{"id":3342485,"url":"https://alion.io/job/organox-programme-manager-rd","title":"Programme Manager (R&D)","company":{"id":5872,"name":"OrganOx","domain":"organox.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/organox","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workable","truth_index":null},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Oxford, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":43000,"max_usd":96000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":882},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"Design Controls","optional":false},{"name":"Design History File","optional":false},{"name":"IEC 60601","optional":false},{"name":"ISO 13485","optional":false},{"name":"ISO 14971","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-27T16:02:47Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-27","last_verified_at":"2026-10-30T01:32:25Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"ABOUT ORGANOX:\nOrganOx is a commercial stage organ technology company dedicated to developing technologies to improve outcomes for patients with acute or chronic organ failure. The company was established as a spin out of the University of Oxford in 2008 and is now part of the Terumo Group. OrganOx is a pioneer in normothermic machine perfusion (NMP). It's flagship platform, the metra®, is available for use in the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Australia. It has been utilized in over 7,000 liver transplants to date to keep donor livers in a metabolically active state outside the body enabling longer preservation times and functional assessment of the organ prior to transplant, leading to an increased number of organs available for transplant. Founded in 1921, Terumo Corporation (TSE:4543) strives to fulfil its mission of “Contributing to Society through Healthcare” by providing a comprehensive range of solutions in the fields of therapeutic procedures, hospital operations, and life sciences in more than 160 countries and regions.\nPosition Summary\nThe Programme Manager (R&D) is accountable for the successful delivery of one or more strategic New Product Development (NPD) programmes.\nThe role provides end-to-end leadership across the product development lifecycle, integrating technical development, regulatory activities, quality requirements, manufacturing readiness, commercial objectives and organisational priorities into a single executable programme.\nWorking across Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Operations, Supply Chain, Clinical, Commercial and Executive Leadership teams, the R&D Programme Manager will drive programme execution, governance, risk management, resource planning and stakeholder alignment to achieve programme objectives.\nThis role requires a highly experienced programme leader with a proven track record of delivering complex medical device development programmes within regulated environments.\nThis is an on-site role in Oxford with flexibility.\nListed below are the major responsibilities of the role and a brief description of some of the key tasks to be performed. This list is not totally exhaustive.\nKey Accountabilities\nUnder direction from the Director, PMO the Programme Manager (R&D) will be responsible for:\nDelivery of assigned New Product Development programmes to agreed scope, quality, cost and timeline.\nDevelopment and maintenance of integrated programme plans.\nProgramme governance and stage-gate management.\nProgramme budget forecasting and financial control.\nCross-functional resource planning and prioritisation.\nExecutive stakeholder management and reporting.\nIdentification and management of programme risks, dependencies and opportunities.\nEnsuring compliance with OrganOx Quality Management System requirements and applicable regulatory standards.\nDrive transition from product development, scale-up, regulatory approval and commercial launch.\nMajor Responsibilities\nProgramme Leadership\nLead strategic New Product Development programmes from concept through development, verification, validation, regulatory approval, manufacturing transfer and product launch.\nDevelop and maintain integrated programme plans covering all programme workstreams.\nDefine programme objectives, success criteria, milestones and critical dependencies.\nEnsure programme activities remain aligned to organisational strategy and product roadmap.\nDrive programme execution through proactive leadership, coordination and decision-making.\nEstablish / maintain programme governance structures, reviews and reporting mechanisms.\nFacilitate programme steering committees and executive review meetings.\nUphold programme management standards and best practices.\nCross Functional Leadership\nLead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams comprising:\nBuild strong collaborative relationships across the organisation.\nInfluence stakeholders without direct authority.\nResolve competing priorities and resource conflicts.\nFoster accountability, transparency and high-performance team behaviours.\nProduct Development & Design Control\nEnsure programme delivery complies with applicable design control processes.\nSupport development and maintenance of Design History Files (DHF).\nEnsure programme alignment with relevant standards to include (ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, MDR (EU) 2017/745, FDA Quality System requirements)\nOrganOx Quality Management System\nSupport design reviews and stage-gate approvals.\nCollaborate closely with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure programme readiness throughout the development lifecycle.\nPlanning, Resource & Portfolio Management\nDevelop and maintain integrated programme schedules.\nIdentify resource demand and capacity requirements across programme workstreams.\nWork with Functional Leaders to optimise resource allocation.\nEscalate resource constraints and recommend mitigation strategies.\nMonitor programme dependencies across the wider portfolio.\nSupport portfolio planning and prioritisation activities within the PMO.\nRisk & Issue Management\nEstablish and maintain programme Risk/Issue Management logs.\nIdentify programme risks, dependencies and assumptions.\nLead mitigation planning and recovery actions.\nEscalate significant programme risks in a timely and transparent manner.\nDrive resolution of critical programme issues.\nFinancial Management\nDevelop and maintain programme budgets and forecasts.\nSupport business case development and investment reviews.\nEnsure effective financial governance throughout programme execution.\nStakeholder & Executive Communication\nProvide clear and concise programme reporting to senior leadership.\nPresent programme status, risks, decisions and recommendations to Executive Leadership.\nEnsure effective communication across all programme workstreams.\nContinuous Improvement\nSupport development and continuous improvement of PMO processes, tools and governance.\nCapture and implement lessons learned.\nPromote a culture of delivery excellence and continuous improvement.\nAdhere to the letter and spirit of OrganOx’s Code of Conduct and all other company policies\nRequirements\nSkills & Experience\nProven Project Management experience in Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals or equivalent. Minimum 8-10 years programme and project management experience.\nTrack record in managing medical device design and development projects, working within ISO 13485, IEC 60601, and risk management processes of ISO 14971 and projects in a safety-critical regulated industry.\nExcellent communication and leadership skills, commercially aware with the ability to negotiate with suppliers / multi-functional internal stakeholders and lead project impact assessments.\nAbility to lead and manage cross-functional project teams effectively.\nGood working knowledge of standard office, project management and engineering software.\nExcellent financial management skills with experience managing multiple project budgets simultaneously.\nExperience in the management of teams both face to face and remotely through appropriate collaboration platforms and project management systems.\nPositive “can do” attitude; identifies problems, provides/facilitates the creation of options and recommendations and uses initiative to drive solutions.\nMultitasker - be able to juggle priorities across multiple needs.\nHas a solution focused, pragmatic approach.\nConfident communicator with ability to tailor style and content to the needs of the audience.\nDeveloped emotional intelligence, remaining calm under pressure and takes ownership for delivering outcomes.\nShows commitment to professional development; demonstrates enthusiasm, willingness and ability to learn new skills. \nCreates momentum and excitement around initiatives and new approaches.\nAbility to adapt to a fast-paced and dynamic environment.\nQualifications\nDegree level education preferably within an engineering or science discipline.\nFormal project management training from a recognized accreditation body (PMP, Agile, Prince2 etc.).\nBenefits\nAt OrganOx, we value innovation, evidence, integrity, teamwork, respect, and passion. We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including healthcare and retirement plans. We support work-life balance and provide opportunities for ongoing professional development.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation race, or any other characteristics protected by law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8617,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Surgical Instruments & Devices","Biomedical Engineering"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-27T16:02:47Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"GB","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker)","filings_12m":null,"filings_prev_12m":null,"green_card_filings_12m":null,"median_offered_wage_usd":null,"route":"Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker","cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T06:20:15+00:00","sources":["UK Home Office: register of licensed sponsors (workers)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":39,"reasons":["conf:2","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/organox-programme-manager-rd","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/organox-programme-manager-rd.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-30T02:43:47Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3528,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-31T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":5872},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=5872"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Forganox-programme-manager-rd"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Forganox-programme-manager-rd"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Forganox-programme-manager-rd"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/organox-programme-manager-rd\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Forganox-programme-manager-rd"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3342485}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"organox.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3342485},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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