Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager - Sensor Technology

Where you come in:

• Workstream Leadership: Lead the Sensor Tech workstream, ensuring the successful design and development of new sensor technologies within broader R&D programs.
• Integrated Planning: Own and maintain the integrated program timeline and Work Breakdown Structure for all sensor technology workstreams, ensuring alignment with overall platform schedules.
• Design Controls & Compliance: Drive project activities in strict accordance with 21 CFR 820 Design Controls, ensuring all sensor-specific design inputs, outputs, and verifications meet regulatory standards.
• Budget & Resource Management: Partner with the program leadership to plan and update the program budget; navigate priority conflicts and unblock technical resource issues to keep the workstream on track.
• Risk Management: Lead Sensor Tech risk management, proactively identifying technical risks and integrating them into the broader Program Risk Management framework.
• Documentation & PLM: Manage the generation and release of technical and non-technical documentation in the PLM system. Contribute to a well-organized Design History File (DHF), including potential ownership of specific relevant sections.
• Build & Test Coordination: Coordinate sensor-level build and test planning, ensuring all program builds utilize the correct sensor configurations and that test methods are developed and validated.
• Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary programmatic liaison for the sensor workstream, delivering status updates to internal project teams and external stakeholders.

What makes you successful:

• Medical Device Development Expertise: Significant experience managing medical device development under 21 CFR 820 Design Controls is required. You understand how to maintain agility within a highly regulated framework.
• Technical Foundation: Strong preference for formal training and/or significant experience in Material Science and/or Electrochemistry. You can speak the language of the scientists and engineers to effectively manage technical trade-offs.
• Ambiguity Management: You are comfortable operating in the dynamic space between early-stage advanced technology development and formal product development.
• Project Management Mastery: Extensive experience managing complex projects and/or programs using waterfall and hybrid methodologies.
• Communication & Influence: Skilled at conveying complex technical data to non-technical audiences and driving accountability across cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Soft Skills: You are resourceful, self-sufficient, and curious, with a positive attitude that inspires confidence in project success even under challenging circumstances.
• Cross-functional fluency : You are experienced and adept at navigating and thriving in a matrixed, cross-functional organizational environment.

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community .
• A full and comprehensive benefits program.
• Growth opportunities on a global scale.
• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.