Key skills
ISO 14971Risk ManagementMedical Device IndustryRegulated Life Sciences IndustryLegacy Documentation ManagementDesign AssuranceSustaining EngineeringPMP CertificationStakeholder ManagementProject ManagementCommunication
About this role
Akkodis is seeking a Remote Project Manager for a contract job with a client in the regulated medical device space. The primary responsibility of this role is to support high-impact, cross-functional initiatives, ensuring project planning, execution, and tracking across multiple initiatives are effectively managed.
Responsibilities:
- Lead project planning, execution, and tracking across multiple concurrent initiatives, ensuring timelines and deliverables are met
- Serve as the central coordinator across design assurance, sustaining engineering, and cross-functional teams
- Drive risk management activities in alignment with ISO 14971, including identification, assessment, mitigation, and tracking of product risks
- Review and modernize legacy risk management documentation, transitioning content into updated templates and frameworks
- Provide clear visibility into top project risks, mitigation strategies, and overall program health to stakeholders
- Support coordination across ~11 product families, ensuring consistency in approach and documentation
- Align activities with parallel initiatives (e.g., MPD programs), ensuring teams are synchronized and decisions are made effectively
- Facilitate cross-functional meetings, drive accountability, and ensure timely decision-making
- Support onboarding and coordination of additional team members and consultants as needed
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field
- 7–10+ years of project management experience in the medical device or regulated life sciences industry
- Strong working knowledge and hands-on experience with ISO 14971
- Proven ability to manage complex programs across multiple product lines or portfolios
- Experience working with legacy documentation and leading remediation or transformation efforts
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence without authority
- Experience interfacing with design assurance, quality, and sustaining engineering teams
- advanced degree preferred
- PMP or equivalent certification is a plus