Program Manager

Position Summary

You will be responsible of de development of Digital Pathology and Workflow Implementation Project Plans, regular project review meetings, issuing of project minutes and actions and regular update of Project Plans and successful delivery of Digital Pathology and Workflow Implementation projects, working with broad cross-functional teams across EMEA. You will work with key stakeholders to resolve issues, ensure task completion by establishing priorities and countermeasures with team members and functional managers to make critical decisions to ensure timely completion, project signoff and project success.

Major Responsibilities

Fully accountable for timely delivery of projects within agreed scope for Digital Pathology and Workflow Implementation Projects.
Effective Partnering with Management Team and Project team to provide solutions to support project delivery.
Provide leadership to project teams to build and deliver robust and detailed project plans.
Identifying and monitoring project activities to achieve the required delivery and quality through:
Effective review of project proposals and plans; conferring with management and development of project objectives
Determining project responsibilities by identifying project phases and elements and assigning personnel to phases and activities
Ensuring clear alignment and delivery of project milestones.

Responsible for clear and concise reporting and escalation to project sponsor of project progress, risks, countermeasures and issues
Development and deployment of standard work for site project management using Danaher Business System principles to provide reliable and consistent delivery of required results.
Development and mentor of staff and relevant partners to increase overall project management and delivery capabilities.
Mentor, coach and ensure career development for future talent
Ensuring Quality, Regulatory and Environmental, Health and Safety Policies are coordinated into project standard work.

If your are experienced in Project management tools (MS project, Excel, SharePoint, TeamSites or Trello) and you are certified in PMP/Prince2 this could be your next career step.

**Additional competencies**:
Solid track record of ability to deliver projects on time, in full and within budget.
Excellent organizational, planning and prioritization skills
Outstanding communication skills (verbal/written/presentation/relationship building)
High levels of initiative, self-motivation and energy
Able to spot complexity and understand approaches to manage it
Able to form effective and lasting networks with colleagues across functions
Rapid learning ability to deal with sophisticated and novel situations
Hands-on mentality with a strong ability to get into detail as necessary.
High levels of integrity, confidence, independence and collaboration skills
English and Spanish are mandatory. Portuguese and Italian are a plus.

**Expected behaviors**:
Utilize critical thinking - ability to develop insights from data
are motivated by the challenge of new work; comfortable with ambiguity and proactively seeks answers.
Prioritize effectively, acts with speed and agility as new information emerges.
Proactively seek and uses knowledge of global practices that could affect his / her work or team’s achievement of goals.
**Champion continuous improvement**: Observe and seek information from content creators to improve and streamline processes.
Show courage to stand alone to champion a new idea or initiative; questions, plans and actions to find the optimal approach.
Display discipline and logic - look beyond the obvious symptoms to uncover their underlying root cause.
Demonstrate a sense of urgency and the flexibility needed to achieve results.
Can manage multiple priorities and deliver a consistently strong contribution.
**Influence management**: can reach out and get other functions and departments to align on broader goals and processes
have problem-solving abilities
Demonstrate ability to contribute to projects for execution of tasks, while showing adaptability, agility to change approach when necessary.

If you have an MSc in a Sciences education or Information Technology background and proven and relevant experience of successful delivery of multifunctional programs including new product delivery and manufacturing operations, or people management experience do not hesitate to apply.

Occasional Travelling may be required to customer sites, and to meet with local team members to confirm and develop Project Plans. Up to 10% of your time could be spent travelling.

**We offer**:
A great opportunity to grow within an international company
An amazing exposure in an European environment
Tempting salary package and benefits

When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance