About Dexcom

Founded in 1999, Dexcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXCM), develops and markets Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) systems for ambulatory use by people with diabetes and by healthcare providers for the treatment of people with diabetes. The company is the leader in transforming diabetes care and management by providing CGM technology to help patients and healthcare professionals better manage diabetes. Since the company’s inception, Dexcom has focused on better outcomes for patients, caregivers, and clinicians by delivering solutions that are best in class - while empowering the community to take control of diabetes. Dexcom reported full-year 2022 revenues of $2.9B, a growth of 18% over 2021. Headquartered in San Diego, California, with additional offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company employs over 8,000 people worldwide.

Meet the Team:

Dexcom is searching for an R&D Portfolio Director to drive the R&D portfolio management process in the Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) space. A successful candidate has a proven ability to lead a robust portfolio process with intake, prioritization, demand planning, financial modeling and overall budget deployment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Translate the Product/Technology Roadmap into Actionable Development Project Portfolio

• Through deep understanding of the business and the product and technology landscape propose, gain alignment and manage the appropriate allocation of R&D investment across different product segments and technologies aligned with organizational goals and objectives.
• Drive Portfolio governance in partnership with -marketing product management and Dexcom Labs across all phases from Tech Dev through product development, regulatory approval and post launch product improvement.
• Point person for project intake, opportunity scoring and prioritization.
• Monitor and report on the progress of projects within the portfolio, identifying and mitigating risks and issues.
• Work closely with R&D program managers to ensure the planned support and resources to deliver projects successfully are provided and where necessary trade-offs are assessed and recommendations made.
• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders, both internal and external, to ensure that their needs are met.
• Own quality of project contracts and proposals moving to approval.

Demand Planning for R&D labor resource capacity and Deployment

• Partner with finance & functional leaders to drive the annual budget and quarterly budget refreshes
• Manage resource demand planning, allocation and conduct trade-off analysis.
• Provide analytics and dashboards focused on R&D spend and supply/demand.
• Links project goals and objectives to commercial and financial outcomes

Project Level Profit and Loss / Financial Modeling including Product Costs

• Partner with finance & core team leads to define the modeling and drive execution of project level P&L while partnering with commercial and operations teams to tie into the product-level LRP and regional financials.

• Partner within R&D and with operations and finance to drive product cost targets and ensure portfolio and projects roadmaps align to meet the cost targets.
  

What makes you successful:

• 10+ years of experience in project or program management, with at least 5 years in product portfolio management.
• Strong leadership and management skills, with at least 3 years experience directly managing a functional team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and mitigate risks and issues.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies, such as Agile, Waterfall, Stage-Gate and Lean Six Sigma.
• Strong understanding of the R&D product development process and lifecycle.
• Proficiency with Project management and collaboration tools preferred (eg MS Project, Confluence/Jira, Smartsheet, resource allocation tools such as Changepoint, etc.)
• PMP certification is a plus.

• Experience in Med Tech industries developing electromechanical devices and software systems is preferred.
  

Travel Required:

• <25%

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer . All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com .

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com .

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