Program Director, IVD Device Development

Program Director, IVD Device Development

Now's our time to inspire the future of healthcare together.

Siemens Healthineers is a leading global medical technology company with over 170 years of experience and 18,000 patents. More than 48,000 dedicated colleagues in over 70 countries are driven to shape the future of healthcare. We stand with our customers around the world to support them in delivering high quality care to their patients. An estimated five million patients across the globe benefit every day from our innovative technologies and services in the areas of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging, laboratory diagnostics and molecular medicine, as well as digital health and enterprise services. This is what truly matters to us.

The Point-of-Care (POC) business develops and sustains systems for in vitro diagnostic (IVD) instruments for point of care and laboratory medical testing. Join our team now at Siemens Healthineers as the Program Director IVD Devices. This individual contributor position is part of the POC PMO leadership team and reports to the Head of PMO. The successful candidate will lead and influence a cross-functional program team to deliver stand-alone programs and projects critical to the strategy of the POC business at Siemens Healthineers.

• Lead all cross-functional aspects of product development execution to launch program/projects on time, at cost and with quality while adhering to Siemens Healthineers' Product Development Process (PDP).

• Lead all aspects of program planning including the incorporation of cross-functional plans, identification of the Critical Path resulting in a robust execution plan for all programs/projects.

• Lead the bottoms-up identification of resource needs within programs/projects and collaboration with the relevant functional managers to ensure resource allocation matches the prioritized needs.

• Build, own and manage bottoms-up direct material spend plan and meet commitments to the financial plan.

• Collaborate with the technical leaders to ensure that technical risk-register is current, and the mitigation of technical risks is realistic. In addition, own and lead the mitigation of cross-functional risks.

• Own and manage communications to all stakeholders, including project status and updates to management for multiple projects.

• Drive bias-for-action to proactively identify and remove roadblocks and leverage appropriate escalation as needed.

• Nurture and strengthen a culture of continuous learning from past success and failure.

This position may suit you best if you are familiar with what is below, and would like to do develop your career with Healthineers:

• You have strong leadership abilities to manage and lead teams in a matrixed organization

• You can coordinate across disciplines and synthesize their input into a coherent plan.

• You can constructively resolve challenges in an inclusive, data-driven way with "optimal program delivery" as the driving factor

• You demonstrate poise and authority even in those areas without expertise while appropriately leveraging experts for their knowledge.

• You have strong analytical skills to assess situations, identify insights and drive decision making and accountability

• You have superior communication skills (written/verbal) and can adapt your style to match diverse audience and their disparate needs.

• You foster a culture of inclusion by encouraging the teams to speak-up and ensure psychological safety to ensure issues are identified and addressed at the earliest.

Required education, experience & skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Life-Sciences, Engineering or equivalent experience is required. Master's degree in these disciplines and/or an MBA is preferred.

• 10+ years of experience in product development related to medical devices, IVD instruments, assay development is required.

• Demonstrated experience in clinical trials in tandem with an in-house Clinical Affairs team or through external CRO in the management and execution of clinical trials is preferred and would be a differentiator.

• At least 5 years of program management experience in a regulated environment (ideally in medical diagnostics) with successful product launches is required.

• Working knowledge of agile product development, FDA, ISO, IVDD and IVDR regulations desired

• Demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams in a global matrix structure with superior influencing skills, change management and coordination

Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html. The pay range for this position is $167,120-$229,790 and the annual incentive target is 20% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications and premium geographic location in the United States.

At Siemens Healthineers, we value those who dedicate their energy and passion to a greater cause. Our people make us unique as an employer in the med-tech industry. What unites and motivates our global team is the inspiration of our common purpose: To innovate for healthcare, building on our remarkable legacy of pioneering ideas that translate into even better healthcare products and services. We recognize that taking ownership of our work allows both us and the company to grow. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment and the space to move beyond your comfort zone to grow both personally and professionally.

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