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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.
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The Program Manager (f/m/d) is responsible for leading programs/projects through all phases from ideation to launch, with direct impact on the future success of our clinical IT portfolio. This role partners closely with Product Management and R&D while driving collaboration across all functions—including Quality, Regulatory, Operations, Marketing, and others — motivating the teams to achieve outstanding results and fosters a culture of continuous improvement.
This position reports to the Director of Program Management and is part of the global Program Management team located in Bengaluru, India and will be an on-site role.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Lead programs/projects through Core and Extended Teams to deliver reliable and competitive products that meet timelines, design inputs, and quality metrics within a highly matrixed organization. This includes partnering with Product Management to align on market requirements and user needs as well as with R&D to ensure technical feasibility, while engaging team members across quality, regulatory, operations, and other functions to ensure seamless execution.
- Communicate project goals, status, and deliverables effectively to different audiences and stakeholders incl. executive level; negotiate project contracts with the Automation and CIT Product Planning Group.
- Ensure continuous program performance against scope, schedule, quality, and budget targets. Drives identification of root causes and implements countermeasures when deviations occur, creating a safe environment for surfacing and solving issues Own program budget, schedule, resource management, and performance.
- Leverage agile and lean (DBS) methodologies to drive fast-paced, iterative development in compliance with regulatory standards and quality processes and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and inform continuous improvement.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Science, Engineering, Medical Device Business Management, or related field with 8+ years of relevant experience; Master's degree preferred.
- Proven experience as a program/project manager leading multi-disciplinary projects (ideally in digital product/SaaS). PMP or similar certification is a plus
- Proven experience with product development and the associated processed for +medical device and software systems within regulated environments, preferably in the space of Lab Automation and/or Clinical IT.
- Excellent leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to align diverse teams around a shared project goal
- Ability to influence without direct authority and motivate teams.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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