Senior Portfolio Managers to R&D

Would you like to be part of one of the largest transformations in the industry? Are you ready to gain hands-on experience driving the success of multiple development value streams in GN? 

Make a solid career move and join us in GN’s Transformation, Operating Model & Excellence department in R&D to work with implementing Scaled Agile Framework and New Experience Introduction Workflow that focuses on quality mindset, cross functional team empowerment, customer centricity and technical ownership.  

You will be part of Transformation & Value Management Office (VMO) that defines the operating model and governance, and drives agile portfolio management and value stream efficiency in collaboration with our Lean-Agile Center of Excellence in our journey of transforming GN into an agile enterprise. 

Drive professionalization of agile portfolio management 

As a SAFe Portfolio Manager in the Transformation & Value Management Office, you work with stakeholders across R&D and business divisions to drive better business results, contributing directly to our purpose of Bringing People Closer at GN.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage overall epic creation and approval within the portfolio 

• Ensure dependencies planning and risk management across epics at its early stage  

• Manage overall portfolio backlog in Azure DevOps, ensure data quality in collaboration with Epic Owners 

• Provide capacity forecast and overview per portfolio (Azure DevOps dashboards, PowerBI reporting) beyond a single PI 

• Provide intelligence for overall request per PI to enable business owners’ decision to an aligned one priority list for PI prioritization 

• Lead common PI prioritization events within the portfolio, ensure alignment in priority across the ARTs  

• Consolidate PI planning outcome and impact assessments, facilitate and highlight impact to the portfolio roadmap at portfolio strategy meeting 

You are passionate about innovation and technology 

You are a solid team player, eager to learn and thrive in a complex stakeholder environment. You are excited to work at the intersection of engineering, business, and strategy. To succeed in the role, we imagine that you  

• Have a bachelor’s degree in engineering and have strong technical background in complex product development in a R&D setup  

• Have solid experience in technical project or program management 

• Are analytical and have a structured and systematic approach to problem solving 

• Have expert knowledge of agile portfolio operations and lean governance 

• Have excellent stakeholder management skills  

• Have excellent communication skills and a good command of English  

• Have good hands-on skills when it comes to Azure DevOps, PowerPoint, Excel, preferably also Power BI  

• Are preferably certified in SAFe, if not, you will get the opportunity to be certified 

You love products and solutions that make a difference 
We have two open positions – one for hearing portfolio, another for enterprise portfolios. Therefore, it would be an advantage to have good knowledge of either hearing aid solutions or enterprise headsets and video systems solutions 

We encourage you to apply 

Even if you don’t match all the above-mentioned skills, we will gladly receive your application if you think you have transferrable skills. We highly value a mindset, motivation, and energy, that aligns with our core values, to not only ensure success for you, but for your team and the wider GN organization as well.  

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process  
All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. As such, we encourage you to submit your CV without a photo to ensure an equal and fair application process. 

Should you have any special requirements for the Interview please let the hiring manager know upon accepting invitation to interview.  

How to apply? 

Use the ‘APPLY’ link no later than November 29th, 2024. Applications are assessed on a continuous basis, so don’t wait to send yours.  

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