Software Program Manager San Jose, CA

Company: BioRobotics
Location: San Jose
Posted on: February 4, 2025

Job Description:

Company OverviewEmbark on an enriching journey with PROCEPT BioRobotics, where our vision, mission, and values guide everything we do as a company. We are committed to revolutionizing treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, otherwise known as prostate gland enlargement) through innovation in surgical robotics. As our company succeeds and grows, we improve the quality of life of patients, provide more effective treatment options for surgeons, and uphold the trust of our shareholders. That starts with a commitment to our People with a focus on creating an evolving landscape for your career, brimming with transformative opportunities that provide continuous career growth opportunities.The Opportunity That Awaits You:The Software Program Manager is the key "get things done" person driving software deliverables to completion and is an integral part of the PROCEPT R&D team. Software at PROCEPT encompasses multiple areas, including our AI capabilities, our cloud-hosted software, and our on-robot components including OS infrastructure, applications, and custom firmware. The Program Manager role oversees all software initiatives going on and is responsible for driving cross-functional alignment on deliverables, ensuring compliance activities are performed, managing risks, defining project scopes, objectives, and timelines, and aligning resource allocation to meet needs. This is not a "schedule jockey"- the Program Manager is expected to use their own technical expertise and judgment to help set plans, flag/resolve misalignment, identify trade-offs when necessary, and ensure a quality deliverable is made on time.The successful candidate will have a proven track record working as part of/with software development and test teams. Previous experience as a developer, tester, and/or Software Program Manager is required. Key skills include strong communication, cross-functional collaboration, attention to detail, willingness to dive in, ability to extrapolate, and ability to juggle many tasks at any point in time without dropping any one of them. The successful candidate will be one who provides great value to the software teams while ensuring their successful alignment with the broader company.What Your Day-To-Day Will Involve:

• Drive cross-functional alignment across software developers, testers, regulatory, marketing, and other teams. You will do this by extreme communication and having a clear eye on the prize - shipping software into production. Keep people focused, identify and knock down blockers, ensure alignment, propose trade-offs.
• Keep multiple independent and dependent projects on track, ensuring priorities are clearly set and next steps are clearly communicated.
• Use your technical, clinical, and/or product knowledge to pressure-test proposals, requirements, and specifications, acting as a critical reviewer. Work with various teams to define requirements.
• Identify and manage project and technical risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure design controls & quality processes are followed and appropriate documentation is available at the right time. Proactively create and/or drive documentation ahead of deadlines.
• Organize & lead meetings to accomplish the above, while communicating out to keep people aligned and on schedule.
• Actively seek out and propose ways to improve how PROCEPT works - ask "Why?" and "Why not?" whenever possible.Qualifications:
  • Proven experience managing software processes & deliverables, including structured Software Device Lifecycles (SDLCs) and Secure Software Development Lifecycles (SSDLs). Familiarity with Agile and its application in a regulated environment. Experience as a scrum master is beneficial. Comfortable working with developers and testers to break down work into domain-specific areas and track it in depth, while providing value-add to team activities.
  • Extensive collaboration, communication & organizational skills across extended teams. Experience preparing and giving executive summaries/reports.
  • Familiarity/experience working in a regulated domain. Prefer experience in the medical device industry including familiarity with IEC 62304, ISO 13485, FDA device regulations & QSR, MD-SAP, IEC 81001-5-1.
  • Ability to move quickly in a fast-paced environment, adapt to changing conditions, and create clarity out of chaos.The Qualifications We Would Like You to Possess:
    • Background in software development and test.
    • 5+ years as a software program manager/TPM or similar experience.For US-Based Candidates OnlyWork Authorization Status: Citizen/Permanent Resident.For this role, the anticipated base pay range is $160,000-175,000 per year.Plus, eligibility for an annual bonus and equity/RSUs.Understanding PROCEPT's CultureAt PROCEPT, we believe every person matters. Every employee, every patient, every caregiver. Because we are here to create a revolution, and we believe in doing that by innovating everywhere with pathological optimism. We believe in being humble and highly engaged in the work we do, while also working together seamlessly for a common goal. At Procept, curiosity, ingenuity, and conviction in the power technology will transform the lives of our patients and providers.And this doesn't happen by accident. It starts with our live induction program that serves as an incubator for cross-functional team building, an immersion in Procept's history, jam-packed interactive sessions with executive leadership, and a crash-course in the mission and purpose of what we do. It continues with our one-of-a-kind management program designed to build the best managers in the industry, where our people managers across functions come together to exchange ideas and grow, as both managers and learners, in an environment that challenges, supports, and broadens.We are fueled by the opportunity to give people their lives back. And we believe that it begins with YOU! At Procept, we push beyond just finding a work/life balance, we strive to find a work/life blend, a professional world that you are honored and impassioned to belong to, one that you can proudly share with your family, friends, and acquaintances.An opportunity at PROCEPT BioRobotics won't just be about finding a job. It will be an opportunity for you to join a community devoted to making a difference in this world!BENEFITS OF WORKING AT PROCEPT!PROCEPT's health and wellness benefits for employees are second to none in the industry. As an organization, one of our top priorities is to maintain the health and wellbeing of our employees and their families. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes full medical coverage, wellness programs, on-site gym, a 401(k) plan with employer match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, wellbeing benefits, flexible or paid time off, paid parental leave, paid holidays, and many more!EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENTPROCEPT BioRobotics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, age, or any other protected status set forth in federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.PAY RANGE TRANSPARENCYProcept is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range(s) for this role is listed below and represents base salary range for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and training, and specific work location. Based on the factors above, Procept utilizes the full width of the range. The total compensation package for this position may also include eligibility for annual performance bonus, equity, and the benefits listed above.WORK ENVIRONMENTWe'll provide you training for, and ask you to maintain trained status for, and comply with, all relevant aspects of the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality Management System to ensure product and support regulatory compliance. We would also ask you to understand and adhere to the PROCEPT BioRobotics Quality & EHS policies.
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