Sr. Project Manager

Job Title

Sr. Project Manager

Job Description

Philips is a global leader in health technology, committed to improving billions of lives worldwide and striving to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation. Driven by the vision of a better tomorrow.

But it’s not just what we do, it’s who we are. We are 80,000, wonderfully unique individuals, with two things in common. An unwavering sense of purpose and a relentless determination to deliver on our customers’ needs. It’s what inspires us to create meaningful solutions – the kind that make a real difference – when it matters most.

The world and our customers’ needs are changing faster than ever before and while we are proud of what we do already, we know we can do more. That’s why we need you, to help us tackle increasingly complex challenges posed by ever evolving health and well-being needs.

In this role you have the opportunity to

To lead a Project Core Team (CT) mandated to deliver new and innovative IGT products – being a strategic priority of Philips. In this role you will be focusing on: managing the project boundaries scope, budget and timing aligning with the quality standards as laid down in the Business Management System (BMS).

Does this resonate with you and are you ready for the next impactful project management step in your career? If the answer is "Yes", we might have the opportunity you are looking for!

You are responsible for

• Defining the project charter as well as the objectives/decision criteria and the scope of the strategic project for approval by the IGT Management Team (MT). This in order to clearly communicate the assignment to all project partners;
• Defining skills & competencies of the resources needed to execute the integral project in co-operation with resource managers – making sure that appropriate people are allocated;
• Building the project plan, defining task dependencies, allocate resources to tasks as well as defining the project organization and -communication so that roles and responsibilities can be assigned clearly within the project;
• Performing risk management – by setting up and maintaining a project risk matrix in order to manage an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, costs and quality;
• Reporting the project status on a regular basis in order to identify conflicts in the project portfolio and to enable effective decision-making by the PMT;
• To set up and maintain strong and open relationships with the Management team throughout IGT systems, other internal stakeholders as well as internal and external suppliers - in order to maintain management focus and to assure continuous support for the project;
• Setting up and maintaining a history file as part of the project history file, in order to support product maintenance, to be protected against liabilities and to follow external regulations;
• Building a successful project team through effective people management and coaching - in order to create a motivated team committed to the project assignment.

You are a part of

You will be part of the China Image Guided Therapy (IGT) Cluster R&D organization, a newly formed team to support further strategic growth of IGT in China.

The China IGT cluster collaborates with the global business teams across the sites of Netherlands, India, USA and Israel. The global team is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Azurion, Intrasight and Zenition product platforms and supporting Interventional Applications. Our products are used across all clinical area of Neuro, cardiac, Oncology and vascular medical diagnosis and intervention (e.g. balloon angioplasty and stent procedures). Customers are interventional specialists, in the cardiology and radiology domain operating in hospitals across the globe.

As Integral Project Manager you will be leading development and maintenance projects with the project Core Team at an integral end-to-end level.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience

• Bachelor or Master degree in a technical field.
• Minimum of 5 years relevant working experience in product development and product market introductions for (Image Guided) medical devices.
• Understanding of the China medical device regulations, with proven experience in leading projects to create/ensure required content of documentation intended for regulatory submission.
• Conceptual understanding of different project management methodologies
• Quality mindset: sound knowledge of project management documentation practices and ability to drive process improvements.
• Dynamic and enthusiastic team player who can drive actions, eager, ambitious and self-propelling.
• Delivers reliable and accurately on assigned tasks and ability to chase project team members on their commitment by giving constructive feedback and guidance.
• Be able to provide solutions in a challenging & complex environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, fluent in English and Chinese.

In return we offer you

• A competitive salary package incl. a variable bonus - based on Philips' results and personal performance;
• An extensive set of tools to drive your career, including a personal development budget, free training and coaching;
• A healthy work-life balance.

Why should you join Philips?

Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on improving 3 billion lives a year by delivering innovative solutions across the health continuum. Our people experience a variety of unexpected moments when their lives and careers come together in meaningful ways. Learn more by watching this video.

To find out more about what it’s like working for Philips at a personal level, visit the Working at Philips page on our career website, where you can read stories from our employee blog. Once there, you can also learn about our recruitment process, or find answers to some of the frequently asked questions.