R&D Program Manager - Transducers

at  Philips

JOB DESCRIPTION

A dynamic and rewarding career opportunity for a Project Leader in new product development in the Ultrasound R&D organization as part of a global development team.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

As a technical program/project manager, responsible for End-to-End technical leadership of transducer projects from the project initiation until Market introduction, or internal delivery. Responsible for gaining agreements on and achieving project scope and objectives while balancing schedule, cost, quality to meet product requirements.

• Leading Ultrasound transducer development projects through product development milestones and in support of quality improvements, parts obsolescence, assurance of supply strategies, product cost reduction, performance improvements, and new ultrasound features.
• Working with hardware development and program teams distributed across North America and China to lead the planning, definition, specification, design, implementation, integration, and testing of hardware solutions.
• Ensuring project execution is in line with project guidelines and directives, meeting goals for scope, quality, schedule, performance, investment, and product cost and driving project to closure.
• Working with project stakeholders to effectively communicate and review plans, risks, mitigations, metrics, status, variances to plan, and corrective actions.
• Ensuring compliance to corporate and regulatory agency policies/rules/procedures.