As the enterprise leader for the New Product Introduction (NPI) Management System, you will define, deploy, and continuously improve the late-stage innovation operating model for GE HealthCare, covering Product Concept (phase M0) through Full Product release at volume (M4). This role owns the systems, processes, governance, and performance mechanisms that ensure disciplined, predictable, and high-impact delivery of NPIs to market, aligned with GE HealthCare’s Innovation roadmap, Heartbeat business system, and Phase Review Discipline (PRD).
You will partner with and influence across GE HealthCare to institutionalize best-in-class NPI execution across hardware, software, digital, and platform-based products. This includes advancing Lighthouse NPIs and scaling Digital Beacon Products and NPIs as exemplars of speed, quality, and customer impact.Job Description
Core Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the enterprise NPI Management System for late-stage innovation (M0 to M4) in full alignment with Heartbeat and PRD, improving execution consistency and enabling predictable program outcomes.
- Define, standardize, and sustain NPI processes, governance forums, and decision rights across all GE HealthCare segments to reduce ambiguity and increase decision velocity.
- Institutionalize Lighthouse NPI concepts to demonstrate best-in-class execution, accelerate learning cycles, and strengthen confidence in new product delivery.
- Establish and scale Digital Beacon Products and NPIs as models for software, AI, and digital-first development, enabling faster iteration and higher-quality digital releases.
- Lead portfolio execution mechanisms to ensure funded NPIs deliver committed scope, schedule, quality, and financial outcomes, driving improved return on innovation investment.
- Partner with the IMS Tools Senior Director to advance tiered visual management, standard KPIs, and escalation mechanisms that increase transparency and accelerate problem-solving.
- Collaborate with IMS, R&D, Product Management, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Services to ensure cross-functional alignment and seamless execution throughout the NPI lifecycle.
- Drive enterprise change management to ensure adoption of NPI practices, build organizational capability, and enable continuous improvement.
- Apply Lean principles, including standard work, flow, built-in quality, visual management, and problem-solving, to elevate NPI execution and reduce waste and cycle time.
- Continuously benchmark and integrate best practices from leading MedTech companies to strengthen NPI performance and maintain competitive advantage.
Essential Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or Business required; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in MedTech R&D, product development, program management, or product management.
- Deep expertise leading late-stage innovation and NPIs in a regulated medical device environment.
- Strong working knowledge of design controls, regulatory requirements, quality systems, and global launch execution.
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide operating systems and complex change initiatives.
- Proven ability to influence and lead at executive and enterprise levels.
Desired Characteristics
- Execution-focused leader with strong systems thinking capability.
- Data-driven decision maker with strong financial and business acumen.
- Comfortable operating in complex, matrixed global organizations.
- Passionate about delivering differentiated innovation to customers and patients.
- Recognized leader able to translate strategy into disciplined execution.
GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or Business required
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in MedTech R&D, product development, program management, or product management
- Deep expertise leading late-stage innovation and NPIs in a regulated medical device environment
- Strong working knowledge of design controls, regulatory requirements, quality systems, and global launch execution
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide operating systems and complex change initiatives
- Proven ability to influence and lead at executive and enterprise levels
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Every day millions of people feel the impact of our intelligent devices, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence. As a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator, GE Healthcare enables clinicians to make faster, more informed decisions through intelligent devices, data analytics, applications and services, supported by its Edison intelligence platform. With over 100 years of healthcare industry experience and around 50,000 employees globally, the company operates at the center of an ecosystem working toward precision health, digitizing healthcare, helping drive productivity and improve outcomes for patients, providers, health systems and researchers around the world. We embrace a culture of respect, transparency, integrity and diversity.
