Project Manager

Role Overview

The R&D Project Manager leads projects with full accountability for outcomes, ensuring timely delivery, quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction. The role requires strong collaboration with cross-functional teams, Product Managers, and Product Owners. Familiarity with Agile methodologies is an advantage, as they can help drive innovation, speed, and business impact.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Execution

• Manage R&D projects end-to-end, ensuring delivery within defined scope, cost, time, and quality.
• Drive alignment of project targets with R&D strategy, product portfolio, and technology roadmap.
• Steer project budgets, resources, and agreements.
• Leverage knowledge of project management best practices and, where applicable, apply Agile principles, methods, and frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, or similar) to enable adaptive planning, early value delivery, and continuous improvement.

Stakeholder & Team Collaboration

• Collaborate with Product Managers/Product Owners and other stakeholders to define and deliver project objectives.
• Foster cross-functional teamwork, transparency, and knowledge sharing.
• Incorporate customer feedback into project execution to ensure satisfaction and business success.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure adherence to architecture, design, quality, product safety, and product security guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with standards, regulations, working laws, and intellectual property rights.
• Manage risks and opportunities proactively, escalating issues for timely decisions when necessary.

Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Promote reuse, cooperation, lessons learned, and best practice sharing.
• Identify opportunities for intellectual property and align with patent strategies.

Documentation & Reporting

• Ensure accurate and complete project documentation.
• Maintain transparency on progress, work items, and outcomes across teams and stakeholders.

Skills & Qualifications

• 10-12 years of overall industry experience

   in technology, engineering, preferable in healthcare domain.

• Minimum 2-3 years of relevant experience

   in R&D project management or similar leadership roles
• Proven experience in managing R&D projects, preferably in technology, engineering, or healthcare domains.
• Knowledge of Agile Principles and Methodologies is an advantage, but not mandatory.
• Excellent stakeholder management, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage budgets, resources, risks, and project governance effectively.
• Knowledge of regulatory standards, compliance, product safety, and intellectual property rights is an advantage, but not mandatory.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and continuous improvement mindset.
• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, or related field; PMP/Agile certification are Plus