Manager, PASCAL Project Management

Patients with mitral and tricuspid heart valve disease often have complex conditions with limited treatment options. Our Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies (TMTT) business unit is boldly pursuing an innovative portfolio of technologies to address a patient’s unmet clinical needs. It’s our driving force to help patients live longer and healthier lives. Join us and be part of our inspiring journey. 

This is an on site position based in Irvine, Ca.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world by helping bring new innovations and clinical evidence to our world-class TEER Therapy. As the Manager, PASCAL Project Management, you will lead a portfolio of high-impact, cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives that advance patient care, drive business results, and support long-term organizational objectives.
• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex cross-functional programs and strategic initiatives from concept through implementation, ensuring alignment with business priorities and maximizing patient and organizational impact
• Partner with functional leaders and stakeholders to define project objectives, scope, success metrics, resource requirements, and governance structures.
• Provide leadership, direction, and oversight to cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and execution excellence.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, opportunities, and alternative scenarios, driving timely decisions and issue resolution.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, budgets, and performance metrics to ensure successful program execution.
• Communicate program status, milestones, business benefits, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership through clear and effective executive-level reporting.

What you’ll need (Required):

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of progressive experience leading projects and programs of increasing complexity; or equivalent work experience based on Edwards criteria
• Demonstrated expertise in project and program management methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.

What else we look for (Preferred):

• Experience leading projects within new product development, clinical research, or medical device environments.
• MBA or demonstrated record of strong business and strategic acumen.
• PMP or equivalent project management certification.
• Strong communication, facilitation, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading global, matrixed teams across multiple functions and regions.
• Knowledge of structural heart therapies or cardiovascular medical devices.
• Excellent problem-solving, agility, leadership through change, organizational, analytical and critical thinking skills including high discretion/judgment in decision making
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives
• Ability to develop and integrate metrics into the projects and operations that clearly demonstrate the value to the business
• Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels and proactively escalate issues to appropriate levels of management in the organization
• Ability to work and excel within a fast paced, dynamic, and constantly changing work environment
• Share information and provides basic problem solving solutions; gains cooperation of others, conducts presentations of technical information concerning specific projects or schedules
• Develop peer, cross functional and cross business relationships to maximize best practice sharing and team effectiveness.
• Adhere to all EHS rules and requirements and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control

Edwards is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer including protected Veterans and individuals with disabilities.