Senior Program Manager

1000 Hamburg; Pimpri; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips in India is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead end-to-end diagnostic X-ray product development programs from initiation to market introduction. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage cost, quality, and time, and apply PMP and Lean methodologies to optimize project delivery.

The role requires strong stakeholder management and leadership capabilities. The position is office-based in Pimpri, with emphasis on standard PMO practices, risk mitigation, and continuous

Qualifications

• Typically 15+ years of experience in program management for large end-customer projects.
• Experience with establishing PMO standards and Lean practices.
• Experience launching and validating medical device or diagnostic product development programs.

Responsibilities

• Formulates and drives end-to-end program plans with cross-functional teams.
• Manages resources, budget, schedule, and risks to meet scope and quality targets.
• Mentors PMs and ensures adherence to PMP, Lean, and QA processes.

Skills

Project management

Lean methods

Stakeholder management

Agile methods

Risk management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering/Management

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Power BI

Job description

Senior Program Manager

In this role, you have the opportunity to be responsible for End-to-End execution of new product introduction programs for Diagnostic X-ray business. From the project initiation until the introduction in the Market & field monitoring by achieving project scope and objectives while balancing schedule, cost, quality, requirements and keeping abreast of developments in project management tools and processes as well as technical domain, e.g. agile software development. Manages projects ensuring execution is in line with PMP guidelines and directives.

Your Role

Formulating the project / program plan, along with larger cross functional teams Organize the resources to be used (quality, time, allocation, budget, dependencies and information), helps the team to organize and specifies the quality standard in the processes Identifies the risks of the project (f.e. specs, costs, planning, etcetera) and develops scenarios to overcome these risks by defining corrective actions and driving the projects to closure Coaches and directs project team members and gives them operational guidance, both technically and organizationally Represents the project team to DXR Management Gathers and integrates project performance and progress information. Reports on the progress of the project with an agreed frequency on quality, status, time, and budget to DXR Management Team As an experienced program manager, he/she needs to develop and implement Project Management methods, enhance project management capabilities of the team. Coach and support project managers e.g. in project planning and gate reviews with the Management Team. Manage the PMO tools & act as an internal gate keeper for process compliance. Drive implementation and facilitation of LEAN methods in PMO (Program Management Office: DXR PMO Continuous Improvements Creating and overseeing Daily Management and KPI Dashboard Facilitate PRIDE and Problem Solving Identify improvement potential across running projects and programs and manage solving or leveraging them Drive project management excellence within the DXR organization across sites: Continuously increase portfolio, program and project management excellence Implement project management standards within DXR across sites Act as process owner for Project Management and Milestone Review QMS processes and in the Business Management System (BMS). Ensure that the project managers are working according to QMS and BMS. Support project managers to meet their committed project targets in terms of quality, scope, time and budget Manage CoE support team that supports the project managers in their daily business, e.g. by scheduling daily operations of their projects (reporting, setting up meetings etc) Create a PM competence development framework. Assess project management competencies/capabilities and define a competence development roadmap for each project manager individually and for the PMO team as a whole. Furthermore, manage its implementation. Cooperate and do knowledge transfer within Philips and external parties. Manage project analytics to create transparency as projects managed by PMO are executed within agreed boundaries by defining, collecting and reporting appropriate KPIs. This includes the following aspects of project execution: Manage PMO resource allocation overall and per project in alignment with project managers Monitor and analyze project relevant KPI: Timeline, status and progress Budget and project cost forecast Quality status Project risks Provide a consolidated reporting to DXR Management and other Philips stakeholders.

You Are a Great Fit If

• Bachelor's or master's Degree in a Management or Engineering discipline.
• Typically, 15+ years of relevant working experience, including all aspects of project development and execution, demonstrating record of project management success, both in results achieved and in use of professional methodology.
• Experience within Project Management domain, with actual proven hands-on project management experience for large end-customer related product development and launch projects based on a proven successful track record.
• Deep proven and applied expertise in project management tools & skills and product realization strategies is mandatory.
• Applied expertise with Lean Methodology and Lean Tools essential.
• Experience of healthcare related Quality Management Systems (QMS) and Project Management Office related Business Management Systems (PMO BMS).
• Experience in (peer-)coaching, especially with regards to project Management.

You will stand out if you also have

• Excellent analytical skills, with a very structured approach.
• Passionate believer in and advocate for project management and lean methods.
• Passionate and skilled listener, analyst and improver.
• Strong process oriented thinker.
• Strong team player, that enjoys coaching and growing people and is perceived as excellent coach and support by his peers.
• High sense of responsibility and ownership.
• Good stakeholder and relationship management skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Professional knowledge of project management methods and estimation techniques (resources, time and risks) for the relevant technical/functional discipline.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. This role is an office-based role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life. For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health. Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success. It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy/childbirth or related medical conditions, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran or military status, marital or domestic partner status or any other characteristic protected by law. As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to fostering a culture where all are treated with respect and professionalism. To ensure reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974 and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance. Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug‑free workplace.