Senior R&D Project Manager (m/f/d)

Your Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences or a related field.
  
• 5+ years of project management experience in product development environments.
  
• Proven experience managing software development projects.
  
• Proven experience managing complex multidisciplinary product development projects.
  
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices.
  
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules, risks, and stakeholder communications.
  
• Excellent leadership, influencing, and communication skills.
  
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills in English
  
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.
  
• Preferred Qualifications
  
• PMP (Project Management Professional) or CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) certification preferred.
  
• Experience in applying Agile, hybrid, and predictive development methodologies in product development environments.
  
• Experience in leading projects involving both software and hardware development is desirable.

Your Tasks:

• Lead and manage complex new product development and product enhancement projects.
  
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering software, hardware, verification, regulatory, and commercialization activities.
  
• Drive project execution while balancing scope, schedule, quality, cost, and risk.
  
• Ensure alignment of project objectives with strategic business priorities.
  
• Partner closely with Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Scientific, Quality, Regulatory, Product Management, Manufacturing, Operations, Marketing, and Service teams.
  
• Ensure alignment of development schedules, integration activities, verification plans, and release readiness.
  
• Facilitate effective communication and decision-making across global, cross-functional teams.
  
• Resolve project issues and remove barriers to execution.
  
• Support teams utilizing hybrid development methodologies.
  
• Establish project governance structures and reporting mechanisms.
  
• Identify, assess, and proactively manage project risks and dependencies.
  
• Escalate critical issues and provide data-driven recommendations to leadership.
  
• Prepare and present project status, milestones, risks, and mitigation plans to management.
  
• Promote project management best practices across the organization.
  
• Contribute to process improvements, portfolio management activities, and PMO initiatives.

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