Program Manager

Are you ready to take the lead as we mature new solutions that make life easier for millions of people living with intimate health care needs?

Join us to lead innovation programs from start to finish. This is a unique chance to leave your mark on tomorrow’s medical devices and help improve the lives of people with intimate health care needs.

As a Program Manager you will help bring innovation to the market and get complete program ownership of multiple innovation projects, sometimes including technology development, while guiding your core team of Senior Project Managers to success.

Join our Innovation Portfolio Management department
At our HQ in Humlebæk, you will join the Innovation Portfolio Management department consisting of 12+ dedicated Program Directors, Program Managers and Senior Project Managers. The group contains two project portfolio teams responsible for leading projects across Ostomy Care and Wound & Tissue Repair in one team, and Continence Care and Bowel Care in the other team. You will be a member of one of these two teams. Individual professional development is central to how we work - In this team you will have the opportunity to broaden your skills and progress your professional Program Management career.

Set clear priorities with a high impact
You will be managing programs of 2-6 innovation projects at a time and lead highly skilled cross functional program/project core teams consisting of Senior Project Managers. Typically, programs can have anything from 10 to 40+ participants. You will typically also function as the lead for one or two of the innovation projects in the programs. This means that you:

• Engage with governance bodies and Portfolio Managers to ensure alignment with BA strategy
• Set clear tactical direction for the programs optimizing value creation and program execution
• Manage interdependencies across projects within the programs
• Ensure synergies in resource usage are optimized across the projects
• Secure that the agreed KPIs are met, and you will apply best program/project management practices to lead and steer the team members safely through all stages of the program/project
• Assure the deliveries follow the Coloplast Development stage gate model
• Carry out stakeholder management and ensure effective communication with all the cross-functional business partners to ensure clarity and satisfaction
• Ensure program/project budgets are diligently maintained and the product manufacturing cost meets business objectives
• Contribute to the Innovation Portfolio Management Department’s continuous improvement initiatives

Experienced program/project manager with a technical background
As you will be leading highly skilled and experienced Senior Project Managers you are expected to have profound leadership and business knowledge and a demonstrated track record for delivering complex programs and projects.

What you bring:

• A BSc. or Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Technology or equivalent.
• Min. 5 years of proven experience working in complex technical projects.
• At least 5 years of proven experience working with project and/or program management in R&D organizations
• Have min. 5 years experience working with medical devices or in a similar regulated industry.
• Possess excellent networking skills and a proactive approach to collecting knowledge and ensuring personal development
• Can communicate effortlessly in written and spoken English

Please note that due to the summer holiday period, response times in the recruitment process may be slightly longer than usual.

Pursuing an ambitious growth agenda, Coloplast develops and markets products and services that make life easier for people with intimate healthcare needs. Employing about 16.000 people and with products available in more than 143 countries, we are one of the world´s leading medical device companies. We are constantly growing our business and always looking for new ways to move forward – we explore, learn and look for new ways of doing things.

Coloplast is committed to being an inclusive organization, where people bring their differences to work each day, fulfil their potential and have a strong sense of belonging because – and not despite – of their differences. We therefore encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender, age, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious belief or physical ability.