Director, Technical Program Management, Digital Innovation

How You Will Make an Impact

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team identifying unmet patient needs and boldly designing a new category of digital products for Edwards Lifesciences. Edwards' Advanced Innovation & Technology team is deeply dedicated to solving the complex challenges in the broader structural heart field in order to transform treatment and significantly improve patients' lives around the world.

Edwards Lifesciences Advanced Innovation & Technology (AI&T) Division

Edwards Lifesciences Advanced Innovation & Technology (AI&T) division has a unique opportunity for a Director of Technical Program Management, Digital Innovation to join our growing team, to be part of the team driving a new digital innovation portfolio for the future of Edwards Lifesciences. Be part of the team to build and implement the strategy for needs driven innovation within the AI&T incubator driving a multi-disciplinary project team to identify opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple concurrent software development programs, ensuring delivery on time and within scope
• Identify project and schedule risks, developing complex mitigation strategies, alternative solutions, resolving issues, etc. in collaboration with cross-functional groups
• Collaborate with product manager, UX/UI designer, and software engineers on requirements, roadmaps, and execution of project deliverables
• Communicate program status, risks, and dependencies to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Maintain detailed program documentation, including project plans, timelines, dependencies and executive readouts
• Serve as visionary for software architecture, factoring in feasibility and scalability to go from prototype phase to builds that will be validated and shipped to end-users
• Implement and champion agile methodologies and lean startup principles for rapid prototyping and iteration
• Oversee processes for data ingestion, normalization, and structuring from multiple sources (device, EMR, cloud platforms)
• Identify opportunities for leveraging AI, cloud, and data analytics in digital health solutions
• Actively contribute to generation of new digital product concepts, prioritization/screening of concepts, and de-risking through data-driven methods
• Partner with internal technology and business leaders to identify, develop and execute new product opportunities
• Be an influencer for futuristic and disruptive thought patterns and digital technologies that can become breakthrough solutions

What Youll Need (Required)

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent in Engineering, Science or Business Administration with 12 years of relevant experience -OR-
• Master's Degree or equivalent with 10 years of relevant experience -OR-
• Ph.D. or equivalent with 8 years of relevant experience (Degree in Computer Science strongly preferred)
• Technical program management experience for software development projects
• Strong track record of technical program management for new software/digital product development initiatives, ideally in the healthcare domain
• Experience working in both the medical device (or life sciences) industry and digital/tech industry
• Experience developing digital products/services spanning multiple hardware platforms (e.g. desktop, tablet, phone)
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), agile frameworks, and cloud-based architectures
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence)
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Strong presentation skills, adaptable to various audiences ranging from design reviews to executive-level forums

What We Look For (Preferred)

• Prior experience as a software engineer or hands-on coding background (e.g. Python, JavaScript), enabling effective collaboration with development teams
• Technical background in software engineering or systems architecture
• Experience with Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) and regulatory compliance (FDA, ISO 13485, IEC 62304)
• Familiarity with cybersecurity, data privacy (HIPAA), and interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7)
• Experience with data pipelines, ETL processes, and data structuring for digital health or software products
• Exposure to AI/ML workflows and how structured data support predictive modeling
• Experience working with remote software engineering teams (i.e. international)
• Strong entrepreneurial background
• Familiarity with implantable medical devices
• Cardiovascular domain knowledge and understanding of cardiovascular anatomy and physiology
• Ability to quickly evaluate solution viability, courage to fail fast and learn from mistakes
• Practical knowledge of clinical and biostatistics
• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Data-driven but ability to make decisions based on imperfect information
• Understanding of business strategy, competitive landscape, regulatory environment, and clinical data
• Familiarity with regulatory, compliance, and related requirements
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships to drive alignment of objectives
• Proven successful organizational and project management skills
• Strict attention to detail
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to represent leadership on projects within multiple areas, interfacing with project managers, team and middle to senior management
• Ability to consult in a project setting within multiple areas, interfacing with low to middle management
• Adhere to all EHS rules and requirements and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Benefits and Compensation

Aligning our overall business objectives with performance, we offer competitive salaries, performance-based incentives, and a wide variety of benefits programs to address the diverse individual needs of our employees and their families.

For California (CA), the base pay range for this position is $170,000 to $241,000 (highly experienced). The pay for the successful candidate will depend on various factors (e.g., qualifications, education, prior experience).

Applications and Equal Opportunity

Applications will be accepted while this position is posted on our Careers website. Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities. COVID Vaccination Requirement: Edwards is committed to protecting our vulnerable patients and the healthcare providers who are treating them. As such, all patient-facing and in-hospital positions require COVID-19 vaccination. If hired into a covered role, as a condition of employment, you will be required to submit proof that you have been vaccinated for COVID-19, unless you request and are granted a medical or religious accommodation for exemption from the vaccination requirement.