Project Manager

Job Title

Project Manager

Job Description

The Project Manager plays a critical role in working with cross functional teams in the development of new electro-mechanical products and integration of innovative technologies for the Philips Sleep & Respiratory Care group. We are looking for an entrepreneurial minded person with a versatile product development and project management background who thrives in a fast-paced environment. If you're looking to create and sustain new-to-world solutions that will truly make a difference on a patient's life, then this role could be for you!

Your role:

• Project Management for Product development using both external and internal teams.

• Coordinating, budgeting, and scheduling project activities using appropriate project management techniques, technical judgment, and interpersonal skills.

• Understand and apply lean principles as appropriate.

• Lead multiple projects; develop and implement project plans, including milestones, detailed schedules, budgets, resource plans, cost targets, reliability metrics, and product quality.

• Define, track and communicate key project metrics and milestones, includes facilitation of project and design reviews and participation in executive reviews.

• Interact directly with end users (clinicians, homecare health providers, etc.), Software Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, cross-functional team members, and Marketing Managers.

• Proactively identifies and mitigates project risks, responsible for elevating critical business decisions to appropriate management.

• Establishes and directs activities of contract engineering and design partners.

• Fosters alignment, accountability, and collaborative way of working across entire extended project team.

• Escalates effectively to program, functional and contracted partner management to achieve project goals.

• Collaborates closely with Quality, Global Sourcing, Operations, Regulatory, Marketing and Finance groups to prioritize and establish development and sustaining engineering processes and infrastructure required of a medical device.

• Create and maintain an innovative working environment that encourages teamwork, learning agility, and individual contributions.

• Empower and provide effective work direction for team members and instill teams with market foresight, learning agility, and teaming.

• Assure teams follow good engineering practices and Philips' Quality System Processes (QSPs).

• Collaborates with Project Managers in other areas of the business group and across Philips to create a community of practice, leverage standardization and drive positive development within the function.

• This is a hybrid role based in Pittsburgh, PA.

You're the right fit if:

• You've acquired 2+ years of experience as a technical project manager leading projects with substantial medical product development activities, preferred.

• You are experienced with FDA, MDR, & ISO Quality System Requirements (including safety and regulatory testing) and their application within a medical product development environment, desired.

• You have demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional, technical and design teams, including contract resources and facilitating strong collaboration across multiple geographic locations

• You have the ability to effectively lead and manage within a matrix organization; experience interacting with industrial design resources, human factors exposure, a plus.

• You have a Minimum of a BS degree in an engineering or related technical discipline, required; Master's degree, preferred. PMP certification, a plus.

• You have strong written and oral communication skills, strong competency in customer focus, driving for results, integrity, trust, ethics, values, and compassion, and are proficient in Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Project Management Software, and demonstrated ability to learn other business software (such as Windchill for document management and enterprise resource planning purposes).

• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.

About Philips

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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 commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Pittsburgh, PA.

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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran and maintains a drug-free workplace.