Senior Project Manager - Galway

Senior Project Manager - Global NPD

The Senior Project Manager - Global NPD is responsible for delivering multiple complex, cross-departmental product development programs across all product categories. This includes those requiring vendor and contract management. This role owns integrated project planning, cross-functional coordination, risk management, and milestone delivery from concept through global launch and post-launch stabilization.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Leadership
  • Defining project scope, goals, and comprehensive roadmaps, translating organisational strategy into actionable project plans.
  • Mentoring project staff, directing teams, and fostering a collaborative environment to ensure project success.
  • Managing budgets, forecasting costs, and allocating resources effectively across multiple projects.
  • Communicating with senior executives and stakeholders, managing expectations.
  • Lead execution of assigned product development projects from concept through commercialization.
  • Develop and maintain integrated master project plans covering technical, regulatory, quality, supply chain, and commercial activities.
  • Ensure adherence to agreed scope, timeline, and stage-gate milestones.
  • Coordinate cross-functional inputs and drive alignment across Engineering, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, and Supply Chain.
  • Ensure programs remain aligned to business case and launch objectives.
• Cross-Functional Accountability
  • Escalate risks, delays, or resource constraints proactively.
  • Maintain clear visibility of critical path dependencies.
  • Coordinate regulatory submission timelines in alignment with development plans.
  • Ensure documentation readiness for stage-gate reviews.
  • Align development timelines with multi-market regulatory requirements.
• Risk & Change Management
  • Identify and mitigate program risks.
  • Manage scope changes, supplier-driven changes, and regulatory impacts.
  • Oversee post-launch design updates and sustaining projects as required.
  • Ensure structured change control coordination with Quality.
• Launch Readiness & Transition
  • Coordinate go-to-market readiness activities with project owner/lead.
  • Ensure smooth transition from NPD to sustaining lifecycle management.
  • Capture and document lessons learned following program closure to inform future development cycles.
• Other
  • Collaborate with global colleagues across multiple time zones, making reasonable accommodation for meetings that may occasionally take place during evening hours to support effective communication and teamwork.
  • Stay informed on industry best practices, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes that impact NPD processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years' experience managing multiple complex cross-functional product development programs.
• Strong experience in regulated industries (medical device, supplements, cosmetics, or similar) - a preference.
• Expertise in Agile, Scrum, Waterfall methodologies.
• Strong understanding of design control processes.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Highly proficient in MS Project, Jira, or Smartsheet.
• Strong critical path planning and risk management capability.
• High level competence in conflict resolution.
• Ability to operate across multiple product categories.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook).
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.