Program Manager
- Responsible for End-to-End leading of a project to deliver design change for a product, technology, system, solutions, services.
- Manage the multiple projects from Obsolescence, supply chain transfer, customer improvements, productivity, value creation in line with DXR products.
- From the initial start until the introduction in the Market, or internal delivery, by gaining agreements on and achieving project scope and objectives while balancing schedule, cost, quality, requirements and keeping abreast of developments in project management tools and processes as well as technical domain.
- Manages projects ensuring execution is in line with project guidelines and directives
Your role
- You are responsible to Lead cross functional project team. This team includes all functions delivering to project (e.g. Engineering, marketing, 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.
- 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 to DXR R&D Projects and LCM Leader as required through periodic reports and formal program reviews. Identify risks / issues / scope creeps impacting project schedule, quality or cost and mitigate / take corrective action.
- Highlight these transparently to the BU management team. Responsible for vendor management & interfacing with other programs (delivering or client programs) Encourages partnering: Develops cooperative relationships to achieve Project results through a win-win relationship. Have a mission of trending Improvements over time.
- Facilitates / Implements/ Contributes Organization wide Project Management Improvement Initiatives, 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 a part of:
DXR R&D group which is a global organization organized by product tiers & platforms. Each product tier is composed of various products & solutions. The DXR R&D is located primarily in Pune but is responsible for the R&D activity done globally.
You are fit if:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical /Electrical engineering with 15+ years of work experience.
- Highly cross functional and business oriented. Strong technical background in R&D engineering disciplines (e.g. electronics, software, mechanics) to manage multidisciplinary (R&D) stakeholder/perception management skills
- Good people management skills with Strong leadership competences
- Excellent integral (cross functional) stakeholder/perception management skills
- PMP certification is desirable.
- 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.
About Philips:
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
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• Discover our rich and exciting history.
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
- 15+ years of work experience
- Strong technical background in R&D engineering disciplines such as electronics, software, or mechanics
- Cross-functional stakeholder and perception management skills
- Strong people management and leadership skills
- Experience handling cultural differences and foreign development teams, including supplier and subcontract management
- Familiarity with quality systems and standards
- Ability to manage changing priorities, multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively
- Convincing communication skills and openness to different views
- PMP certification
Philips Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout, including a strong 401(k) match (often described at 7%) alongside pensions in some contexts.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are emphasized through choice in health insurance options and a broad “Total Rewards” approach that combines compensation, health and wellness, and work-life support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave and time off breadth appears strong, with generous paid time off and policies covering parental leave, caregiving responsibilities, volunteering, and family medical leave.
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What We Do
As a leading health technology company, it is our purpose to improve people’s health and well-being through meaningful innovation. Our goal is to improve 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030. We're always looking for ways to make life better – not only for our customers, but also for everyone working here. That's why we're taking steps to create an environment where we all acknowledge and embrace our differences and uniqueness and listen to and value each other's views. When people feel cared for and listened to, they bring their best qualities to work, leading to better collaboration, communication, innovation and success.
