Project Manager V, National Implant Registries

The Project Manager V serves as the operational and strategic lead for multiple Medical Device Surveillance and Assessment implant registries and quality improvement initiatives. This position is responsible for end-to-end program management, including governance, stakeholder engagement, physician and facility partnerships, project execution, timeline oversight, regulatory, institutional review board (IRB), and reporting support, and coordination of cross-functional teams. The role provides subject matter expertise and leadership for complex registry operations, research collaborations, data quality initiatives, annual reporting, and surgeon-facing programs across multiple clinical specialties. The position operates with a high degree of independence and accountability. The ideal candidate brings advanced project management expertise, clinical and implant knowledge, executive-level communication skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders across regional and national organizations to drive the successful execution of strategic initiatives.

Manages multiple large-scale projects from initiation to close-out. Leads the work of large project teams by monitoring internal and/or external resources and leading others in requesting and coordinating those resources. Proactively monitors, identifies, and mitigates risks, issues, and trigger events within and across projects. Ensures the alignment, buy-in, engagement, and support of project stakeholders. Reviews vendor performance levels, ensures service level agreements are met, and participates in contract negotiations with vendors.

• Promotes learning in others by communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; builds relationships with cross-functional stakeholders. Listens, responds to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; provides actionable feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentors junior team members. Practices self-leadership; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; influences team members within assigned team or unit. Adapts to competing demands and new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback. Models team collaboration within and across teams.
• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promotes adherence to all procedures and policies. Partners internally and externally to make effective business decisions; determines and carries out processes and methodologies; solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate; monitors progress and results. Develops work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; coordinates and delegates resources to accomplish organizational goals. Recognizes and capitalizes on improvement opportunities; evaluates recommendations made; influences the completion of project tasks by others.
• Manages multiple large-scale projects with responsibility and accountability for project outcomes from initiation to close-out. Develops, analyzes, and manages complex project plans which include scope identification and management, schedule, inter-dependencies, and resource forecast. Manages and monitors the project financials of multiple large projects. Monitors overall project performance (e.g., on time, on budget, within scope, and with quality) against plan, ensuring measurement of business benefits and outcomes, and makes adjustments as needed. Leads project activities related to organizational change management (e.g., development and execution of user adoption, implementation, and training plans) as defined by the project. Drives allocation of resources, establishes schedules, and task assignments to ensure established project management practices are in place.
• Leads the work of large project teams by monitoring internal and external resources. Leads others in requesting and coordinating internal and/ or external resources based on the alignment of team member skills and project demands. Communicates a clear vision of project goals and objectives to the team. Delivers performance feedback to team members supervisors.
• Proactively monitors, identifies, and mitigates project risks, issues, and trigger events by developing mitigation plans and strategies; and resolving or escalating risks or issues as appropriate.
• Monitors adherence of project activities to policies and procedures by ensuring project plans and team members follow KP, departmental, and/or business line policies and procedures.
• Ensures the alignment, buy-in, engagement and support of diverse project stakeholders by building and maintaining relationships as well as communicating appropriately with internal customers, third party vendors, senior management, and business leaders; and clarifying accountability and authority across stakeholders. Identifies and works closely with key stakeholders based on their level of influence and decision making and ensures all appropriate stakeholders are represented and included. Provides insight to key stakeholders and project sponsors by developing project goals, setting the prioritization of deliverables, discussing involvement of business processes (e.g. project change management, communication) and facilitating decisions necessary for project delivery. Communicates tough issues to stakeholders while maintaining an independent opinion, providing recommendations, delivering formal presentations, and providing reports to various senior audiences.
• Reviews vendor performance levels and ensures service level agreements are met. Partners with Procurement and/or Legal to develop service level and/or scope of work agreements as appropriate. Participates in contract negotiations with vendors and reviews project invoices submitted by vendors for accuracy.