Valencia, CA – Hybrid / Remote 

Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading medium to large-scale projects from initiation through completion, ensuring delivery on time, within scope, and within budget. This role serves as a central point of coordination across multiple departments, driving project planning, execution, risk management, and process improvement. By fostering collaboration and maintaining clear communication with stakeholders, the Senior Project Manager ensures successful outcomes that support organizational goals and strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic focus on change/ sustainment projects. 
• Project Planning & Execution: Develop and manage project plans (scope, timelines, resources, contingencies) with strong risk management and alignment to business priorities.
• Performance Reporting: Deliver regular status updates and financial reports to ensure objectives and success criteria are met.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Act as liaison across R&D, Operations, Quality, and Legal to drive collaboration and meet standards.
• Workstream Oversight: Monitor multiple workstreams, resolve conflicts, and balance scope, complexity, and cost.
• Process Improvement: Standardize workflows, enhance documentation, and coach teams to adopt best practices.
• Stakeholder Communication: Maintain transparent, proactive communication with sponsors and stakeholders on objectives, milestones, and deliverables.
• Quality & Compliance: Ensure deliverables meet required quality standards and regulatory/project requirements.

Travelling Requirement: up to 20%

More about you:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or 10+ years equivalent experience; preferred Engineering, MBA, or advanced degree.
• Preferred certifications: PMP and SCRUM Master.
• Experience: 6+ years as Project Manager in medical devices, including Class III (active implantable).
• Personal Competencies: Assertive, confident, proactive, analytical, decisive, and highly organized in dynamic environments.
• Social & Leadership Skills: Strong communicator and influencer; skilled in delegation, prioritization, conflict management, and team coaching.
• Professional Expertise: Risk assessment, feasibility analysis, project monitoring, and evaluation of technical reports beyond own discipline.
• Languages & IT Skills: Fluent in English; proficient in German, Spanish, French preferred; advanced in MS Office, MS Project, Jira, Jama, Polarion, OnePlan, Oracle Agile PLM

A minimum of 200Mb/sec download and 10Mb/sec upload speed internet connectivity is required to support any remote/hybrid employee functionality at Sonova

Don't meet all the criteria?  If you’re willing to go all in and learn we'd love to hear from you! 

We are looking forward to receiving your application via our online job application platform. For this position only direct applications will be considered. Sonova does not recruit via app, telegram, carrier pigeon or any other format that does not include speaking with an actual human. If you are offered a job without speaking with someone please contact Sonova Human Resources

 What we offer:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage*
• Health Savings, Health Reimbursement, Flexible Spending/Dependent Care Accounts
• TeleHealth options
• 401k plan with company match*
• Company paid life/ad&d insurance
  • Additional supplemental life/ad&d coverage available
• Company paid Short/Long-Term Disability coverage (STD/LTD)
  • STD LTD Buy-ups available
• Accident/Hospital Indemnity coverage
• Legal/ID Theft Assistance
• PTO (or sick and vacation time), floating Diversity Day, & paid holidays*
• Paid parental bonding leave
• Employee Assistance Program (24/7 mental health support hotline, 5 company paid counseling sessions and more)
• Robust Internal Career Growth opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Hearing aid discount for employees and family
• Internal social recognition platform

*Plan rules/offerings dependent upon group Company/location.

This role's pay range is between: $109,600/yr - $164,400/yr (range may vary depending on location). This role is also bonus eligible. 

How we work:

At Sonova, we prioritize the well-being of our employees and foster an inclusive environment that promotes engagement and collaboration. Our team-customized hybrid work model empowers teams to balance individual needs with business goals, offering flexibility and individualized time management. We recognize the importance of life outside of work and strive to create a supportive and motivating workplace where innovation thrives.