R&D Program Director (San Diego, CA)

Philips; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Philips in San Diego seeks a Senior Program Leader to drive a complex global development program for a regulated medical equipment platform. You will oversee hardware, electronics, software, and systems integration, ensuring regulatory readiness and market launches across phased releases.

You will coordinate a matrix of engineering, quality, regulatory, operations, service, and leadership teams, and partner with external manufacturing to scale and evolve the platform while maintaining rigorous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or related field required.
• 10+ years leading complex product development or capital equipment programs.
• Experience spanning hardware, software, systems integration, and launches; global matrix leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead a strategic console platform program across hardware, electronics, software, systems integration, regulatory readiness, and launch execution.
• Own end-to-end program plans across phased releases, linking development, verification, documentation, and market readiness.
• Align a globally distributed team and external manufacturing partners to prioritize, resolve risks, and drive ownership.
• Partner with internal operations and external partners to prepare product configurations for release and scale-up.
• Lead formal design, business, and readiness reviews with disciplined follow-through and timely escalation.
• Bring execution rigor to a complex medical device program, improving cross-functional coordination and transparency.

Skills

Strategic program leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory readiness

Global collaboration

Communication & stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or science

Advanced degree or PM certification (plus)

Job description

Lead a complex global development program for a regulated medical equipment platform that combines console hardware, electronics, software, system integration, and launch execution. This role aligns a globally distributed cross-functional team and external manufacturing partners to deliver phased releases, regulatory and operational readiness, and market expansion.

Your Role

• Lead a strategic console platform program spanning hardware, electronics, software, systems integration, regulatory readiness, manufacturing readiness, service readiness, and launch execution.
• Own the integrated end-to-end program plan across phased releases, connecting development, verification and validation, documentation, supply chain readiness, field readiness, and commercial launch activities.
• Drive alignment across a globally distributed team that includes engineering, quality, regulatory, operations, service, marketing, finance, and leadership stakeholders, ensuring clarity on priorities, dependencies, risks, decisions, and ownership.
• Partner with internal operations teams and external manufacturing partners to prepare product configurations for release, scale-up, and ongoing platform evolution.
• Lead formal design, business, and readiness reviews with strong preparation, concise communication, disciplined follow-through, and timely escalation of issues that threaten cost, quality, scope, or timing.
• Bring structure and execution rigor to a complex medical device platform program while improving cross-functional coordination, transparency, and decision making without adding unnecessary process burden.

You\'re The Right Fit If

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related field; an advanced degree and/or program management certification is a plus.
• You’ve acquired 10+ years of experience experience leading complex product development programs, ideally involving capital equipment, medical devices, or other regulated hardware and software systems.
• Your skills include experience leading programs that combine hardware, electronics, software, systems integration, and launch execution, leading teams across multiple sites, functions, and stakeholders, and knowing how to create alignment in a matrixed, globally distributed environments.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
• You\’re are comfortable operating in a structured development environment that includes formal reviews, regulatory considerations, quality requirements, and launch readiness gates.

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.

About Philips

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Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in San Diego, CA is $184,000 to $292,000.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to San Diego, CA.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.