Role Summary
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing projects across the full lifecycleâfrom ideation through commercializationâwithin Life Sciences platforms. The role covers a broad portfolio including localization initiatives, costâreduction programs, open innovation projects, and crossâOpCo strategic programs.
This position ensures the onâtime, onâbudget, and inâscope delivery of highâimpact programs, while continuously strengthening project governance, execution rigor, and organizational transparency within a ChinaâGlobal matrix environment.
Key Responsibilities
Project Delivery & Execution
- Lead endâtoâend project execution in alignment with the company TollâGate New Product Development (NPD) process, leveraging DBS tools to ensure disciplined, predictable, and highâquality outcomes.
- Ensure projects meet defined scope, schedule, cost, and quality objectives from concept through commercialization.
Governance & Stakeholder Engagement
- Establish and operate effective project governance structures, ensuring timely engagement and alignment of all critical crossâfunctional and crossâOpCo stakeholders.
- Communicate project status, risks, and decision points through clear, structured, and decisionâfocused updates tailored to different stakeholder levels.
- Serve as a key interface within a ChinaâGlobal matrix, balancing global standards with local execution priorities.
Risk & Issue Management
- Proactively identify, assess, and escalate project risks and issues.
- Drive issue resolution and risk mitigation using PSP, A3, or other structured problemâsolving methodologies.
Team & Resource Management
- Effectively motivate, align, and coordinate project team members to achieve strong performance and delivery outcomes.
- Manage project resources efficiently, ensuring accountability and optimal utilization across functions.
Documentation & Process Discipline
- Ensure all project documentation, decisions, and learnings are accurately maintained, properly archived, and compliant with company standards.
Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Bachelorâs degree or above in Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Engineering or manufacturing background, 6+ years of project or program management experience within instrumentation and/or medical device industries.
- Experience operating in a ChinaâGlobal matrix organization strongly preferred.
- PMP and/or Agile certification preferred.
Skills & Competencies
- Proven track record of endâtoâend new product development management, with at least two successfully launched products.
- Strong engineering background; handsâon experience in software, mechanical, or system engineering is an advantage.
- High attention to technical and execution details, beyond routine administrative or scheduleâtracking activities.
- Strong problemâsolving mindset with solid risk identification and mitigation capability.
- Ability to operate effectively in complex matrix organizations, with strong stakeholder and executive communication skills.
Success Metrics
- Consistent onâtime and onâbudget project delivery against approved plans
- Effectiveness of risk identification and mitigation, minimizing impact to scope, cost, and timeline
- Stakeholder satisfaction, reflected through clear communication, alignment, and decision support
- Strong crossâfunctional and crossâteam collaboration, enabling efficient execution within a matrix organization
Join our winning team today. Together, weâll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrowâs science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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