At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead innovative IVD development projects and collaborate with diverse teams.
- Company: Join Waters Corporation, a global leader in life sciences and diagnostics.
- Benefits: Flexible work, 25 days holiday, and excellent family-friendly benefits.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for growth and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on patient care while developing your project management skills.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Engineering; PMP certification preferred.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Join Waters Advanced Diagnostics and help shape the future of clinical diagnostics. As Project Manager, Clinical Software, you will lead the coordination of complex IVD development programmes, bringing together diverse teams to deliver innovative LC-MS diagnostic solutions that meet the highest standards of quality, regulatory compliance, and commercial success. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to products that have a meaningful impact on patient care while developing your project management expertise within a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Project Leadership
- Support the end-to-end IVD product development project workstreams (Software)
- Assist cross-functional teams to define project scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables
- Work with the program and principal project managers to ensure workstreams are linked to the overall program goals.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans and risk management approach.
- Manage project execution to meet cost, schedule, and performance targets
- Cross-Functional Coordination
- Collaborate with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Supply Chain, and Marketing
- Coordinate meetings, actions, and follow-ups across project teams
- Support clear communication of project updates and status
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Ensure projects comply with global regulatory requirements (IVDR, FDA 510(k), CE marking)
- Support design control processes (Design History File, risk management, validation)
- Partner with regulatory teams for submissions and approvals
- Risk & Issue Management
- Identify and track project risks, issues, and dependencies
- Support development and monitoring of mitigation actions
- Escalate risks to senior project or programme managers as needed
- Financial & Resource Management
- Support the management of project budgets, forecasting, and resource allocation
- Track and optimize project costs
- Ensure efficient utilization of team resources
- Vendor & Partner Management
- Support the management of external partners, CROs, and suppliers
- Support the management of contracts, deliverables, and performance
- Continuous Improvement
- Follow established project management processes and tools
- Contribute to improvements in PM practices and tools
- Demonstrate willingness to learn and develop PM capability
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, or related field. Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Agile PM or equivalent type qualification preferable.
- Experience: Self-starting, growth mindset with the ability to work independently and as part of a team. Good written and oral communication skills are required. Understanding of the IVD product life-cycle, particularly how this relates to software. Computer literate - knowledge of Word, PowerPoint and Excel an advantage. Experience of managing software development projects in the life science industry.
- Competencies: 2-3 years of project management experience in IVD or life science related industry. Willingness to learn and develop in a complex regulated environment. Experience of project management tools and methodologies (waterfall, agile, MS project, Smartsheet). Good attention to detail. Basic understanding of a product development lifecycle.
Travel (If Applicable): 20% to Waters sites and collaborators.
In addition to salary, we work flexibly and provide 25 days holidays, excellent family friendly benefits such as attractive employer pension contribution, life assurance, income protection and private medical. With Waters, there are plenty of opportunities for you to grow, develop and contribute.
Project Manager employer: Waters Corporation
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