Senior Program Manager — Healthcare Systems & Suppliers

Siemens Healthineers; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers seeks a Senior Program Manager to orchestrate day-to-day technical activities across supplier interfaces and internal engineering teams, ensuring system-level integration and aligned deliverables.

You will lead cross-functional programs, manage risks, and drive governance across hardware, software, and system boundaries while communicating with stakeholders and guiding project milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, Physics, or related technical field.
• 8-12+ years of experience in technical program/project management in medical devices or complex systems.
• Proven experience working with external suppliers or partners in a technical environment.
• Strong understanding of system integration, hardware/software interfaces, and engineering development cycles.
• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional and multi-company technical programs.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for end-to-end technical alignment across supplier interfaces and internal engineering teams; ensure integration is aligned, executed, and validated.
• Own technical alignment between Varian and external suppliers, ensuring requirements clarity, traceability, and execution consistency.
• Drive interface management across hardware, software, and system integration boundaries.
• Establish and enforce technical governance with suppliers (reviews, design checkpoints, issue tracking).
• Identify and resolve technical gaps, inconsistencies, and integration risks early.
• Lead and coordinate day-to-day technical program execution across internal engineering teams and external suppliers, ensuring alignment to schedule and deliverables.
• Translate program objectives into clear technical deliverables and milestones across suppliers.
• Maintain integrated program plans reflecting Varian and supplier dependencies.

Skills

End-to-end program management

External supplier collaboration

System integration

Cross-functional leadership

Technical governance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's or master's in engineering/physics

Tools

Workday

Salesforce

SAP

Job description

Siemens Healthineers seeks a Senior Program Manager to orchestrate day-to-day technical activities across supplier interfaces and internal engineering teams, ensuring system-level integration and aligned deliverables.

You will lead cross-functional programs, manage risks, and drive governance across hardware, software, and system boundaries while communicating with stakeholders and guiding project milestones.