Reports to: Director of Program Management
Workplace Type: Onsite
At Capstan Medical, we’re building one of the most exciting and innovative companies in medtech—developing a first-of-its-kind robotic platform for minimally invasive heart valve treatment. Our team combines surgical robotics, catheter-based delivery, and next-generation implants to transform complex procedures into safer, lower-stress solutions for patients and clinicians alike. As a highly collaborative, hands-on team, we move fast, wear multiple hats, and believe the best ideas can come from anyone.
Based in Santa Cruz, our unique workspace blends cutting-edge Bay Area innovation with a lifestyle-driven environment near trails, beaches, and open space—creating the perfect place to do meaningful, career-defining work.
Role Overview:
As Project Manager for our flagship robotic transcatheter valve replacement program, you will own end-to-end execution of one of the most complex and capital-intensive programs in structural heart. You will drive alignment within the Robot team (mechanical, electrical & software) through design freeze, V&V, clinical trials, and regulatory submission.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop, maintain and actively manage detailed project schedules (MS Project) with dependencies, resources and critical path on a weekly basis
- Facilitate daily stand-ups, core team meetings, and technical working meetings
- Ensure full design control compliance: traceability matrices, design reviews, DHF completeness, and on time deliverables for critical phase gates
- Drive mitigation plans and escalate when needed
- Prepare clear updates, dashboards and decision materials for cross-functional program and leadership reviews
- Support vendor selection, and ongoing supplier management for key components and capital equipment
- Mentor junior project leads (engineering) and help instill project management discipline across the organization
- Work on site to keep a pulse in a fast moving environment
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of project management experience in medical devices; Class III implantable and/or robotic/capital
- Proven track record of shipping at least one cardiovascular implantable or robotic/capital system through FDA submission or approval
- Familiar with design controls (21 CFR 820.30, ISO 13485), risk management (ISO14971) and DHF maintenance
- Exceptional organization skills and attention to detail
- Strong influencing skills with no direct authority
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or life sciences
Preferred Qualifications:
- Direct experience with structural heart valves (TAVR or TMVR) or robotic catheter delivery systems
- Core team lead or experience leading cross-functional projects
- Experience with early stage clinical trial studies (First In Human, Early Feasibility, etc)
- Prior Series B/C startup experience with successful exits or acquisitions
You Will Thrive If:
- You’re obsessed with schedules, risk management and keeping teams marching in lockstep
- You stay calm when timelines slip and can make recommendations on how to recover them
Why Join Us:
- We offer a fun, fast-paced, collaborative environment where you will be working on transformational technologies in the cardiac healthcare space that can make a meaningful impact for patients
- We offer outstanding benefits with medical, dental, and vision covered at 100% for you and your family, as well as flex time off
- We thrive in our work-hard, play-hard environment. Bring your bike or running shoes if you’d like or just be ready to enjoy a fun office outing. We enjoy time inside the office and out!
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, and disability, or other legally protected status.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
