Associate Project Manager

Aequor · Warsaw, United States

We're Hiring: Associate Project Manager Warsaw, IN | Hybrid (3 days in office)

12-Month Contract Travel: Up to 25% to the new site to collaborate between the teams

Are you a project management professional with an engineering background and experience in the regulated medical device space? Join our client's Engineer Services team and help drive a site integration project.

• Provide project management support for a subset of the Engineer Services team involved in a site integration project, coordinating day-to-day activities across Packaging, Labeling, Design Controls, and Biocompatibility teams
• Support the definition of technical projects, including scope, objectives, key activities, required resources, and deliverables
• Facilitate development of work breakdown structures, master schedules, and resource plans - Monitor master project plans and communicate progress, risks, constraints, resource needs, and key decisions to functional leaders and business stakeholders
• Identify project risks and support mitigation strategies and contingency plans to protect timelines, scope, and objectives - Guide teams onboarding new projects into the project management framework
• Develop and deliver project presentations and status updates for senior management, as required Communicate project management principles, plans, expectations, and decisions clearly to technical and business stakeholders
• Support education, use, and application-level assistance for project management tools, including Microsoft Project and Portfolio Navigator, for globally managed projects

What Makes You Stand Out

• Broad knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including clearly communicating concepts, plans, risks, and status to cross-functional teams and leadership
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build effective relationships with business leaders, functional project leaders, and project teams
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with sound judgment and a practical understanding of project issues and constraints
• Presentation skills, including the ability to influence and persuade stakeholders through clear, confident communication
• A collaborative style: you build relationships quickly, build team commitment, and support achievement of project objectives - Proficiency with Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office applications

Required

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or a related scientific, project management, or business discipline

Preferred

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related engineering discipline

Highly preferred:

Master's degree

Preferred

3-5 years of full-time engineering experience in a regulated medical device industry

Strongly preferred

Experience with orthopedic implants, medical software, biomaterials, antimicrobial technologies, wound management, coatings, or local drug delivery

Preferred, not required:

PMP certification

Note: This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act.