Dexcom

Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager - Stelo

Dexcom$156K — $260K *
Healthcare
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline with 13+ years of experience, or Master's degree and 8+ years of equivalent experience, or PhD with 5+ years of experience.
  • Proven leadership of complex medical device development programs introducing new technologies.
  • Strong technical and cross-functional leadership across mechanical, electrical, systems, and mobile app engineering.
  • Experience with regulatory filings for medical technologies through EU MDR and/or FDA pathways.
  • Ability to navigate fast-paced, dynamic environments with a high degree of ambiguity.
  • Excellent communication skills for clearly conveying technical and business information.
  • Familiarity with stage-gate and agile product development frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Lead platform program/project teams for wearable medical devices from feasibility to commercialization.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment on program scope and product roadmaps with various teams.
  • Regularly communicate strategy and updates to functional and executive leadership.
  • Resolve product trade-offs and manage risks within the product contract.
  • Create a culture of accountability and collaboration within teams.
  • Mentor team members on planning, milestones, and conflict resolution.
  • Facilitate excellent communication and remove organizational barriers.

Benefits

  • Engagement with life-changing continuous glucose monitoring technology.
  • Comprehensive benefits program.
  • Global growth opportunities.
  • Access to career development through in-house learning and tuition reimbursement.
  • Innovative work context committed to employee and community welfare.
Full Job Description
Meet the team:

The Stelo team is reimagining how consumers engage with their health through the first over-the-counter glucose biosensor from Dexcom. Our work spans AI-driven insights, partner ecosystem integrations, international expansion, and the development of new features that make glucose data more personalized and actionable. We move quickly, collaborate across disciplines, and are passionate about making cutting-edge health technology accessible to more people.

The Sr. Staff Product Technical Program Manager should have a proven track record of driving technical engineering development programs from feasibility to commercialization that are applicable to the wearable medical device space.

Where you come in:
  • You will lead platform program/project team(s) driving research, development, and V&V of wearable platforms from feasibility through commercialization including working with other platform and product teams on V&V, clinical trials, regulatory filings, and product releases. .
  • You will lead cross-functional program/project teams, develop plans and executing activities across R&D, Commercial, Operations, Quality, Clinical, Regulatory, Finance, and Legal.
  • You are accountable to drive cross-functional alignment of program scope, alignment of product roadmaps, product delivery timelines, and communication and governance by an executive committee.
  • You will resolve internal and external product tradeoffs, manage their risks, and make decisions for the product within the bounds of the product contract you lead.
  • You will regularly communicate strategy, recommendations, external product impacts, and product updates to functional and executive leadership, driving management decisions when needed.
  • You are responsible for creating and maintaining a culture of accountability and collaboration within your teams by ensuring mutual accountability, removing organizational barriers, ensuring and facilitating excellent communication, and resolving conflict promptly.
  • You will mentor team members and serve as an advisor for each regarding their planning, milestones, task completion, risk burn-down, and conflict resolution. You will aid in evaluating and providing candid feedback directly to these team members and their managers, including for their performance reviews.


What makes you successful:
  • Demonstrated successful leadership of a complex medical device development program that introduced new technologies to market, utilizing strong technical, cross-functional, and managed risk leadership.
  • Demonstrated cross-functional technical leadership and relevant experience across mechanical, electrical, systems, and mobile app engineering disciplines in medical device product development or adjacent industries. This includes experience integrating complex hardware, software, and connected mobile experiences; driving technical tradeoffs across product architecture, design, verification, validation, and manufacturability; and partnering with engineering teams to deliver wearable or connected technologies from feasibility through commercialization. Particularly helpful is experience supporting regulatory filings for novel medical technologies or combination medical devices through EU MDR and/or FDA pathways.
  • Ability to work in environments that are fast-paced and highly dynamic and are comfortable in dealing with a high degree of ambiguity and trade-off.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical and business information clearly and effectively through documents, reports, and presentations both formally and informal.
  • Expertise with either stage-gate based product development frameworks and/or software development agile frameworks (medical preferred).
  • Experience managing stakeholders inclusive of all technical and leadership levels: working effectively to drive critical program decisions and resolve competing stakeholder interests.
  • Experience working in the Medical Device industry as well as knowledge of the industry practices, techniques, and standards including a proven ability to both understand and work effectively within a Quality System that is compliant with FDA regulations related to Design Control.


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.


Travel Required:

  • 5-15%


Education and Experience:
  • Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 13+ years related experience or a Master's degree and 8+ years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 5+ years of experience.


Flex Workplace: Your primary location will be a home office. You will not have an assigned workstation and will work with your manager to determine office visit needs. You must live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km).

Salary:
$156,400.00 - $260,600.00

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About Dexcom

Dexcom is a medical device company that specializes in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems for people with diabetes. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Dexcom's CGM systems provide real-time glucose readings, allowing people with diabetes to better manage their blood sugar levels. The company's products include the Dexcom G6, G5, and G4 systems, as well as the Dexcom Share remote monitoring system. Dexcom has partnerships with several other companies, including Insulet and Tandem Diabetes Care. In 2020, Dexcom was named one of the world's most innovative companies by Fast Company.
Learn more about Dexcom
Size
6,300 employees
Market Cap
$43.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$493.6 million
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+33.7%
Revenue
$1.9 billion
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