Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Siemens Healthineers is a global medical technology company focused on pioneering healthcare breakthroughs and improving patient outcomes. The Senior COE Project Manager, Packaging & Labeling, will lead labeling and packaging initiatives, technology implementation projects, and continuous improvement efforts across global, cross-functional teams. The role manages project plans, risks, budgets, deliverables, stakeholder alignment, and change management while coaching the Packaging & Labeling organization.
Responsibilities
- Leverage your medical device labeling and packaging experience to drive and manage labeling and packaging key initiatives and technology implementation projects
- Define, develop and maintain both high level and detailed project plans, metrics and dashboards as well as any related budgets, including comprehensive ROI and risk assessment/mitigation plans
- Leverage your ability to lead without direct reports, be an independent subject matter expert, knowledgeable resource, facilitator, and coach to the Packaging & Labeling organization
- Develop high functioning project teams through strong communication and organizational skills. Ability to work across matrixed teams
- Lead design, development and testing workflows and teams for critical functional labeling and packaging enhancement tools and projects
- Utilizing lean sigma and standardized project management tools, oversee and manage project teams supporting project deliverables without direct reporting lines ensuring all functional requirements are met
- Ensures participation of the right business resources during the project for alignment of scope, and integrating unique requirements into the processes
- Independently identify critical path activities and work with various functions to eliminate road blocks throughout the project lifecycle
- Partner with business owners and key stakeholders globally to ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities and keep business owners in the loop on progress, milestones, risks and any needed escalations
- Gain alignment and acceptance for ideas, plans and actions and implement across organizational boundaries
- Effectively Lead project team meetings to ensure clear agenda, effective actions and results
- Successfully complete deliverables using standardized lean and PMP project tools and content management systems
- Develop and present slide decks regarding project status and milestones to direct management, cross-functional teams, steering committees and other senior leadership
- Proactively provide coaching to COE team on tools, leveraging your expertise as a project manager and lean sigma to enable the structured process and delivery of all key project initiatives and ensure completion
- Independent thinker with demonstrated skills in identifying opportunities and translating ideas into actionable full-scale improvement projects, driving from initiation through to completion
- Delivery of project milestones that support process / technology and other initiatives across the Packaging & Labeling organization that improve quality, cost, delivery and compliance leveraging experience in the Life Sciences industry
- Facilitating the process for improvement projects, managing dashboards, metrics and communication process for product related projects and process/technology related initiatives
- Ability to develop and drive change management strategies
Skills
- * BA/BS in Life Sciences, Packaging and/ or Labeling, Project Management or related field
- * Must have experience leading large-scale projects that leverage cross-functional teams that span multiple functions and global sites/teams
- * Must have 8+ years as project or program manager focused on continuous improvement
- * 5-8 years + experience in life sciences industry, preferably working in packaging and/or labeling area
- * Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred, not required
- * Willing to travel 10% - 15%
- * Experience in packaging and product labeling and a good understanding of medical device landscape, including IFUs, User Manuals, package labeling, online printing and package engineering
- * Understanding of technology and automation in labeling development and / or manufacturing packaging systems and equipment
- * Understanding labeling and packaging regulations and the impact of these on processes, systems and tools used for packaging and labeling
- * Working across and up an organization as well as cross functionally, managing and assigning tasks to project resources to ensure high quality, on-time completion of project deliverables
- * Deep experience in lean sigma and continuous improvement as well as expert project management and KPI skills
- * Have expertise in, and / or the ability and interest in developing a strong understanding of the PDP process and our product portfolio
- * You have strong software skills specifically related to project management (e.g. advanced experience in Excel, Project, PowerPoint, etc.)
- * Are interested in not only driving your own projects but helping others to understand tools and systems to deliver on key improvement strategies
- * Willingness to share your knowledge and learn new things
- * High level demonstrated communication skills both verbal and written
- * Strong leadership presence. Ability to gain consensus and make decisions/recommendations
- * Black Belt or Master Black Belt in Lean Sigma preferred
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Long-term and short-term disability insurance
- Paid parking/public transportation
- Paid time off
- Paid sick and safe time
- Hybrid work arrangement
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