * Medical device product development (Class 2 or 3) experience and a strong understanding of FDA, ICH, and IEC standards * Proven technical experience with depth of knowledge in Engineering and/or Quality in addition to Project Management experience * Experience with problem solving methodologies * Experience working in virtual teams * Experience in new product development and product lifecycle * Skilled negotiator with demonstrated ability to create mutually beneficial results and negotiate trade-offs

What you’ll do

Oversee the end-to-end project lifecycle for medical device manufacturing, ensuring all timelines, budgets, and performance targets are met. Act as the primary liaison between customers and internal teams to translate technical requirements into actionable project priorities.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's or advanced degree in a technical engineering field and at least 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in product lifecycle management. Candidates must have specific experience in medical device development and a strong understanding of FDA, ICH, and IEC standards.

Listed skills

• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Program Management
• Project Management
• Medical Device Development
• New Product Development
• Lean Manufacturing
• Design for Six Sigma
• Predictive Engineering
• Regulatory Compliance
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Leadership
• Conflict Resolution
• Risk Management
• Quality Assurance
• Strategic Planning
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Influencing Skills
• Materials Science
• Influencing Without Authority
• Project Implementation
• Expectation Management
• Medical Devices
• Planning
• Analytical Skills
• Electrical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Business Requirements
• Chemical Engineering
• Communication
• Design For Six Sigma
• Virtual Teams
• IEC Standards
• Industrial Engineering
• Problem Solving
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Mechanical Engineering
• Negotiation
• Operations
• Presentations
• Project Stakeholders
• Timelines
• Consolidation

Job areas

• Manufacturing
• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Healthcare
• Technology
• Technical Program Manager
• Engineering Program Manager
• Manufacturing Managers
• Architectural and Engineering Managers

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