Senior Technical Program Manager - Global Supplier Alignment

Siemens Healthineers AG; United States; On-site; USD 167,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Long-term and short-term disability

Paid parking/public transportation

Paid time off

Paid sick time

Job summary

Siemens Healthineers in the United States seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead technical program execution, ensuring flawless alignment between Varian and external suppliers and coordinating across internal engineering teams.

You will drive end-to-end interface management, manage risks, and maintain integrated schedules, milestones, and governance for complex multi-disciplinary programs including ARPA. This role requires strong communication and cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, physics, or related technical field.
• 8–12+ years of experience in technical program/project management, preferably 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.
• Strong technical acumen with ability to engage deeply with engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across organizational boundaries.
• Structured problem-solving and risk management mindset.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-paced development environments.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for end-to-end technical alignment across Varian and supplier interfaces; owns resolution of any integration misalignment.
• 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 that reflect both Varian and supplier dependencies.
• Own the technical decision tracker and ensure all decisions are documented, communicated, and implemented across organizations.
• Proactively identify and escalate technical and integration risks.
• Drive cross-company issue resolution, ensuring rapid decision-making and no loss of momentum.
• Implement risk mitigation strategies to avoid downstream delays in system integration.
• Serve as the primary interface between Varian and supplier technical leadership.
• Provide clear, structured updates to internal stakeholders and leadership.
• Facilitate technical decision-making across organizations, ensuring alignment and accountability.
• Strategic Governance and Leadership of technical program milestones to accelerate schedules and proactively mitigate technical risks for the ARPA project.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem solving

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical acumen

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in engineering/physics

Tools

Workday

Salesforce

SAP

Job description

Siemens Healthineers in the United States seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead technical program execution, ensuring flawless alignment between Varian and external suppliers and coordinating across internal engineering teams.

You will drive end-to-end interface management, manage risks, and maintain integrated schedules, milestones, and governance for complex multi-disciplinary programs including ARPA. This role requires strong communication and cross-functional leadership.