Principal Program Manager (Assay Development, Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology)

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate diagnostic testing. Our mission drives us, every moment of every day, as we develop scalable, groundbreaking solutions to solve the world's most complex health challenges. Our associates are involved in every stage of molecular diagnostics, from ideation to development and delivery of testing advancements that improve patient outcomes across a range of settings. As a member of our team, you can make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development.

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The Principal Program Manager, New Product Development, is responsible for ensuring the timely development, successful commercialization execution, and effective lifecycle management of large-scale, highly-strategic, and complex new products.

The Principal Program Manager leads cross-functional teams through the process from conceptualization to commercial launch and beyond, overseeing the product's evolution in the market. This role will require the ability to blend knowledge of the global market environment with the varying needs of Cepheid's customers across all geographies to inform new product strategies and lifecycle decisions.

The Principal Program Manager is accountable for leveraging new and diverse approaches resulting in optimized solutions for new product development and lifecycle management by leading the team through Commercial, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and technical problem-solving and decision-making. This leader also leads and facilitates the decisions related to talent and resource allocations, negotiations, and changes working with functional managers and other business leaders to support NPD initiatives and product lifecycle strategies.

This is a highly visible and critical position on our leadership team; this role will represent the program and program team to executive leadership, as well as the global organization, specifically regarding new product pipelines, progress, and the ongoing health and performance of launched products.

Programs for new product development are managed using a structured Phase Gate product development process which includes understanding an ISO, GMP, IVDR, and FDA compliant environment, as well as considerations for the product's entire lifecycle.

This position will report directly to the Vice-President, Portfolio and Program Management Office, and will be located onsite in Sunnyvale, California.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Leads and directs the cross-functional activities and outcomes of a new product development program, including post-launch activities and lifecycle management. Ensures alignment of new product value proposition, program scope, strategic business objective, and long-term lifecycle plans.
• Leads program leadership daily management and L2 product planning group (PPG) for key large-scale, highly-strategic, highly-complex business-critical new product project or program interacting with business leaders, senior functional leaders on significant business matters, strategic, operational, or technical matters, to define the best options for new product development and ongoing lifecycle management.
• Provides coaching, mentoring, and feedback to Core Team members, Project Managers, and Functional Leaders involved in new product programs and product lifecycle initiatives, while creating and sustaining an inclusive environment.
• Analyzes data and complex situations involving the evaluation of tangible variables to programs, specifically related to new product performance, market trends, and the need for updates or enhancements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Uses advanced knowledge of business processes and organizational savvy to mobilize and deploy the resources necessary to support new product development, launch, and subsequent lifecycle management activities.
• Demonstrates program management best practices and contributes to improving the new product development and product lifecycle management processes.
• Advocates for novel ideas for defining, implementing, and bringing to market new products, technologies, and services, while also considering their long-term viability and evolution.
• Defines, delegates, and evaluates the roles, responsibilities, goals, and deliverables for the program and extended team members involved in new product initiatives and product lifecycle management.
• Chairs the program team to mitigate risks and resolve issues related to new product development, launch, and the ongoing management of products in the market.
• Defines program resource needs and negotiates program resourcing plans for new product programs and lifecycle management activities.
• Leads key technical and design reviews and constructively challenges the team and the organization to rethink assumptions and approach challenges in new ways for new product innovation and product evolution.
• Ensures compliance with the company's global product development process, as well as relevant processes for product maintenance, upgrades, and end-of-life.
• Manages program budget and business case effectively for new product programs, including considerations for lifecycle investments and returns.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelors degree with preference for 12+ years of related work experienced OR Masters degree within the field with preference for 8+ years of related work experience leading product development in the medical device industry.
• Prefer 5+ years in a project or program management role, specifically focused on new product development and ideally including experience with product lifecycle management.
• Proven track record of successfully launching new products and bringing them to commercialization in a regulated environment, with an understanding of the program management aspects of managing a product throughout its lifecycle.
• Complete understanding of a wide application of business and program management principles, theories, and concepts in the field of new product development and product lifecycle management.
• Cross-functional Process master, Influence without authority, business commercial, and finance acumen, with a strong understanding of the dynamics involved in bringing new products to market and managing their ongoing success.
• Prior experience running government-funded programs or alternatively released multiple new products from concept through launch, and preferably managed their subsequent lifecycle.
• Experience and knowledge of clinical microbiology practices preferred
• Infectious diseases diagnostics domain knowledge with an understanding of lab practices
• Knowledge on assay development using molecular diagnostics techniques

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Black Belt and PMP Certification or equivalent are also preferred.
• Experience in the medical device, diagnostic, or life sciences industries, with a significant focus on new product development and product lifecycle management.
• Experience managing product updates, enhancements, and end-of-life processes from a program management perspective.
• Familiarity with portfolio management and how individual product lifecycles align with overall business strategy.

Travel Requirement

• Ability to travel up to 25%

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at danaherbenefitsinfo.com.

The salary range for this role is $170,000- $185,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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