Director, Project Management

About Meridian

Meridian Bioscience is a fully integrated life science company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad range of innovative diagnostic products. We are dedicated to developing and delivering better solutions that give answers with speed, accuracy and simplicity that are redefining the possibilities of life from discovery to diagnosis. We are looking for talented and passionate individuals that help drive our vision. Our innovative culture will allow interested candidates to discover and create, through collaboration, cutting edge solutions to tough problems.

Job Summary

The Director, Project Management is a senior leadership role responsible for enterprise-level governance, prioritization, and execution of new product development (NPD) and strategic initiatives across the global Diagnostics business. This role elevates project management from operational oversight to a strategic capability, ensuring disciplined execution, cross-functional alignment, and delivery against Meridian Bioscience’s growth and innovation objectives.Reporting into senior commercial leadership, the Director serves as the central point of accountability for project execution excellence—owning portfolio-level visibility, resource alignment, and decision support for leadership. The role partners closely with R&D, Marketing, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, and Supply Chain on a global scale to drive predictable, high-quality outcomes in a regulated medical device environment.

Key Duties

Enterprise Project & Portfolio Leadership

• Own governance and execution oversight for the global Diagnostics project portfolio, including NPD, lifecycle, and strategic initiatives.
• Establish portfolio-level visibility across timelines, resources, dependencies, and risk.
• Drive prioritization recommendations and scenario planning to support leadership decision-making.
• Ensure projects are aligned to business strategy, commercial priorities, and capacity constraints.

Project Management Excellence & Governance

• Define, implement, and continuously improve project management frameworks, tools, and standards across Diagnostics.
• Lead and enforce a disciplined phase-gate / stage-gate governance process for new product development through commercialization.
• Ensure consistent application of best practices across all projects, balancing rigor with speed and agility.
• Act as escalation owner for complex, high-risk, or cross-portfolio issues

Cross-Functional Execution & Alignment

• Partner with functional leaders to ensure clear ownership, accountability, and decision-making across project teams.
• Proactively identify and resolve execution risks, resource conflicts, and interdependencies.
• Facilitate effective communication between project teams and executive leadership.
• Enable timely trade-off discussions and course corrections to keep programs on track.

Team Leadership & Capability Building

• Lead, develop, and scale a team of project managers and senior project managers to support company project pipeline and initiatives.
• Set performance expectations, career pathways, and succession planning for the project management function.
• Coach and develop project managers to operate as strategic business partners, not just task managers.
• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Strategic Partnership to Leadership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on execution feasibility, timelines, and risk.
• Provide concise, actionable portfolio updates and recommendations to executive stakeholders.
• Support strategic planning, annual operating plans, and long-range roadmap development.

Compliance & Quality Alignment

• Ensure project execution complies with applicable regulatory, quality, and design control requirements.
• Partner with Quality and Regulatory Affairs to embed compliance into project planning and execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
• Project management certification (PMP) or equivalent required
• 10-15+ years of experience in project management
• 5+ years of people leadership experience managing project managers or program leaders.
• Demonstrated experience in IVD design and development within U.S.-based regulated environments, with strong knowledge of FDA design controls and experience project managing within a formal design control framework.
• Proven success operating at portfolio and enterprise levels, influencing senior leaders.Enterprise project and portfolio management
• Strategic thinking with strong execution discipline
• Executive communication and influence
• Risk management and decision facilitation
• Cross-functional leadership in regulated environments
• Talent development and organizational scaling
• Travel: <25%

*All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status. (USA Only)*