Engineering Project Manager (Hybrid)

Your opportunity

By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium’s mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe® Pulsed Field System – we have a fantastic technical team that has developed a product with strong, unique, and customer-valued differentiators versus other solutions on the market. We have built connections with key opinion leaders who are already using the Globe System and are helping to tell our story.

We have now completed our pivotal clinical study and our focus is on regulatory approvals and commercial launch. This is an exciting and significant milestone in our journey to bring this ground-breaking technology to patients.

As an Engineering Project Manager working on the engineering team at Kardium, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful execution of projects. You will work closely with directors and team leads to develop and maintain project plans and schedules, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and drive project gate reviews. Your ability to communicate effectively and track deliverables will be key to successfully delivering projects on schedule.

Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

Meaningful work you will be a part of

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Develop and maintain project plans and schedules
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure project milestones are met
• Track the progress of engineering change orders (ECOs) and other change control tasks to ensure timely completion
• Prepare for project gate reviews and drive completion of project gate review tasks
• Track and drive material requests for prototypes, design verification, and process validation
• Participate in the continuous improvement of current processes in collaboration with team leads and managers

What you bring to the team

Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people’s lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.

You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or life science
• 8+ years of experience working in high-tech or life sciences
• 5+ years of experience managing projects
• Experience in the design and development of complex medical devices, in vitro diagnostics, or pharmaceuticals would be preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in technical documentation and Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project and SmartSheets
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to understand key technical concepts and risks and their effect on project plans and schedules
• Strong time management skills with a sense of urgency, agility, transparency, respect, and collaboration

Compensation

Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium’s stock option plan.

• $90,000 – $120,000 (CAD Annually)

 Your Benefits & Well-being

Total cash – the total cash we’ve listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage – for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.

Work-day flexibility – additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.

Support – for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.

Career progression and learning support.

Professional membership support.

 Family building – we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment.

Life at Kardium

What makes us a great place to work?

1. Our Purpose
2. Our People
3. Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we’re committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.

And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more!