About SHL Medical 

SHL Medical is the world-leading solution provider in the design, development, and manufacturing of advanced drug delivery systems with more than 5000 employees worldwide. Our customers include top pharmaceutical and biotech companies from around the globe that require innovative devices such as auto injectors or pen injectors to effectively deliver their drugs. Headquartered in Switzerland since late 2018, with sites in Sweden, Taiwan, and the Unites States.

Job Overview

The Project Manager is in charge for the successful implementation of a specific project within SHL Medical. He/she will work closely with all team members to ensure, that project requirements, deadlines and schedules are always on track. Overall responsibilities are planning, budgeting, resource allocation as well as project risk management and project team leadership.

• The Project Manager will be responsible for managing major/complex projects and leading various disciplines in executing the required deliverables under a highly regulatory/GMP environment. It is expected that these projects require discipline leaders and multiple team interfaces. The ability to interact with customers, internal stakeholders and cross-functional team leads from project initiation through the entire design and development process is a must.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of complex medical devices and equipment
• Maintain project oversight over all disciplines, escalate any issues as appropriate to higher level management 
• Ensure individual discipline leaders are aware of customer’s overall objectives and their responsibilities to the specific project.
• Ability to interact with customers, internal stakeholders and cross-functional team leads from project initiation through the entire design and development process
• Understanding Voice of the Customer and User Needs
• Define project scope, objectives and major milestones in alignment with sponsor and internal program and product managers.
• Establish and maintain appropriate structures to ensure communication, flow of information and documentation within the project.
• Forecast resources needed to reach objectives; assemble a Project Team with the appropriate range of skills and experience and make sure that all members have the prerequisites to optimally perform their tasks.
• Prepare budget based on scope of work and track project costs in order to meet budget
• Work with the Project Team to develop a detailed project schedule and work plan
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of the project
• Monitor project performance to identify areas for improvement and adjust as needed
• Perform project risk management to minimize project risks and escalate identified risks at an early stage
• Manage and track changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs and ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on planned changes
• Organize and lead regular project team meeting to exchange on current project status, to discuss current issues and possible solutions and to agree on further actions
• Provide project updates on a regular basis to various stakeholders about deliverables, required adjustments, and overall progress
• Follow the global PM process with respect to harmonized global PM practices, methods and tools.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience in highly complex areas with multiple stakeholders
• Profound knowledge of project management processes, methodologies and tools & techniques and ability to adapt them to the organization
• Advanced time and risk management skills; able to create comprehensive reports on timeline, budget and quality status
• Ability to encourage and enable people to work together as a team to reach common goals
• Ability to influence decisions that need to be made to make the project successful

Preferred Qualifications (nice to have)

• PMP Certification is a plus
• Experience with a variety of manufacturing processes, including injection molding of plastics, machining methods, rapid prototyping techniques, etc.
• Excellent knowledge of performance evaluation and change management principles
• Experience with digital Project Management tools like MS Project
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: GMP production / medical device quality systems (i.e. ISO13485, GMP, FDA CFR21) / supply chain management / contract manufacturing.
• Medical device Combination product experience is an asset.
• Experience in international collaboration programs and good at building professional networks

Language skills

• Must have: Fluent in English
• Nice to have: Mandarin

We Offer :

• Challenging assignments in a fast-growing and innovative industry.
• A multicultural team and modern working environment with state-of-the-art facilities and technologies.
• A place where we take pride in the inclusive and collaborative environment we have built - one where a true sense of belonging fosters meaningful exchange and shared growth.
• Various opportunities for personal and professional development within a global organization.

Interested in joining SHL Medical and in supporting us with your expertise and personality? Then we look forward to receiving your application to our Talent Acquisition Department.For more information on SHL Medical, please visit: shl-medical.com/careers

Please note: We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.