Senior Director, PMO
Dexcom · San Diego, CA
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The Company
Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health.
We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.
The Sr. Director, Program Management Office is a senior leadership role within Dexcom's Global Operations & Quality organization. Reporting directly to the EVP of Global Operations & Quality, the Sr. Director, PMO is accountable for establishing, leading, and continuously maturing a centralized, enterprise-grade PMO function that drives strategic program execution across the full Global Operations & Quality portfolio.
This leader will have direct management responsibility for leadership across the Technical Program Management and Program Management within Global Operations & Quality, creating a unified center of excellence that enables cross-functional alignment, delivery predictability, and operational rigor at scale. The Sr. Director PMO will serve as a strategic partner to the EVP and Global Operations & Quality leadership team, translating organizational priorities into executable roadmaps that accelerate Dexcom's mission of delivering continuous glucose monitoring solutions to people living with diabetes worldwide.
Dexcom's Global Operations & Quality organization is responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of manufacturing, supply chain, quality systems, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence across a global footprint. As Dexcom continues to scale its product portfolio, manufacturing capacity, and international reach, the need for a centralized, high-performing PMO function is critical to:
Ensure disciplined portfolio governance across hundreds of concurrent programs
Drive cross-functional alignment between R&D, Supply Chain, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, and Commercial organizations
Deliver complex, multi-year capital and operational programs on time, on budget, and in compliance with FDA and global regulatory standards
Build a world-class program management capability that scales with Dexcom's rapid growth trajectory
Where you come in :
PMO Leadership & Organizational Development
You build, lead, and inspire a high-performing, centralized PMO organization comprising Directors and Senior Directors of Technical Program Management and Program Management across all Global Operations & Quality functions
You establish the vision, strategy, and operating model for the Global Operations & Quality PMO, defining standards for program governance, delivery methodology, and performance management
You develop career pathways, succession plans, and talent development programs to attract, retain, and grow exceptional program management talent
You foster a culture of accountability, transparency, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence across the PMO organization
You serve as an executive champion for the program management discipline throughout the enterprise
Portfolio Governance & Strategic Execution
You partner with the EVP and Global Operations & Quality leadership team to define, prioritize, and manage the organization’s program portfolio in alignment with Dexcom's strategic plan and annual operating plan
You establish and maintain a robust portfolio governance framework, including stage-gate processes, investment review cycles, and executive reporting cadences
You provide authoritative visibility into portfolio health, resource capacity, program risks, and strategic dependencies to enable informed executive decision-making
You lead quarterly and annual program portfolio reviews, presenting findings and recommendations to the EVP and cross-functional senior leadership teams
You drive effective prioritization and trade-off decisions when resource constraints or strategic shifts require reallocation across the portfolio
Program Delivery & Operational Excellence
You oversee delivery of the organization’s program portfolio, ensuring programs are executed with rigor, predictability, and compliance with Dexcom's quality management system (QMS) and regulatory requirements
You define and deploy standardized program management methodologies, tools, and templates (including Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid frameworks) appropriate for FDA-regulated medical device development and manufacturing environments
You drive proactive risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue escalation across all programs within the organization.
You partner with Finance to establish program budgeting, forecasting, and cost management standards across the PMO, ensuring financial accountability and variance reporting
You lead post-program retrospectives and lessons-learned processes, translating insights into systemic improvements to the PMO operating model
Cross-Functional Partnership & Stakeholder Management
You serve as the primary interface with enterprise PMO functions,
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