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(Senior) Director Global Portfolio and Project Management Excellence

Männedorf, Switzerland

Your contribution

This role is responsible for leading the strategic alignment and management of TECAN's R&D project portfolio to ensure it aligns with the company's overarching goals. This role involves providing and developing robust Project Management Standards that guide the organization in achieving consistency and excellence in project execution. Additionally, the role will focus on developing and continuously improving the Project Management Excellence framework.

Responsibilities

Project Portfolio Management

• Lead Project Portfolio Management to facilitate strategic and operational decisions related to business, financial, or project changes, and oversee the annual budget process and reporting for senior management.
• Manage the R&D Project Portfolio to align with LSB/PB, application segments, and corporate R&D needs, ensuring support for TECAN’s market strategies and adherence to financial targets, budgets, timelines, and resource objectives.
• Foster effective interdisciplinary and interdepartmental communication across TECAN’s global and local project organizations.
• Generate and report critical financial business analytics, providing insights and updates to senior management, including the Management Board.

Product Development Processes

• Develop and maintain TECAN's Project Management Standards in collaboration with different stakeholders, ensuring all project phases adhere to these standards.
• Support the global R&D organization by managing project processes and tools, and implementing updates to R&D procedures and templates on a global scale.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and continuous improvement in documentation management across sites, including reviewing and maintaining DHFs and master records for milestone readiness.
• Coordinate between project and product portfolio management to align with product development requirements and organizational structures.

Project Management Excellence

• Develop and continuously improve the Project Management Excellence framework, including the Project Management Handbook and Project Management Training.
• Develop project management processes that support product development and efficient life cycle management of launched products.
• Lead and facilitate continuous improvement of processes and technologies, team, and teamwork.
• Introduce agile project management, visual project management, and other effective project management methods.

The seniority of the position will depend on the final candidate.

Your Background

We’re not just looking for hard skills: We’re looking for people who bring their passion and talent to work.

• Technical university degree, preferably in natural sciences, computer science, mechanical or electrical engineering.
• Education in industrial management/business administration or proven experience for at least 5 years.
• Project management education, PMP or similar certifications, and training in change management and leadership.
• At least 5 years of experience in innovation management, laboratory and process automation, preferably in the life sciences or medical device industry.
• Fluent in English; additional languages (German and others) are a plus.
• Focus on targets and results, showing a high level of endurance, tolerance, and resilience.
• Technical interest and understanding of the work, the people, and the company’s corporate values.
• Practical approach that works for everyone under the given circumstances; open listener and able to effect compromises.
• Strong communicator by actively supporting communication and information flow. High level of flexibility, organizing, and coordinating skills and interests.

What makes working at Tecan unique

The chance to make it count and to have an impact on the world of tomorrow

• Working in an international and diverse environment
• The chance to grow your career within the company
• Feel empowered by our strong and unique company culture
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package

Join Tecan, a great place to work! Read about our recent certification from Great Place to Work.

We’re looking forward to receiving your application online. Please submit your CV or resume (w/o picture and w/o cover letter, reference letters and diplomas are optional).

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Our purpose.

At Tecan we are driven to improve people’s lives and health. We do this by empowering our customers to scale healthcare innovation globally from life science to the clinic. We collaborate with our customers from early-stage innovation through project implementation and beyond. We deliver the products, services and solutions that make lab processes and medical procedures precise, reproducible and compliant.

Stay unique and make it count.

Our values - trust, highest standards and ambition - are the cornerstones of our business and provide the framework for Tecan's culture. We foster a positive and empowering environment where our rarest assets, our unique employees, can grow and bring their passion and talent to work.