Project Manager – R&D

Now’s our time to inspire the future of healthcare together.

Siemens Healthineers is a leading global medical technology company with over 170 years of experience and 18,000 patents. More than 48,000 dedicated colleagues in over 70 countries are driven to shape the future of healthcare. We stand with our customers around the world to support them in delivering high quality care to their patients. An estimated 5 million patients across the globe benefit every day from our innovative technologies and services in the areas of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging, laboratory diagnostics and molecular medicine, as well as digital health and enterprise services. This is what truly matters to us.

Join our team now at Siemens Healthineers as Sr. Program Manager

This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking to lead multiple cross-functional Product Development teams to deliver in vitro assay/consumable diagnostic products to the market and improve clinical outcomes as well as supporting internal R&D improvement projects.

As a Sr. Program Manager, you will be responsible for:

• You will lead and manage cross-functional, cross-site teams representing all Product Development life-cycle phases including project planning, scheduling, tracking, coordinating and monitoring activities. This may include project team members from other companies where contractual and personnel management must be effectively managed to ensure project success
• You will schedule and lead meetings to coordinate inter-departmental project activities; including those necessary to resolve project issues
• You will manage project communications to all stakeholders (project teams, functional managers, internal and external customers, and senior management), including meeting minutes, monthly updates, communications meetings, and phase reviews
• You will facilitate the exchange of information between departments on a day-to-day basis and maintaining liaison with all members of the project team between project team meetings
• You will commitment to meeting the expectations of internal and external customers.

This position may suit you best if you are familiar with what is below, and would like to do develop your career with Healthineers

• Strong leadership abilities capable of leading teams of non-direct reports in a matrix organization
• Ability to coordinate across disciplines and integrate all aspects of business as they impact development projects including negotiation of scope, roles and responsibilities, specifications, timelines, and resources – up, across, and down the organization
• Strong analytical skills to assess situations and drive decision making
• Demonstrated effective written and oral communications skills
• Ability to independently function in a changing, high-impact position, with deadline and resource constraints
• Ability to lead teams to quickly identify root cause of issues and develop effective action plans
• Capacity to achieve outcomes based on ability to facilitate and negotiate desired results

Required skills to have for the success of this role

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• Minimum of 10 years industry experience, which should include 4 years’ experience managing complex projects – Advanced scientific and/or business degrees are highly desirable and can substitute for some industry specific experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification not required but is a key differentiator
• Working knowledge of FDA, ISO, IVDD and IVDR regulations desired
• Willing to travel up to 20%

At Siemens Healthineers, we value those who dedicate their energy and passion to a greater cause. Our people make us unique as an employer in the med-tech industry. What unites and motivates our global team is the inspiration of our common purpose: To innovate for healthcare, building on our remarkable legacy of pioneering ideas that translate into even better healthcare products and services. We recognize that taking ownership of our work allows both us and the company to grow. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment and the space to move beyond your comfort zone to grow both personally and professionally.

If you want to join us in transforming the way healthcare is delivered, visit our career site at https://usa.healthcare.siemens.com/careers.

If you wish to find out more about the specific before applying, please visit: https://usa.healthcare.siemens.com/about.

As an equal-opportunity employer we are happy to consider applications from individuals with disabilities.

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