Hybrid Principal SaMD Technical Program Manager

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About the role

  • Principal Technical Program Manager at Wolters Kluwer managing SaMD projects and ensuring compliance with global regulatory standards. Leading teams and optimizing agile software development practices.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the functional planning, execution, and delivery of SaMD projects, ensuring effective delivery and alignment with relevant regulatory standards and organization SOPs.
  • Apply best-practice project management methodologies to ensure adherence to project timelines, requirements, and goals.
  • Create and maintain dashboards, project plans, schedules, charters, and risk registers to monitor progress and performance, resolve operational issues, and minimize any potential delays.
  • Execute multiple projects simultaneously, prioritizing competing initiatives.
  • Organize and lead project team meetings with detailed agendas, documenting key tasks, action items, and decisions.
  • Lead SaMD product development initiatives from Project Kickoff to End-of-Life, ensuring all required lifecycle management activities are planned and executed, including new product development, change management, post-market surveillance, and maintenance activities.
  • Lead Project risk mitigation activities, including timeline, resource, and budgetary risks that arise during the device lifecycle to ensure business priorities are met.
  • Act as a liaison between engineering, product, regulatory affairs, clinical, and QA teams to resolve dependencies, facilitate strategic decision-making, and drive process improvement.
  • Track and communicate key metrics (risk status, milestone progress, documentation completeness, team velocity) to technical and business stakeholders.
  • Engage with executive stakeholders to ensure product needs are understood, prioritized, and delivered.
  • Research, recommend, and implement new practices and automation opportunities to accelerate delivery and improve compliance.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • 9+ years of experience working on SaMD or regulated medical software products in technical program management, engineering, or project management roles using agile practices.
  • Knowledge of FDA and EU MDR-related standards.
  • Hands-on experience with design control, risk management, and technical documentation (DHF, traceability matrix, protocols, reports, risk assessments, testing, etc.).
  • Demonstrated experience working under a formal QMS (ISO 13485, 21 CFR 820)
  • Experience working with an eQMS and other tooling for managing SaMD projects.
  • Strong understanding of modern agile software development practices and adaptive program management.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills; ability to work effectively in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
  • Experience supporting products through the full lifecycle, including post-market activities.
  • Ability to analyze data and communicate effectively through written and graphical formats to large audiences, including executives.
  • Experience with cybersecurity and/or AI/ML compliance for medical software is a plus.
  • Agile, PMP and Regulatory Certifications are a plus.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Principal SaMD Technical Program Manager

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$145,500 - $203,900 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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