Sr Staff Program Manager (Onsite)

Position Overview 

The Next Generation Platforms group is where Insulet builds what’s next - translating bold ideas into the innovative products that will shape how our users live. The Senior Staff Program Manager is the driving force behind those programs, turning complex, ambitious concepts into delivered products. 

This role leads Insulet’s most critical and complex enterprise-wide programs from feasibility through launch. The Senior Staff Program Manager brings deep program management expertise and a strong technical foundation in medical device development, guiding cross-functional teams through ambiguity with structure, momentum, and clarity. A T-shaped doer, they move fluidly between the strategic roadmap and the hands-on details - pairing program management mastery with broad fluency across the disciplines that bring a connected medical device to market. 

They anticipate challenges before they surface, organize teams without slowing them down, and execute efficiently while staying flexible as priorities shift. A proactive self-starter, they take ownership and run with it - accountable for outcomes from start to finish. They communicate with range, translating fluidly across technical, program, and executive audiences, and bring the judgment to align stakeholders and the confidence to constructively challenge strong-minded leaders when a program depends on it. 

Above all, this is a role for a builder: someone who sharpens the systems and processes around them as they deliver, raising the bar for how great products reach our users. 

Responsibilities 

• Lead program management of innovative, complex research and development programs from initiation through release. 

• Build, maintain, and execute the detailed, integrated project plan and Gantt chart, weaving cross-functional workstreams into a single source of truth. 

• Proactively manage program risks and issues - partnering with the team to identify and execute the right mitigations before they impact delivery. 

• Lead program core team and steering committee meetings, keeping decisions, owners, and next steps clear. 

• Guide project team members on conformance to established design control and quality management system requirements. 

• Partner with the team on problem solving and scenario analysis to navigate change and keep programs on track. 

• Anticipate and remove blockers, escalating with clear options and recommendations when a decision is needed. 

• Adhere to all regulatory agency standards, company quality standards, and corporate policies. 

• Travel domestically and internationally as business needs require. 

• Perform other duties as required. 

Key Decision Rights 

• Owns the integrated program plan and rolling roadmap, along with the identification and communication of major risks, issues, and blockers affecting overall delivery. 

• Influences program timelines, budget, and priorities, and leads change management for any decision that affects the overall program timeline. 

• Serves as the authoritative source for program status, scenario analysis, and roadmap communication - ensuring stakeholders and leadership work from a single, accurate picture. 

Required Leadership / Interpersonal Skills & Behaviors 

• Demonstrated ability to lead programs with significant risk and complexity, and to set the strategy for executing them. 

• Excellent communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and people skills. 

• Strong influence-management skills, with a track record of shaping decisions and behaviors without relying on direct authority. 

• Courage to challenge and advise stakeholders at every level, including executive leaders -assertive and collaborative in equal measure. 

• Ability to communicate complex ideas, anticipate objections, and bring others along. 

• Ability to solve unique, complex problems with broad business impact through conceptual and innovative thinking. 

• Comfortable navigating and executing complex planning scenarios. 

• A proactive, ownership mindset - takes the initiative, runs with it, and follows through. 

• Highly organized yet flexible; thrives amid shifting priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. 

• Genuine desire to learn and to help teams continuously improve. 

Required Skills & Competencies 

• Medical device program management experience. 

• Expert program management skills, with demonstrated success leading large-scale, enterprise-wide, multi-year complex product innovation programs from initiation through release. 

• Strong knowledge of medical device functions, development, and QMS compliance (incl. R&D, clinical affairs, and global regulatory). 

• Agile/SAFe development experience a plus. 

• Proficient in the following: 

• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint) 

• Project scheduling and planning software (e.g., Prochain Fusion, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet) 

• Working knowledge of JIRA and Polarion is helpful 

Education & Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (e.g., mechanical engineering, electrical engineering). 

• At least 10 years of overall experience in a technical discipline, including 5 years in a program management role. 
   

Additional Information 

• In-person at our Acton, MA office. 

• Travel is estimated at less than 10%.