R&D Project Manager

Job Title

R&D Project Manager

Job Description

R&D Project Manager

In this role, you will have the opportunity to join the leading innovator in image-guided therapy solutions as R&D Project Manager for the Azurion Eye solution –that acts as an ambient co-pilot, seamlessly integrated with our IGT solutions. You will be responsible for End-to-End leading of a project to deliver new products and design changes for a product or service.

You will be part of the Image Guided Therapy Systems business unit with development sites in the Netherlands, China and India. This business unit is responsible for marketing, service, development and manufacturing of solutions and products used in minimally invasive procedures. You will join the global R&D department.

Your Role:

• You are responsible to Lead cross functional project team. This team includes all functions delivering to project (e.g. Engineering, marketing, clinical, Q&R, operations, customer support, Technical publications, Procurement etc. as applicable).
• Manage complete NPI or MLD Project and MLD Change activities ensuring smooth functioning in Lifecycle Management or New Product Development.
• Drive compliance to your project schedule across all functions and secure agreed project milestones for timely delivery to the market with the right quality.
• Collaborate with teams on cross functional delivery plans and any changes within. Facilitate interaction, manage inter-dependencies & conflict resolution among all functional teams, regardless of geographic region.
• Communicate project status within R&D and the business category as required through periodic reports and formal program reviews. Identify risks and issues impacting project schedule, quality or cost and proactively mitigate and take corrective actions.
• Develops cooperative relationships to achieve Project results through a win-win relationship. Have a mission of trending Improvements over time.
• Facilitates / Implements/ Contributes to new ways of working and role modelling AI implementation in your own day2daywork. Support team building: Builds mutual trust and encourages respect and cooperation among Cross Functional project Core teams.
• You are accountable to: Deliver your project or program on quality, on time, on cost and other project deliverables as per agreed plan. Manage all PDLM/MLD activities and milestones Overall project execution and product delivery meeting Business KPIs.
• Build a successful, pro-active project team through effective people management and team coaching to create a motivated team, committed to the project assignment.
• Set up and maintain strong relationships with internal and external suppliers. Ensure and maintain the required quality through adequate configuration management for product, documentation, and process changes.
• Report project status to the cross-functional Project Core Team to identify conflicts and to enable effective decision-making.

You are fit if:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree with 5+ years of work experience in global environment.
• Highly cross functional and business oriented. Strong technical background in software and AI to manage multidisciplinary stakeholders
• Good people management skills with strong leadership competences
• Excellent integral (cross functional) stakeholder/perception management skills  
• PMP certification is desirable.
• Experience with agile way of working steering several scrum teams combined with waterfall approach to deliver on time
• Accountable/Reliable
• Organizational talent, Decision taker, entrepreneur         
• Pro-active and taking initiative with enterprise mindset
• Ability to handle cultural differences and foreign development teams (e.g. related to supplier and subcontract management)
• Familiar with Q-systems and standards
• Flexibility to work with changing priorities. Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively.
• Convincing communicator and open for different views 

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.
 

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