Program Manager

Socket.dev; United States; On-site; USD 139,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Paid parking/public transportation

Paid time off

Paid sick and safe time

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers in the United States is seeking a Program Manager to drive internal execution across hardware, software and systems teams, ensuring deliverables meet defined timelines and milestones. You will partner with engineering leadership to maintain program discipline, provide clear status updates, and implement standardized processes and documentation to support dependable execution.

The role emphasizes structured communication, risk management, and cross-functional coordination to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or related field.
• 3–6 years of experience in project or program coordination, preferably in technical environments.
• Familiarity with engineering development processes.
• Strong organizational and execution skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously.
• Clear and structured communication style.
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Internal Execution & Deliverables: Drive timely closure of deliverables and action items, ensuring momentum across engineering teams.
• Program Coordination: Own coordination of day-to-day coordination across internal teams (hardware, software, systems).
• Issue Tracking & Follow-up: Track action items and ensure timely closure of technical tasks; escalate risks as needed.
• Process & Discipline: Reinforce program management best practices and standardize tools, templates, and communication flows.
• Risk & Issue Management: Proactively track, manage, and elevate risks impacting timelines.
• Communication: Provide clear updates to internal stakeholders and facilitate technical decision-making.

Skills

Project coordination

Engineering processes

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or related field

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.

The Program Manager will focus on driving internal technical execution, ensuring that engineering deliverables are clearly defined, tracked, and completed on time. This role plays a critical part in maintaining program discipline by coordinating day-to-day activities within Varian teams and ensuring alignment to program goals.

Working closely with Engineering and senior program leadership, this role ensures internal execution is structured, visible, and predictable.

Responsibilities

• Internal Execution & Deliverables
  • Drive timely closure of deliverables and action items, ensuring no loss of momentum across engineering teams
  • Ensure consistent forward progress across all internal technical workstreams.
  • Maintain clear visibility of task status, dependencies, and milestones
  • Ensure deliverables are well-defined, achievable, and aligned with program timelines
• Program Coordination
  • Own coordination of day-to-day coordination across internal teams (hardware, software, systems)
  • Maintain a single source of truth for program execution status, such as program schedules, action logs, and reporting dashboards
  • Facilitate team meetings, ensuring clarity on next steps and ownership
• Issue Tracking & Follow-up
  • Track action items and ensure timely closure of technical tasks
  • Escalate risks or delays to senior program leadership as needed
  • Own the creation and update of issue tracking and documentation
• Process & Discipline
  • Reinforce program management best practices and execution discipline
  • Help standardize tools, templates, and communication flows
  • Ensure technical documentation and deliverables are complete and consistent
• Risk & Issue Management
  • Proactively track, manage, and elevate risks impacting internal technical deliverables and timelines.
• Communication
  • Provide clear, structured updates to internal stakeholders and technical teams
  • Facilitate technical decision-making across organizations and ensure internal alignment

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or related field
• 3–6 years of experience in project or program coordination, preferably in technical environments
• Familiarity with engineering development processes
• Strong organizational and execution skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously
• Clear and structured communication style
• Detail-oriented with strong follow-through

Who we are

We are a team of more than 72,000 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.

To find out more about Siemens Healthineers businesses, please visit our company page here.

The base pay range for this position is:

$139,180 - $191,378

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

If this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company's plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan. life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time.

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