NPI Project Manager

Siemens Mobility; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Siemens Mobility as an NPI Project Manager, leading innovative projects in medical technology within a diverse and dynamic team. You will strategically plan, execute, and engage stakeholders while driving operational improvements. This role provides a unique opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects in a globally recognized company, enhancing your career path.

Benefits

26 days' holiday with the option to buy/sell more

Up to 10% employer pension contribution

Share and bonus scheme

Access to flexible benefits including medical insurance

Onsite gym access

Up to £250 reimbursement for course training

Paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading R&D and engineering projects.
• Experience in high-paced environments managing technical complexities.
• Skilled in project management methodologies, including Agile.

Responsibilities

• Motivate and guide project teams to achieve project goals.
• Identify and mitigate project risks proactively.
• Ensure governance and quality standards during project execution.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Risk Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Agile Methodology

Education

Degree in Engineering, Science or Technology

Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE, etc.)

Job description

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

Siemens Healthineers MR Magnet Technology is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of superconducting magnets for magnetic resonance imaging - over a third of MRI scanners installed worldwide have at their heart a magnet manufactured in our Eynsham factory. The business has been awarded several Queen’s Awards for export success, two Best Factory Awards and an IMechE Manufacturing Excellence Award and is justifiably proud of its engineering and manufacturing heritage.

As an NPI Project Manager you'll get to work with some of the brightest minds in medical technology who are at the forefront of innovation, leading end to end high-impact, technically complex projects with a local focus, but in a global context, driving the successful development and introduction in production of new products and technologies in a fast-paced, international agile environment. You will be responsible for strategic planning, execution, stakeholder engagement, and operational improvements, driving projects to completion on time, within budget, and to the quality standards together with global partners in Germany and China. A key focus will be on bringing together and effectively managing large, cross functional project teams, defining process and coaching others to ensure projects run smoothly. This is a role with a high degree of visibility across the Siemens Healthineers business, and as such offers the opportunity to develop and further your career, both in the UK and overseas.

Job Responsibilities:

• Motivate, guide, and coach a cross functional project team fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate technical and project risks/issues applying appropriate tools and methodologies to ensure project success.
• Act as a key interface between international departments, ensuring external and internal requirements are effectively integrated throughout new product development and implementation. You will report on a regular basis to the senior leadership team.
• Refine project governance and engineering team structures to improve efficiency and optimize project work.
• Ensure state-of-the-art-project management methodologies and tools are applied at all stages of the project.

About You:

• Proven professional experience leading R&D and/or engineering development projects with direct customer interaction.
• You thrive in a high pace, high demand environments, consistently delivering results while managing technical complexity, shifting priorities, and stakeholder expectations.
• Comfortable in setting directions in ambiguous conditions, as well as managing complex technical details.
• You can balance and manage competing demands and requirements across different functions.
• High degree of emotional intelligence, able to motivate and engage.
• Proven record of driving projects from inception to product launch while improving product and production stability.
• You'll be able to effectively communicate and influence internal and external stakeholders at all levels, from shopfloor to board of director level.
• Demonstrated success in improving project management performance within engineering or technical organization.
• Skilled at adapting and applying project management best practices as needed.
• You thrive in diverse, multicultural environment, collaborating with teams across different sites and regions.

Your Skills & Experience:

• Degree in a relevant Engineering, Science or Technology subject.
• Project Management certification (PMP, PM@Siemens, PRINCE, etc.)
• Agile/Scrum methodology qualification
• Proven experience in Manufacturing/Engineering related Project/Program Management
• Proven experience in a highly regulated business environment is preferred but all manufacturing backgrounds will be considered
• Proven experience in MRI related competencies - Preferred but not essential
• Significant NPI Project management experience, utilizing both waterfall and agile methodologies (team size 30+) in complex medical equipment or regulated industries (preferred but open to other industries if your project management experience is related to NPI in a manufacturing environment)
• Prior experience in production ramp up and product continuous improvement within manufacturing environment - Preferred
• Proven expertise in engineering tools (FMEA, PFMEA, design review) and design optimisation technique (DFM, DFA) for manufacturing. - Preferred

Our Benefits:

• 26 days' holiday with the option to buy or sell an additional 5
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution
• Share and bonus scheme
• Access to our flexible benefits from private medical insurance and EV cars to dental cover
• Free to use onsite gym
• Up to £250 reimbursement against a single course training cost, which can be for anything you like, professional or personal related.
• Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities including 2 paid volunteering days per year and support from our 24/7 employee assistance programme
• This role is offered on a hybrid working model, with an expectation of 3 days per week on site as a minimum

Who we are:

We are a team of more than 71,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work:

When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

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