Senior Director R&D; Portfolio and Program ManagementAs Senior Director, you will lead the CP R&D; portfolio and PMO, guiding capital equipment programs and product development. You’ll shape governance, prioritization, and resource planning across global teams, driving on-time delivery within budgets and regulatory timelines. You’ll chair the Portfolio Review Committee and partner with CP leadership to optimize portfolio trade-offs and investments. You’ll manage a ~10-person organization across multiple European sites and report to the VP of CP R&D.; This role blends strategic oversight with hands-on execution to advance life-changing medical innovations.Private medical insuranceEmployee stock purchase planGlobal recognition programmeFlexible working optionsCompetitive compensationProvide strategic oversight of CP Director, Project Heads and Senior Project Managers, ensuring disciplined execution and accountability for timelines, budgets, milestones, and deliverablesLead and develop direct reports and teams, establishing clear accountability and succession planning across CP R&D; project leadershipOversee portfolio risks, interdependencies, and mitigation to protect timelines and budgetsGuide project teams to proactively resolve barriers ensuring governance commitments are metChair PRC governance meetings and prepare executives for reviews and updatesEstablish and improve the CP R&D; portfolio operating model, governance cadence, escalation pathways,



and standardized practicesDevelop executive dashboards and decision materials showing milestones, budget, resources, risks, and dependenciesPartner with cross-functional leaders to evaluate trade-offs, resource constraints, investment priorities, and sequencingMonitor budgets and resources, providing financial reporting and risk insights to CP R&D; leadershipFacilitate stakeholder alignment through clear communication and regular updatesEnsure regulatory and quality alignment with ISO 13485, EU MDR, CE marking and design controlsDrive process improvement using lean methods and design thinking across the maturity curveLead continuous improvement efforts to raise process maturity across functional areasExtensive experience leading complex R&D; programs and PMO functions in MedTech or regulated industriesProven track record managing large-scale NPD/NPI programs in a global, matrixed environmentSenior people leadership for Director-level project leaders with performance coachingBroad technical knowledge in medical technology, including design controls and ISO 14971 risk managementAbility to synthesize business, technical, regulatory, and operational factors across large programsKnowledge of EU MDR, CE Marking, ISO 13485; regulatory sensitivity is preferredExperience with portfolio governance, capacity planning, executive dashboards, and trade-off recommendationsBS in engineering, science, business, technology or equivalent; PMP or similar certification preferredTravel approx. 30% to Europe and global sites
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📌 Senior director r&d portfolio and program management (Milano)
🏢 Experteer Italy
📍 Milano