Engineering Program Manager

About Nevro: Nevro (NYSE: NVRO) is a global medical device company headquartered in Redwood City, California.
We are focused on delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions that continue to set the standard for enduring patient outcomes in chronic pain treatment.
The company started with a simple mission to help more patients suffering from debilitating pain and developed its proprietary 10 kHz Therapy, an evidence-based, non-pharmacologic innovation that has impacted the lives of more than 100,000 patients globally.
Nevro’s comprehensive HFX™ spinal cord stimulation (SCS) platform includes a Senza SCS system and support services for the treatment of chronic trunk and limb pain and painful diabetic neuropathy.
Senza®, Senza II®, Senza Omnia™, and Senza HFX iQ™ are the only SCS systems that deliver Nevro's proprietary 10 kHz Therapy.
HFX iQ, Nevro’s latest innovation, is the first and only SCS System that uses Artificial Intelligence to optimize and maintain pain relief using each patient's response1.
Nevro’s unique support services provide every patient with an HFX Coach™ throughout their pain relief journey and every physician with HFX Cloud™ insights for enhanced patient and practice management.
Nevro also recently added a minimally invasive treatment option for patients suffering from chronic sacroiliac joint ("SI joint") pain and now provides the most comprehensive portfolio of products in the SI joint fusion space, designed to meet the preferences of physicians and varying patient needs in order to improve outcomes and quality of life for patients.
Job Summary & Responsibilities: You will serve as R&D Engineering Program Manager, playing a leadership role in developing Class III implantable Neuromodulation systems for pain management, accountable for leading several multi-disciplinary teams in developing products that must come together and perform as a medical device system.
You will plan for long-view work, pursue acute problems as they arise, define schedules, share information widely with team members and stakeholders, and foster healthy, productive teams.
You’ll help bring pain relief to patients.
Your expertise in industry-related hardware/firmware/software product development will facilitate your success, including your excellent PM skills (both predictive/waterfall and scrum/adaptive work).
Examples: new patient therapies, new hardware platforms, cloud infrastructure, mobile app-based applications, embedded firmware, and software).
You bring experience leading teams from idea through market launch.
Accountability - leader of the program.
Guide internal and external team members to define outcomes, coordinate efforts, establish metrics, and adjust/adapt to achieve goals.
Alignment - develop alignment among contributors and stakeholders on scope, effort, value, and ordering of work to achieve program goals.
Contributors include engineering, operations, commercial, finance, regulatory, clinical, and quality.
Transparency - promote transparency through excellent written and verbal communication skills – routinely provide visibility on project state to team, peers, and Senior Staff, including decisions, dependencies, issues, risks, and schedule.
Establish relationships with peers at all levels to promote positive work habits, sharing of work and knowledge Strong facilitation skills supporting software, firmware, and engineering development through defining Done, backlog prioritization, Sprint Planning, and Retrospectives Anticipate and aggressively remove obstacles that prevent the team from delivering on goals.
Foster communication and decision-making to either persevere forward or change to another path.
Contributes to procedures, governance, and best practices tailored to company culture with the goal of implementing a best-in-class project management infrastructure Comfortable with abstract development decisions requiring skills in risk-based decision-making, contingency planning, and tradeoff analyses.
Other duties as assigned.
#LI-JS1 Role Requirements: BS Engineering/Science degree or equivalent required A minimum of 8 years total experience; firmware/software development experience, medical device development experience strongly preferred At least three years technical project management experience with a clear track record of making a difference in the projects you drive Skills and Knowledge: Experience as a project manager or engineer with the entire software/firmware/hardware product development life cycle and project manager experience in delivering a product to the market Experience with adaptive and predictive project management techniques Confident and articulate communication and presentation skills among the team, cross-functional peers, and executive-level management Strong facilitation skills (Sprint Planning, retrospectives, requirements sessions, design meetings, progress meetings) Familiar with the FDA Submission process, ISO Requirements, and QSR requirements; strongly desired Naturally accountable and responsible Experience interfacing with technical disciplines, including software, electrical, mechanical, systems, contract manufacturing, operations, marketing, R&D, quality, and regulations.
Skilled in teaching and mentoring others in project management tools and best practices Strong proficiency in MS Office, Atlassian/JIRA, Visio, Project, and other project management tools #LI-JS1 Target Pay Range: $148,426 - $204,085.
The final starting salary offer to the successful candidate will be determined by evaluating several factors, such as education, experience, knowledge, skills, internal equity, alignment with market data, and geography.
*Nevro is a multi-state employer, so the target pay range may increase or decrease depending on the city/state.
Full-time Nevro team members enjoy a full suite of additional benefits such as market-leading medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401k matching, ample vacation time, pre-tax savings perks, tuition reimbursement, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), short and/or long-term incentive opportunities, recognition awards, volunteer time off, and several employee resource groups that focus on supporting our Wellness, Leadership Development, and Diversity and Inclusion.
EEO Statement: Nevro offers equal employment opportunity, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, marital or family status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression (including religious dress and grooming practices), gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth), physical or mental condition, protected veteran status, disability, age or other characteristics protected by laws.